diff --git a/src/config/config.example.php b/src/config/config.example.php
index 599a0d0..8a8a572 100644
--- a/src/config/config.example.php
+++ b/src/config/config.example.php
@@ -44,3 +44,9 @@ define('FORBIDDEN_EXTENSIONS', ['swf', 'js', 'html', 'htm']);
  */
 define('PIWIK_URL', false);
 define('PIWIK_ID', false);
+
+/**
+ * Number of pages to show before and after the current page in the pagination. e.g. default (5) on page 37:
+ *  < 1 ... 32 33 34 35 36 *37** 38 39 40 40 42 ... 115 >
+ */
+define("PAGINATION_PADDING", 5);
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/helpers/Twig.php b/src/helpers/Twig.php
index c55b6ef..f2875b2 100755
--- a/src/helpers/Twig.php
+++ b/src/helpers/Twig.php
@@ -45,7 +45,8 @@ class Twig
     }
 
     private static function getPaginationFunction() {
-        return new \Twig_Function('paginationFunction', function ($numPages, $page, $padding = 2) {
+        return new \Twig_Function('paginationFunction', function ($numPages, $page) {
+            $padding = PAGINATION_PADDING;
             $pages = [1];
             $i = 2;
             while ($i <= $numPages) {
diff --git a/src/templates/macros.twig b/src/templates/macros.twig
index c3e8281..e634ad4 100755
--- a/src/templates/macros.twig
+++ b/src/templates/macros.twig
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@
 
 {% macro pagination(num_pages, page) %}
     {% import _self as m %}
-    {% set pagearray = paginationFunction(num_pages, page,5) %}
+    {% set pagearray = paginationFunction(num_pages, page) %}
     <!-- License of svg icons - http://fontawesome.io/license (Font: SIL OFL 1.1, CSS: MIT License) -->
     <ul class="pagination">
         {% if page > 1 %}