Index: magnolia-module-standard-templating-kit/src/main/java/info/magnolia/module/templatingkit/util/STKPager.java
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--- magnolia-module-standard-templating-kit/src/main/java/info/magnolia/module/templatingkit/util/STKPager.java	(revision 37501)
+++ magnolia-module-standard-templating-kit/src/main/java/info/magnolia/module/templatingkit/util/STKPager.java	(working copy)
@@ -95,7 +95,14 @@
     }
 
     protected int getOffset() {
-        return ((getCurrentPage() -1) * maxResultsPerPage);
+    	int offset = ((getCurrentPage() -1) * maxResultsPerPage);
+    	// when requested page is out of range of the actual number of items,
+    	// set offset to offset of the last page
+    	if(offset > count) {
+    		int pages = count / maxResultsPerPage;
+    		offset = pages * maxResultsPerPage;
+    	}
+        return offset;
     }
 
     public int getCurrentPage() {
@@ -174,7 +181,10 @@
         maxResultsPerPage = Integer.MAX_VALUE;
         try {
             if( content.hasNodeData("maxResultsPerPage") ){
-                maxResultsPerPage = (int) content.getNodeData("maxResultsPerPage").getLong();
+                int max = (int) content.getNodeData("maxResultsPerPage").getLong();
+                if(max > 0) {
+                	maxResultsPerPage = max;
+                }
             }
 
             position = "top";