diff --git a/controllers/api.js b/controllers/api.js
index 772bf166..08f470da 100644
--- a/controllers/api.js
+++ b/controllers/api.js
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ const express  = require('express')
 	, getCatalog = require(__dirname+'/../models/api/get-catalog.js')
 	, getBoards = require(__dirname+'/../models/api/get-boards.js');
 
+/*
 (async () => {
 	await Boards.deleteIncrement('pol');
 	await Boards.deleteIncrement('b');
@@ -30,7 +31,7 @@ const express  = require('express')
 		description: 'post anything here',
 	})
 })();
-
+*/
 
 // make new post
 router.post('/board/:board', Boards.exists, (req, res, next) => {
diff --git a/controllers/frontend.js b/controllers/frontend.js
index 93b4527b..64765f29 100644
--- a/controllers/frontend.js
+++ b/controllers/frontend.js
@@ -8,7 +8,25 @@ const express  = require('express')
 	, thread = require(__dirname+'/../models/frontend/thread.js');
 
 // board page/recents
-router.get('/:board/:page(\\d+)?', Boards.exists, board);
+router.get('/:board/:page(\\d+)?', Boards.exists, (req, res, next) => {
+
+    const errors = [];
+
+    if (req.params.page && req.params.page <= 0) {
+        errors.push('Invalid page.');
+    }
+
+    if (errors.length > 0) {
+        return res.status(400).render('message', {
+            'title': 'Bad request',
+            'errors': errors,
+            'redirect': `/${req.params.board}`
+        });
+    }
+
+	board(req, res);
+
+});
 
 // thread view page
 router.get('/:board/thread/:id(\\d+)', Boards.exists, thread);
diff --git a/db-models/posts.js b/db-models/posts.js
index 661b3bdd..3adbfaeb 100644
--- a/db-models/posts.js
+++ b/db-models/posts.js
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ module.exports = {
 			'thread': null
 		}).sort({
 			'bumped': -1
-		}).limit(10).toArray();
+		}).skip(10*(page-1)).limit(10).toArray();
 
 		// add posts to all threads in parallel
 		await Promise.all(threads.map(async thread => {
@@ -34,6 +34,10 @@ module.exports = {
 
 	},
 
+	getPages: async (board) => {
+		return db.collection(board).estimatedDocumentCount();
+	},
+
 	getThread: async (board, id) => {
 
 		// get thread post and potential replies concurrently
diff --git a/views/mixins/post.pug b/views/mixins/post.pug
index 64125cf3..68722ebc 100644
--- a/views/mixins/post.pug
+++ b/views/mixins/post.pug
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 mixin post(board, post, truncate)
-	article(class='post-container '+(post.thread ? '' : 'op'))
+	article(id=post._id class='post-container '+(post.thread ? '' : 'op'))
 		header.post-info
 			input.post-check(type='checkbox', name='checked[]' value=post._id)
 			if post.subject
diff --git a/views/pages/board.pug b/views/pages/board.pug
index 1d98f6ba..3c954f41 100644
--- a/views/pages/board.pug
+++ b/views/pages/board.pug
@@ -20,6 +20,11 @@ block content
 				for post in thread.replies
 					+post(board, post, true)
 			hr(size=1)
+		if pages > 0
+			span.pages Page 
+				- for(let i = 0; i < pages; i++)
+					span: a(href=`/${board._id}/${i+1}`) #{i+1}
+			hr(size=1)
 		section.delete-wrapper
 			input#password(type='password', name='password', placeholder='password (for deletion)' autocomplete='off')
 			input(type='submit', value='delete')