diff --git a/packages/server/modules/core/domain/objects/operations.ts b/packages/server/modules/core/domain/objects/operations.ts
index 3a118546b..50543219c 100644
--- a/packages/server/modules/core/domain/objects/operations.ts
+++ b/packages/server/modules/core/domain/objects/operations.ts
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ import {
   SpeckleObjectClosureEntry
 } from '@/modules/core/domain/objects/types'
 import { BatchedSelectOptions } from '@/modules/shared/helpers/dbHelper'
-import { Nullable, Optional } from '@speckle/shared'
+import { MaybeNullOrUndefined, Nullable, Optional } from '@speckle/shared'
 import { Knex } from 'knex'
 import type stream from 'node:stream'
 
@@ -54,6 +54,18 @@ export type GetObjectChildrenStream = (params: {
   objectId: string
 }) => Promise<stream.PassThrough & AsyncIterable<{ dataText: string; id: string }>>
 
+export type GetObjectChildren = (params: {
+  streamId: string
+  objectId: string
+  limit?: MaybeNullOrUndefined<number | string>
+  depth?: MaybeNullOrUndefined<number | string>
+  select?: MaybeNullOrUndefined<string[]>
+  cursor?: MaybeNullOrUndefined<string>
+}) => Promise<{
+  objects: Omit<SpeckleObject, 'totalChildrenCountByDepth' | 'streamId'>[]
+  cursor: string | null
+}>
+
 export type CreateObject = (params: {
   streamId: string
   object: RawSpeckleObject
diff --git a/packages/server/modules/core/graph/resolvers/objects.ts b/packages/server/modules/core/graph/resolvers/objects.ts
index 311e75530..9809a73a7 100644
--- a/packages/server/modules/core/graph/resolvers/objects.ts
+++ b/packages/server/modules/core/graph/resolvers/objects.ts
@@ -1,13 +1,11 @@
 import { authorizeResolver } from '@/modules/shared'
 
-import {
-  getObjectChildren,
-  getObjectChildrenQuery
-} from '@/modules/core/services/objects'
+import { getObjectChildrenQuery } from '@/modules/core/services/objects'
 
 import { isNonNullable, Roles } from '@speckle/shared'
 import { Resolvers } from '@/modules/core/graph/generated/graphql'
 import {
+  getObjectChildrenFactory,
   getObjectFactory,
   storeClosuresIfNotFoundFactory,
   storeObjectsIfNotFoundFactory
@@ -20,6 +18,7 @@ const createObjects = createObjectsFactory({
   storeObjectsIfNotFoundFactory: storeObjectsIfNotFoundFactory({ db }),
   storeClosuresIfNotFound: storeClosuresIfNotFoundFactory({ db })
 })
+const getObjectChildren = getObjectChildrenFactory({ db })
 
 const getStreamObject: NonNullable<Resolvers['Stream']>['object'] =
   async function object(parent, args) {
@@ -42,14 +41,22 @@ export = {
           objectId: parent.id,
           limit: args.limit,
           depth: args.depth,
-          select: args.select,
+          select: args.select?.filter(isNonNullable),
           cursor: args.cursor
         })
-        result.objects.forEach((x) => (x.streamId = parent.streamId))
+
+        // Hacky typing here, but I want to avoid filling up memory with a new array of new objects w/ .map()
+        const objects = result.objects as Array<
+          (typeof result)['objects'][number] & {
+            streamId: string
+          }
+        >
+        objects.forEach((x) => (x.streamId = parent.streamId))
+
         return {
           totalCount: parent.totalChildrenCount || 0,
           cursor: result.cursor,
-          objects: result.objects
+          objects
         }
       }
 
diff --git a/packages/server/modules/core/helpers/graphTypes.ts b/packages/server/modules/core/helpers/graphTypes.ts
index 6e01d68fe..b120552d4 100644
--- a/packages/server/modules/core/helpers/graphTypes.ts
+++ b/packages/server/modules/core/helpers/graphTypes.ts
@@ -62,7 +62,10 @@ export type ModelsTreeItemGraphQLReturn = Omit<ModelsTreeItem, 'model' | 'childr
   projectId: string
 }
 
