diff --git a/app/controllers/list_controller.rb b/app/controllers/list_controller.rb
index ce8191509..8dd87b27b 100644
--- a/app/controllers/list_controller.rb
+++ b/app/controllers/list_controller.rb
@@ -208,7 +208,12 @@ class ListController < ApplicationController
   end
 
   def prev_page_params(opts = nil)
-    page_params(opts).merge(page: params[:page].to_i > 1 ? (params[:page].to_i - 1) : 1)
+    pg = params[:page].to_i
+    if pg > 1
+      page_params(opts).merge(page: pg - 1)
+    else
+      page_params(opts).merge(page: nil)
+    end
   end
 
 
diff --git a/app/views/list/list.erb b/app/views/list/list.erb
index 3e6d6c064..17d9e0961 100644
--- a/app/views/list/list.erb
+++ b/app/views/list/list.erb
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
 
 <% if @list.topics.length > 0 %>
   <p>
-  <% if params[:page].to_i > 1 %>
+  <% if params[:page].to_i > 0 %>
     <a href="<%= @list.prev_topics_url.sub('.json?','?') %>" rel="prev"><%= t 'prev_page'%></a> &nbsp;
   <% end %>
     <b><a href="<%= @list.more_topics_url.sub('.json?','?') %>" rel="next"><%= t 'next_page'%></a></b>
diff --git a/app/views/topics/show.html.erb b/app/views/topics/show.html.erb
index 6cd3b18cd..182f48818 100644
--- a/app/views/topics/show.html.erb
+++ b/app/views/topics/show.html.erb
@@ -16,14 +16,14 @@
 <% end %>
 
 
-<% if @topic_view.next_page %>
-  <p>
-    <% if params[:page].to_i > 1 %>
-      <a href="" rel="prev"><%= t 'prev_page'%></a> &nbsp;
-    <% end %>
-    <b><a href="<%= @topic_view.next_page_path %>" rel="next"><%= t 'next_page'%></a></b>
-  </p>
-<% end %>
+<p>
+  <% if @topic_view.prev_page %>
+    <%= link_to t(:prev_page), @topic_view.prev_page_path, rel: 'prev' %>
+  <% end %>
+  <% if @topic_view.next_page %>
+    <b><%= link_to t(:next_page), @topic_view.next_page_path, rel: 'next'  %></b>
+  <% end %>
+</p>
 
 
 <p><%= t 'powered_by_html' %></p>
diff --git a/lib/topic_view.rb b/lib/topic_view.rb
index 1cbec56ab..86bd1ee99 100644
--- a/lib/topic_view.rb
+++ b/lib/topic_view.rb
@@ -59,6 +59,14 @@ class TopicView
     @last_post ||= @posts.last
   end
 
+  def prev_page
+    if @page && @page > 1
+      @page - 1
+    else
+      nil
+    end
+  end
+
   def next_page
     @next_page ||= begin
       if last_post && (@topic.highest_post_number > last_post.post_number)
@@ -67,6 +75,14 @@ class TopicView
     end
   end
 
+  def prev_page_path
+    if prev_page > 1
+      "#{@topic.relative_url}?page=#{prev_page}"
+    else
+      @topic.relative_url
+    end
+  end
+
   def next_page_path
     "#{@topic.relative_url}?page=#{next_page}"
   end