diff --git a/entries/pagination.py b/entries/pagination.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..04023ef
--- /dev/null
+++ b/entries/pagination.py
@@ -0,0 +1,33 @@
+from django.core.paginator import Paginator
+from django.shortcuts import redirect
+
+
+def paginate(queryset, reverse, page):
+    class Page:
+        def __init__(self, i):
+            self.i = i
+
+        @property
+        def url(self):
+            return reverse(self.i)
+
+        @property
+        def current(self):
+            return self.i == entries.number
+
+    # If the first page was requested, redirect to the clean version of the URL
+    # with no page suffix.
+    if page == '1':
+        return redirect(Page(1).url)
+
+    paginator = Paginator(queryset, 10)
+    entries = paginator.page(page or 1)
+
+    entries.pages = tuple(Page(i) for i in paginator.page_range)
+
+    if entries.has_previous():
+        entries.prev = Page(entries.previous_page_number())
+    if entries.has_next():
+        entries.next = Page(entries.next_page_number())
+
+    return entries
diff --git a/home/views.py b/home/views.py
index 7304dbd..5f8998a 100644
--- a/home/views.py
+++ b/home/views.py
@@ -1,12 +1,11 @@
 from annoying.decorators import render_to
-from django.core.paginator import Paginator
 from django.http import HttpResponse
-from django.shortcuts import get_object_or_404, redirect
+from django.shortcuts import get_object_or_404
 from django.urls import reverse
 from users.models import User
 from urllib.parse import urljoin
 
-from entries import kinds
+from entries import kinds, pagination
 from lemoncurry import breadcrumbs, utils
 
 breadcrumbs.add('home:index', 'home')
@@ -14,33 +13,17 @@ breadcrumbs.add('home:index', 'home')
 
 @render_to('home/index.html')
 def index(request, page):
+    def url(page):
+        kwargs = {'page': page} if page != 1 else {}
+        return reverse('home:index', kwargs=kwargs)
     query = User.objects.prefetch_related('entries', 'profiles', 'keys')
     user = get_object_or_404(query, pk=1)
-    paginator = Paginator(user.entries.filter(kind__in=kinds.on_home), 10)
+    entries = user.entries.filter(kind__in=kinds.on_home)
 
-    # If we explicitly got /page/1 in the URL then redirect to the version with
-    # no page suffix.
-    if page == '1':
-        return redirect('home:index', permanent=True)
-    entries = paginator.page(page or 1)
-
-    class Page:
-        def __init__(self, i):
-            self.i = i
-
-        @property
-        def url(self):
-            return reverse('home:index', kwargs={'page': self.i})
-
-        @property
-        def current(self):
-            return self.i == entries.number
-
-    entries.pages = tuple(Page(i) for i in paginator.page_range)
-    if entries.has_previous():
-        entries.prev = Page(entries.previous_page_number())
-    if entries.has_next():
-        entries.next = Page(entries.next_page_number())
+    entries = pagination.paginate(queryset=entries, reverse=url, page=page)
+    # If we got a valid HTTP response, just return it without rendering.
+    if hasattr(entries, 'content'):
+        return entries
 
     return {
         'user': user,
diff --git a/lemoncurry/templates/lemoncurry/layout.html b/lemoncurry/templates/lemoncurry/layout.html
index 4d0eb80..ffb8f38 100644
--- a/lemoncurry/templates/lemoncurry/layout.html
+++ b/lemoncurry/templates/lemoncurry/layout.html
@@ -67,6 +67,7 @@
 		<footer>
 			<p>all content licensed under <a rel="license" href="https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/">cc by-sa 4.0</a></p>
 
+			{% if entries.has_other_pages %}
 			<nav>
 				<ul class="pagination">
 					{% if entries.prev %}
@@ -98,6 +99,7 @@
 					{% endif %}
 				</ul>
 			</nav>
+			{% endif %}
 
 			{% get_package_json as package %}
 			<p>powered by <a rel="code-repository" href="{{ package.repository }}/tree/v{{ package.version }}">{{ package.name }} {{ package.version }}</a></p>