-export type ObjectGraphQLReturn = ObjectRecord
+export type ObjectGraphQLReturn = Omit<
+  ObjectRecord,
+  'createdAt' | 'totalChildrenCountByDepth'
+>
 
 /**
  * Return type for top-level mutations groupings like `projectMutations`, `activeUserMutations` etc.
diff --git a/packages/server/modules/core/repositories/objects.ts b/packages/server/modules/core/repositories/objects.ts
index 09b2b6611..cd2077875 100644
--- a/packages/server/modules/core/repositories/objects.ts
+++ b/packages/server/modules/core/repositories/objects.ts
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ import {
   GetBatchedStreamObjects,
   GetFormattedObject,
   GetObject,
+  GetObjectChildren,
   GetObjectChildrenStream,
   GetStreamObjects,
   StoreClosuresIfNotFound,
@@ -19,6 +20,7 @@ import {
 } from '@/modules/core/domain/objects/operations'
 import { SpeckleObject } from '@/modules/core/domain/objects/types'
 import { SetOptional } from 'type-fest'
+import { set, toNumber } from 'lodash'
 
 const ObjectChildrenClosure = buildTableHelper('object_children_closure', [
   'parent',
@@ -163,3 +165,87 @@ export const getObjectChildrenStreamFactory =
       .orderBy('objects.id')
     return q.stream({ highWaterMark: 500 })
   }
+
+export const getObjectChildrenFactory =
+  (deps: { db: Knex }): GetObjectChildren =>
+  async ({ streamId, objectId, limit, depth, select, cursor }) => {
+    limit = toNumber(limit || 0) || 50
+    depth = toNumber(depth || 0) || 1000
+
+    let fullObjectSelect = false
+
+    const q = deps.db.with(
+      'object_children_closure',
+      knex.raw(
+        `SELECT objects.id as parent, d.key as child, d.value as mindepth, ? as "streamId"
+        FROM objects
+        JOIN jsonb_each_text(objects.data->'__closure') d ON true
+        where objects.id = ?`,
+        [streamId, objectId]
+      )
+    )
+
+    if (Array.isArray(select)) {
+      select.forEach((field, index) => {
+        q.select(
+          knex.raw('jsonb_path_query(data, :path) as :name:', {
+            path: '$.' + field,
+            name: '' + index
+          })
+        )
+      })
+    } else {
+      fullObjectSelect = true
+      q.select('data')
+    }
+
+    q.select('id')
+    q.select('createdAt')
+    q.select('speckleType')
+    q.select('totalChildrenCount')
+
+    q.from('object_children_closure')
+
+    q.rightJoin('objects', function () {
+      this.on('objects.streamId', '=', 'object_children_closure.streamId').andOn(
+        'objects.id',
+        '=',
+        'object_children_closure.child'
+      )
+    })
+      .where(
+        knex.raw('object_children_closure."streamId" = ? AND parent = ?', [
+          streamId,
+          objectId
+        ])
+      )
+      .andWhere(knex.raw('object_children_closure.mindepth < ?', [depth]))
+      .andWhere(knex.raw('id > ?', [cursor ? cursor : '0']))
+      .orderBy('objects.id')
+      .limit(limit)
+
+    const rows = await q
+
+    if (rows.length === 0) {
+      return { objects: rows, cursor: null }
+    }
+
+    if (!fullObjectSelect)
+      rows.forEach((o, i, arr) => {
+        const no = {
+          id: o.id,
+          createdAt: o.createdAt,
+          speckleType: o.speckleType,
+          totalChildrenCount: o.totalChildrenCount,
+          data: {}
+        }
+        let k = 0
+        for (const field of select || []) {
+          set(no.data, field, o[k++])
+        }
+        arr[i] = no
+      })
+
+    const lastId = rows[rows.length - 1].id
+    return { objects: rows, cursor: lastId }
+  }
diff --git a/packages/server/modules/core/services/objects.js b/packages/server/modules/core/services/objects.js
index 0cdabf4c4..b4d068f44 100644
--- a/packages/server/modules/core/services/objects.js
+++ b/packages/server/modules/core/services/objects.js
@@ -5,91 +5,6 @@ const knex = require(`@/db/knex`)
 const Objects = () => knex('objects')
 
