diff --git a/mediagoblin/templates/mediagoblin/user_pages/user.html b/mediagoblin/templates/mediagoblin/user_pages/user.html
index 48516679..d1809e80 100644
--- a/mediagoblin/templates/mediagoblin/user_pages/user.html
+++ b/mediagoblin/templates/mediagoblin/user_pages/user.html
@@ -20,8 +20,6 @@
   {% if user %}
     <h1>User page for '{{ user.username }}'</h1>
 
-    {#- Should we outsource such a media 'gallery' view to it's own file?
-        It could be useful for the home page and other views too -#}
     <ul>
       
       {% include "mediagoblin/utils/object_gallery.html" %}
diff --git a/mediagoblin/templates/mediagoblin/utils/object_gallery.html b/mediagoblin/templates/mediagoblin/utils/object_gallery.html
index 9e8c1875..8ae337f5 100644
--- a/mediagoblin/templates/mediagoblin/utils/object_gallery.html
+++ b/mediagoblin/templates/mediagoblin/utils/object_gallery.html
@@ -16,22 +16,21 @@
 # along with this program.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
 #}
 
-{% import 'mediagoblin/utils/pagination.html' as paginationmacro  %}   
+{% block object_gallery_content -%}
+  <div>
+    {% if media_entries %}
+      <ul>
+        {% for entry in media_entries %}
+          <li>
+            <a href="{{ request.urlgen('mediagoblin.user_pages.media_home',
+                 user= entry.uploader.username, m_id= entry._id) }}">
+            <img src="{{ request.app.public_store.file_url(
+		   entry['media_files']['thumb']) }}" /></a>
+          </li>
+        {% endfor %}
+      </ul>
+      {% include "mediagoblin/utils/pagination.html" %}
+    {%  endif %}
 
-<div>
-  {% if media_entries %}
-    <ul>
-      {% for entry in media_entries %}
-        <li>
-          <a href="{{ request.urlgen('mediagoblin.user_pages.media_home',
-               user= entry.uploader.username, m_id= entry._id) }}">
-          <img src="{{ request.app.public_store.file_url(
-		  entry['media_files']['thumb']) }}" /></a>
-        </li>
-      {% endfor %}
-    </ul>
-
-    {{ paginationmacro.render_pagination(pagination) }}
-
-  {%  endif %}
-</div>
+  </div>
+{% endblock %}    
diff --git a/mediagoblin/templates/mediagoblin/utils/pagination.html b/mediagoblin/templates/mediagoblin/utils/pagination.html
index 685a1bb9..b74cbfcf 100644
--- a/mediagoblin/templates/mediagoblin/utils/pagination.html
+++ b/mediagoblin/templates/mediagoblin/utils/pagination.html
@@ -15,22 +15,21 @@
 # along with this program.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
 #}
 
+{# only display if {{pagination}} is defined #}
 
-{% macro render_pagination(pagination) %}
-
-  {# only display if {{pagination}} is defined #}
-
-  {% if pagination %}
-    <div class=pagination>
+{% if pagination %}
+  <div class=pagination>
 
       {% if pagination.has_prev %}
-        <a href={{pagination.url_generator(pagination.page-1)}}> &laquo; Prev</a>
+        <a href={{ pagination.get_page_url(request.path_info, 
+	           pagination.page-1, request.GET) }}>&laquo; Prev</>
       {% endif %}
 
       {%- for page in pagination.iter_pages() %}
         {% if page %}
           {% if page != pagination.page %}
-            <a href={{pagination.url_generator(page)}}>{{ page }}</a>
+	    <a href={{ pagination.get_page_url(request.path_info, 
+                      page, request.GET) }}>{{ page }}</a>
           {% else %}
             <strong>{{ page }}</strong>
           {% endif %}
@@ -40,9 +39,9 @@
       {%- endfor %}
 
       {% if pagination.has_next %}
-        <a href={{pagination.url_generator(pagination.page+1)}}>Next &raquo;</a>
+        <a href={{ pagination.get_page_url(request.path_info,  
+                   pagination.page+1, request.GET) }}>Next &raquo;</a>
       {% endif %}
-     </div>
-  {% endif %}
+   </div>
+{% endif %}
 
-{% endmacro %}
diff --git a/mediagoblin/user_pages/views.py b/mediagoblin/user_pages/views.py
index 26c67425..76f96cf9 100644
--- a/mediagoblin/user_pages/views.py
+++ b/mediagoblin/user_pages/views.py
@@ -33,9 +33,14 @@ def user_home(request):
                 .find({'uploader': user, 'state': 'processed'}) \
                .sort('created', DESCENDING)
 
-    pagination = Pagination(2, cursor, request)
+    try:
+        page = int(request.str_GET['page'])
+    except KeyError:
+        page = 1
+            
+    pagination = Pagination(cursor, page)
     media_entries = pagination()
-    
+
     #if no data is available, return NotFound
     if media_entries == None:
         return exc.HTTPNotFound()
diff --git a/mediagoblin/util.py b/mediagoblin/util.py
index b79d6b05..9247ac19 100644
--- a/mediagoblin/util.py
+++ b/mediagoblin/util.py
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ from mediagoblin import globals as mgoblin_globals
 
 import urllib
 from math import ceil
-
+import copy
 
 TESTS_ENABLED = False
 def _activate_testing():
@@ -297,20 +297,27 @@ def setup_gettext(locale):
 
 class Pagination(object):
     """
-    Pagination class
+    Pagination class,
+    initialization through __init__(self, page=1, per_page=2, cursor) 
+    get actual data slice through __call__()
     """
-    def __init__(self, per_page, cursor, request):
-        try:
-            self.page = int(request.str_GET['page'])
-        except KeyError:
-            self.page = 1
 
+    def __init__(self, cursor, page=1, per_page=2):
+        """
+        initializes Pagination
+        -- page,       requested page
+        -- per_page,   number of objects per page
+        -- cursor,     db cursor 
+        """
+        self.page = page    
         self.per_page = per_page
         self.cursor = cursor
-        self.request = request
         self.total_count = self.cursor.count()
 
     def __call__(self):
+        """
+        returns slice of objects for the requested page
+        """
         return self.cursor.skip((self.page-1)*self.per_page) \
                           .limit(self.per_page)
 
@@ -338,7 +345,14 @@ class Pagination(object):
                     yield None
                 yield num
                 last = num
-     
-    def url_generator(self, page):
-        return '%s?%s' % (self.request.path_info, \
-                          urllib.urlencode({'page':str(page)}))
+
+    def get_page_url(self, path_info, page_no, get_params=None):
+        """ 
+        Get a new page based of the path_info, the new page number,
+        and existing get parameters.
+        """ 
+        new_get_params = copy.copy(get_params or {})
+        new_get_params['page'] = page_no
+        return "%s?%s" % (
+            path_info, urllib.urlencode(new_get_params))
+