diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index d745ade..bb552ef 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -369,3 +369,4 @@ FodyWeavers.xsd
 
 .idea/
 Imports/
+.idea/
diff --git a/.idea/.idea.DataImport/.idea/.gitignore b/.idea/.idea.DataImport/.idea/.gitignore
deleted file mode 100644
index 3697fcf..0000000
--- a/.idea/.idea.DataImport/.idea/.gitignore
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,15 +0,0 @@
-# Default ignored files
-/shelf/
-/workspace.xml
-# Editor-based HTTP Client requests
-/httpRequests/
-# Rider ignored files
-/modules.xml
-/contentModel.xml
-/projectSettingsUpdater.xml
-/.idea.DataImport.iml
-# Ignored default folder with query files
-/queries/
-# Datasource local storage ignored files
-/dataSources/
-/dataSources.local.xml
diff --git a/.idea/.idea.DataImport/.idea/encodings.xml b/.idea/.idea.DataImport/.idea/encodings.xml
deleted file mode 100644
index df87cf9..0000000
--- a/.idea/.idea.DataImport/.idea/encodings.xml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,4 +0,0 @@
-<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
-<project version="4">
-  <component name="Encoding" addBOMForNewFiles="with BOM under Windows, with no BOM otherwise" />
-</project>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/.idea/.idea.DataImport/.idea/indexLayout.xml b/.idea/.idea.DataImport/.idea/indexLayout.xml
deleted file mode 100644
index 7c38c58..0000000
--- a/.idea/.idea.DataImport/.idea/indexLayout.xml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,10 +0,0 @@
-<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
-<project version="4">
-  <component name="UserContentModel">
-    <attachedFolders>
-      <Path>../../Backend</Path>
-    </attachedFolders>
-    <explicitIncludes />
-    <explicitExcludes />
-  </component>
-</project>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/.idea/.idea.DataImport/.idea/vcs.xml b/.idea/.idea.DataImport/.idea/vcs.xml
deleted file mode 100644
index 254e5f3..0000000
--- a/.idea/.idea.DataImport/.idea/vcs.xml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,7 +0,0 @@
-<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
-<project version="4">
-  <component name="VcsDirectoryMappings">
-    <mapping directory="" vcs="Git" />
-    <mapping directory="$PROJECT_DIR$/../BlazorEcommerce" vcs="Git" />
-  </component>
-</project>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/DataImport.API/Controllers/CountryController.cs b/DataImport.API/Controllers/CountryController.cs
index 035444a..20a2a65 100644
--- a/DataImport.API/Controllers/CountryController.cs
+++ b/DataImport.API/Controllers/CountryController.cs
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 using DataImport.API.Controllers.BaseController;
 using DataImport.Commands.Queries;
+using DataImport.Data.Enums;   // <-- add this
 
 namespace DataImport.API.Controllers;
 
@@ -7,6 +8,7 @@ namespace DataImport.API.Controllers;
 public class CountryController : ApiControllerBasev1
 {
     private readonly IMediator _mediator;
+
     public CountryController(IMediator mediator)
     {
         _mediator = mediator;
@@ -15,30 +17,29 @@ public CountryController(IMediator mediator)
     [HttpPost]
     [Route("get-count-by-country")]
     public async Task<IActionResult> GetCountryCount(
-        [FromQuery] GetCountryCountQuery request,
+        [FromQuery] Country country,
         CancellationToken ct)
     {
-        if (string.IsNullOrWhiteSpace(request?.country.ToString()))
-            return BadRequest("Country name is required");
-
-        var result = await _mediator.Send(
-            new GetCountryCountQuery(request.country),
-            ct);
+        if (!Enum.IsDefined(typeof(Country), country))
+            return BadRequest("Valid country is required");
 
+        var result = await _mediator.Send(new GetCountryCountQuery(country), ct);
         return Ok(result);
     }
 
     [HttpPost]
     [Route("get-sanctions-by-country")]
     public async Task<IActionResult> GetCountrySanctionsPaged(
-        [FromQuery] GetCountrySanctionsPagedQuery request,
-        CancellationToken ct)
+        [FromQuery] Country country,
+        [FromQuery] int pageSize = 20,
+        [FromQuery] int page = 1,
+        CancellationToken ct = default)
     {
-        if (string.IsNullOrWhiteSpace(request?.country.ToString()))
-            return BadRequest("Country name is required");
+        if (!Enum.IsDefined(typeof(Country), country))
+            return BadRequest("Valid country is required");
 
         var result = await _mediator.Send(
-            new GetCountrySanctionsPagedQuery(request.country),
+            new GetCountrySanctionsPagedQuery(country, pageSize, page),
             ct);
 
         return Ok(result);