diff --git a/layouts/_default/index.html b/layouts/_default/index.html
index 9d4c97a1..ff64b1cf 100644
--- a/layouts/_default/index.html
+++ b/layouts/_default/index.html
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
{{- end }}
{{- $pinned := first 1 (where $pages ".Params.pinned" true) }}
{{- $pages = union $pinned $pages }}
- {{- $paginator := .Paginate $pages .Site.Params.hb.blog.paginate }}
+ {{- $paginator := .Paginate $pages (default 12 .Site.Params.hb.blog.paginate) }}
{{ partial "hb/modules/blog/title" . }}
{{- end -}}
diff --git a/layouts/_default/list.html b/layouts/_default/list.html
index 34609a9f..43a78ea7 100644
--- a/layouts/_default/list.html
+++ b/layouts/_default/list.html
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
{{- define "title" }}
{{- $pages := .RegularPagesRecursive }}
- {{- $paginator := .Paginate $pages .Site.Params.hb.blog.paginate }}
+ {{- $paginator := .Paginate $pages (default 12 .Site.Params.hb.blog.paginate) }}
{{ partial "base/title" . }}
{{- end -}}