diff --git a/depicts/commons.py b/depicts/commons.py
index dd7df26..c19e4f5 100644
--- a/depicts/commons.py
+++ b/depicts/commons.py
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 from . import mediawiki, utils
 
 commons_url = 'https://www.wikidata.org/w/api.php'
+page_size = 50
 
 def image_detail(filenames, thumbheight=None, thumbwidth=None):
     if not isinstance(filenames, list):
@@ -10,7 +11,6 @@ def image_detail(filenames, thumbheight=None, thumbwidth=None):
 
     params = {
         'action': 'query',
-        'titles': '|'.join(f'File:{f}' for f in filenames),
         'prop': 'imageinfo',
         'iiprop': 'url',
     }
@@ -18,13 +18,18 @@ def image_detail(filenames, thumbheight=None, thumbwidth=None):
         params['iiurlheight'] = thumbheight
     if thumbwidth is not None:
         params['iiurlwidth'] = thumbwidth
-    r = mediawiki.api_call(params, api_url=commons_url)
 
     images = {}
 
-    for image in r.json()['query']['pages']:
-        filename = utils.drop_start(image['title'], 'File:')
-        images[filename] = image['imageinfo'][0]
+    for cur in utils.chunk(filenames, page_size):
+        call_params = params.copy()
+        call_params['titles'] = '|'.join(f'File:{f}' for f in cur)
+
+        r = mediawiki.api_call(call_params, api_url=commons_url)
+
+        for image in r.json()['query']['pages']:
+            filename = utils.drop_start(image['title'], 'File:')
+            images[filename] = image['imageinfo'][0]
 
     return images