diff --git a/config.go b/config.go
index 411bfe0..8c2dbe3 100644
--- a/config.go
+++ b/config.go
@@ -386,7 +386,6 @@ func (a *goBlog) initConfig(logging bool) error {
 	if err := a.initDatabase(logging); err != nil {
 		return err
 	}
-	// Check config
 	// Parse addresses and hostnames
 	if a.cfg.Server.PublicAddress == "" {
 		return errors.New("no public address configured")
@@ -505,6 +504,10 @@ func (a *goBlog) initConfig(logging bool) error {
 	}
 	// Check config for each blog
 	for blog, bc := range a.cfg.Blogs {
+		// Check pagination
+		if bc.Pagination == 0 {
+			bc.Pagination = 10
+		}
 		// Check sections and add section if none exists
 		if len(bc.Sections) == 0 {
 			bc.Sections = createDefaultSections()
diff --git a/config_test.go b/config_test.go
index f0c8188..6810fef 100644
--- a/config_test.go
+++ b/config_test.go
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ import (
 	"testing"
 
 	"github.com/stretchr/testify/assert"
+	"github.com/stretchr/testify/require"
 )
 
 func createDefaultTestConfig(t *testing.T) *config {
@@ -138,3 +139,16 @@ func Test_configHttps(t *testing.T) {
 	})
 
 }
+
+func Test_configDefaults(t *testing.T) {
+	t.Run("Pagination", func(t *testing.T) {
+		app := &goBlog{}
+		err := app.initConfig(false)
+		require.NoError(t, err)
+		if assert.Len(t, app.cfg.Blogs, 1) {
+			for _, bc := range app.cfg.Blogs {
+				assert.Equal(t, 10, bc.Pagination)
+			}
+		}
+	})
+}