diff --git a/src/common/kiwix/searcher.cpp b/src/common/kiwix/searcher.cpp
index 0a751931..52ba6496 100644
--- a/src/common/kiwix/searcher.cpp
+++ b/src/common/kiwix/searcher.cpp
@@ -185,6 +185,10 @@ namespace kiwix {
       CDT page;
       page["start"] = i * this->resultCountPerPage;
       page["end"] = (i+1) * this->resultCountPerPage;
+
+      if (i * this->resultCountPerPage == this->resultStart)
+	page["selected"] = true;
+
       pagesCDT.PushBack(page);
     }
     oData["pages"] = pagesCDT;
diff --git a/static/results.tmpl b/static/results.tmpl
index 712f4a9d..2144530f 100644
--- a/static/results.tmpl
+++ b/static/results.tmpl
@@ -114,7 +114,7 @@
   <div class="footer">
     <ul>
       <TMPL_loop pages>
-      <li><a class="selected" href="search://?pattern=<TMPL_var searchPattern>&start=<TMPL_var start>&end=<TMPL_var end>"><TMPL_var __COUNTER__></a></li>
+      <li><a <TMPL_if selected>class="selected"</TMPL_if> href="search://?pattern=<TMPL_var searchPattern>&start=<TMPL_var start>&end=<TMPL_var end>"><TMPL_var __COUNTER__></a></li>
       </TMPL_LOOP>
     </ul>
   </div>