diff --git a/example/server.js b/example/server.js
index 1872531a..eb3b0276 100644
--- a/example/server.js
+++ b/example/server.js
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ const fs = require('fs')
 const path = require('path')
 const debug = require('debug')
 
-jsonApi.setConfig({
+const config = {
   graphiql: true,
   swagger: {
     title: 'Example JSON:API Server',
@@ -43,7 +43,9 @@ jsonApi.setConfig({
   meta: {
     description: 'This block shows up in the root node of every payload'
   }
-})
+}
+
+jsonApi.setConfig(config)
 
 jsonApi.authenticate((request, callback) => {
   // If a "blockMe" header is provided, block access.
@@ -79,4 +81,5 @@ if (typeof describe === 'undefined') {
 }
 server.start = jsonApi.start
 server.close = jsonApi.close
+server.setupTestServer = opts => (jsonApi.setConfig({...config, ...opts}), jsonApi.start())
 server.getExpressServer = jsonApi.getExpressServer
diff --git a/lib/pagination.js b/lib/pagination.js
index b5d5978d..ffc2595e 100644
--- a/lib/pagination.js
+++ b/lib/pagination.js
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 'use strict'
 const pagination = module.exports = { }
 
+const jsonApi = require('./jsonApi.js')
 const ourJoi = require('./ourJoi.js')
 const url = require('url')
 
@@ -27,8 +28,9 @@ pagination.validatePaginationParams = request => {
   }
   const page = request.params.page
 
-  page.offset = parseInt(page.offset, 10) || 0
-  page.limit = parseInt(page.limit, 10) || 50
+  // Set your own pagination defaults through setConfig()
+  page.offset = parseInt(page.offset, 10) || (jsonApi._apiConfig.page && jsonApi._apiConfig.page.offset) || 0
+  page.limit = parseInt(page.limit, 10) || (jsonApi._apiConfig.page && jsonApi._apiConfig.page.limit) || 50
 }
 
 pagination.enforcePagination = (request, results) => results.slice(0, request.params.page.size)
diff --git a/test/pagination.js b/test/pagination.js
index b721169e..fddf5421 100644
--- a/test/pagination.js
+++ b/test/pagination.js
@@ -169,3 +169,49 @@ describe('Testing jsonapi-server', () => {
     jsonApiTestServer.close()
   })
 })
+
+describe('Testing configurable pagination', () => {
+  after(() => {
+    jsonApiTestServer.close()
+  })
+
+  it('Setting page defaults will set offset and limit', done => {
+    jsonApiTestServer.setupTestServer({ page: { offset: 1, limit: 3 }})
+
+    const data = {
+      method: 'get',
+      url: 'http://localhost:16006/rest/tags'
+    }
+    helpers.request(data, (err, res, json) => {
+      assert.strictEqual(err, null)
+      json = helpers.validateJson(json)
+
+      assert.strictEqual(res.statusCode, 200, 'Expecting 200')
+      assert.strictEqual(json.meta.page.offset, 1, 'should be at offset 0')
+      assert.strictEqual(json.meta.page.limit, 3, 'should have a limit of 3 record')
+      assert.strictEqual(json.meta.page.total, 5, 'should have a total of 5 records')
+
+      done()
+    })
+  })
+
+  it('Setting no page defaults will use the jagql defaults', done => {
+    jsonApiTestServer.setupTestServer()
+
+    const data = {
+      method: 'get',
+      url: 'http://localhost:16006/rest/tags'
+    }
+    helpers.request(data, (err, res, json) => {
+      assert.strictEqual(err, null)
+      json = helpers.validateJson(json)
+
+      assert.strictEqual(res.statusCode, 200, 'Expecting 200')
+      assert.strictEqual(json.meta.page.offset, 0, 'should be at offset 0')
+      assert.strictEqual(json.meta.page.limit, 50, 'should have a limit of 50 record')
+      assert.strictEqual(json.meta.page.total, 5, 'should have a total of 5 records')
+
+      done()
+    })
+  })
+})