 module.exports = {
-  /**
-   * @returns {Promise<{objects: import('@/modules/core/helpers/types').ObjectRecord[], cursor: string | null}>}
-   */
-  async getObjectChildren({ streamId, objectId, limit, depth, select, cursor }) {
-    limit = parseInt(limit) || 50
-    depth = parseInt(depth) || 1000
-
-    let fullObjectSelect = false
-
-    const q = knex.with(
-      'object_children_closure',
-      knex.raw(
-        `SELECT objects.id as parent, d.key as child, d.value as mindepth, ? as "streamId"
-        FROM objects
-        JOIN jsonb_each_text(objects.data->'__closure') d ON true
-        where objects.id = ?`,
-        [streamId, objectId]
-      )
-    )
-
-    if (Array.isArray(select)) {
-      select.forEach((field, index) => {
-        q.select(
-          knex.raw('jsonb_path_query(data, :path) as :name:', {
-            path: '$.' + field,
-            name: '' + index
-          })
-        )
-      })
-    } else {
-      fullObjectSelect = true
-      q.select('data')
-    }
-
-    q.select('id')
-    q.select('createdAt')
-    q.select('speckleType')
-    q.select('totalChildrenCount')
-
-    q.from('object_children_closure')
-
-    q.rightJoin('objects', function () {
-      this.on('objects.streamId', '=', 'object_children_closure.streamId').andOn(
-        'objects.id',
-        '=',
-        'object_children_closure.child'
-      )
-    })
-      .where(
-        knex.raw('object_children_closure."streamId" = ? AND parent = ?', [
-          streamId,
-          objectId
-        ])
-      )
-      .andWhere(knex.raw('object_children_closure.mindepth < ?', [depth]))
-      .andWhere(knex.raw('id > ?', [cursor ? cursor : '0']))
-      .orderBy('objects.id')
-      .limit(limit)
-
-    const rows = await q
-
-    if (rows.length === 0) {
-      return { objects: rows, cursor: null }
-    }
-
-    if (!fullObjectSelect)
-      rows.forEach((o, i, arr) => {
-        const no = {
-          id: o.id,
-          createdAt: o.createdAt,
-          speckleType: o.speckleType,
-          totalChildrenCount: o.totalChildrenCount,
-          data: {}
-        }
-        let k = 0
-        for (const field of select) {
-          set(no.data, field, o[k++])
-        }
-        arr[i] = no
-      })
-
-    const lastId = rows[rows.length - 1].id
-    return { objects: rows, cursor: lastId }
-  },
-
   /**
    *
    * This query is inefficient on larger sets (n * 10k objects) as we need to return the total count on an arbitrarily (user) defined selection of objects.
diff --git a/packages/server/modules/core/tests/objects.spec.js b/packages/server/modules/core/tests/objects.spec.js
index 5480b679e..f61ca3ac4 100644
--- a/packages/server/modules/core/tests/objects.spec.js
+++ b/packages/server/modules/core/tests/objects.spec.js
@@ -7,11 +7,7 @@ const { cloneDeep, times, random, padStart } = require('lodash')
 const { beforeEachContext } = require('@/test/hooks')
 const { getAnIdForThisOnePlease } = require('@/test/helpers')
 
-const {
-  getObjects,
-  getObjectChildren,
-  getObjectChildrenQuery
-} = require('../services/objects')
+const { getObjects, getObjectChildrenQuery } = require('../services/objects')
 const {
   getStreamFactory,
   createStreamFactory
@@ -86,7 +82,8 @@ const {
   storeClosuresIfNotFoundFactory,
   storeObjectsIfNotFoundFactory,
   getFormattedObjectFactory,
-  getObjectChildrenStreamFactory
+  getObjectChildrenStreamFactory,
+  getObjectChildrenFactory
 } = require('@/modules/core/repositories/objects')
 
 const sampleCommit = JSON.parse(`{
@@ -190,6 +187,7 @@ const createObjects = createObjectsFactory({
 })
 const getObject = getFormattedObjectFactory({ db })
 const getObjectChildrenStream = getObjectChildrenStreamFactory({ db })
+const getObjectChildren = getObjectChildrenFactory({ db })
 
 describe('Objects @core-objects', () => {
   const userOne = {