diff --git a/stac_api/app.py b/stac_api/app.py
index ebd940a5f..7354726c9 100644
--- a/stac_api/app.py
+++ b/stac_api/app.py
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-from fastapi import FastAPI
+from fastapi import FastAPI, APIRouter
 from sqlalchemy import create_engine
 from sqlalchemy.orm import sessionmaker
 
@@ -9,11 +9,14 @@
 
 app = FastAPI()
 app.debug = settings.DEBUG
-app.include_router(mgmt.router)
-app.include_router(conformance.router)
-app.include_router(collection.router)
-app.include_router(item.router)
 
+stac_router = APIRouter()
+stac_router.include_router(conformance.router)
+stac_router.include_router(collection.router)
+stac_router.include_router(item.router)
+
+app.include_router(mgmt.router)
+app.include_router(stac_router)
 
 @app.on_event("startup")
 async def on_startup():
diff --git a/stac_api/clients/collection_crud.py b/stac_api/clients/collection_crud.py
index fa1456083..addd09e38 100644
--- a/stac_api/clients/collection_crud.py
+++ b/stac_api/clients/collection_crud.py
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
 
 from fastapi import Depends
 from sqlalchemy.orm import Session
+from sqlalchemy.sql import func
 from sqlakeyset import get_page, Page
 
 from .base_crud import BaseCrudClient
@@ -34,14 +35,15 @@ def get_item_collection(
     ) -> Tuple[Page, int]:
         """Read an item collection from the database"""
         try:
-            collection_children = (
+            query = (
                 self.lookup_id(collection_id)
                 .first()
                 .children.order_by(database.Item.datetime.desc(), database.Item.id)
             )
-            count = collection_children.count()
+            count_query = query.statement.with_only_columns([func.count()]).order_by(None)
+            count = query.session.execute(count_query).scalar()
             token = self.pagination_client.get(token) if token else token
-            page = get_page(collection_children, per_page=limit, page=(token or False))
+            page = get_page(query, per_page=limit, page=(token or False))
             # Create dynamic attributes for each page
             page.next = (
                 self.pagination_client.insert(keyset=page.paging.bookmark_next)
diff --git a/stac_api/clients/item_crud.py b/stac_api/clients/item_crud.py
index 385d8dac4..0fffb1d94 100644
--- a/stac_api/clients/item_crud.py
+++ b/stac_api/clients/item_crud.py
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@
 import geoalchemy2 as ga
 import sqlalchemy as sa
 from sqlalchemy.orm import Session
+from sqlalchemy.sql import func
 from sqlakeyset import get_page, Page
 
 from .base_crud import BaseCrudClient
@@ -110,7 +111,8 @@ def stac_search(self, search_request: schemas.STACSearch) -> Tuple[Page, int]:
                     query = query.filter(op.operator(field, value))
 
         try:
-            count = query.count()
+            count_query = query.statement.with_only_columns([func.count()]).order_by(None)
+            count = query.session.execute(count_query).scalar()
             page = get_page(query, per_page=search_request.limit, page=token)
             # Create dynamic attributes for each page
             page.next = (
diff --git a/stac_api/resources/conformance.py b/stac_api/resources/conformance.py
index 7889c94b2..67d7c0511 100644
--- a/stac_api/resources/conformance.py
+++ b/stac_api/resources/conformance.py
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ def landing_page(
 ):
     resp = LandingPage(
         title="Arturo STAC API",
-        description="Arturo raster datastore",
+        description="Arturo STAC API",
         links=[
             Link(rel=Relations.self, type=MimeTypes.json, href=base_url),
             Link(
diff --git a/stac_api/resources/item.py b/stac_api/resources/item.py
index 46e3c912f..67bcaa640 100644
--- a/stac_api/resources/item.py
+++ b/stac_api/resources/item.py
@@ -298,7 +298,6 @@ def search_items_get(
     query: Optional[str] = Query(None),
     token: Optional[str] = None,
     fields: Optional[List[str]] = Depends(parse_list_factory("fields")),
-    cloudfront_ttl: Optional[int] = 2628000,
     sortby: Optional[str] = Depends(parse_list_factory("sortby")),
     crud_client: ItemCrudClient = Depends(item_crud_client_factory),
     base_url: str = Depends(discover_base_url),
@@ -310,7 +309,6 @@ def search_items_get(
         "bbox": bbox,
         "limit": limit,
         "token": token,
-        "cloudfront_ttl": cloudfront_ttl,
         "query": json.loads(query) if query else query,
     }
     if datetime: