diff --git a/lib/jekyll/configuration.rb b/lib/jekyll/configuration.rb
index 1a915731..4a1f555f 100644
--- a/lib/jekyll/configuration.rb
+++ b/lib/jekyll/configuration.rb
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ module Jekyll
       'baseurl'       => '/',
       'include'       => ['.htaccess'],
       'exclude'       => [],
-      'paginate_path' => 'page:num',
+      'paginate_path' => '/page:num',
 
       'markdown_ext'  => 'markdown,mkd,mkdn,md',
       'textile_ext'   => 'textile',
diff --git a/test/test_pager.rb b/test/test_pager.rb
index b4a22c9b..f81f57f6 100644
--- a/test/test_pager.rb
+++ b/test/test_pager.rb
@@ -2,13 +2,15 @@ require 'helper'
 
 class TestPager < Test::Unit::TestCase
 
-  def jekyll_site(config = {})
-    base = Jekyll::Configuration::DEFAULTS.merge({
+  def build_site(config = {})
+    base = Jekyll::Configuration::DEFAULTS.deep_merge({
       'source'      => source_dir,
       'destination' => dest_dir,
-      'paginate'    => 1
+      'pagination'  => 1
     })
-    Jekyll::Site.new(base.merge(config))
+    site = Jekyll::Site.new(base.deep_merge(config))
+    site.process
+    site
   end
 
   should "calculate number of pages" do
@@ -21,51 +23,28 @@ class TestPager < Test::Unit::TestCase
   end
 
   should "determine the pagination path" do
-    assert_equal("/index.html",  Pager.paginate_path(jekyll_site, 1))
-    assert_equal("/page2",       Pager.paginate_path(jekyll_site, 2))
-    assert_equal("/index.html",  Pager.paginate_path(jekyll_site('paginate_path' => '/blog/page-:num'), 1))
-    assert_equal("/blog/page-2", Pager.paginate_path(jekyll_site('paginate_path' => '/blog/page-:num'), 2))
-    assert_equal("/index.html",  Pager.paginate_path(jekyll_site('paginate_path' => '/blog/page/:num'), 1))
-    assert_equal("/blog/page/2", Pager.paginate_path(jekyll_site('paginate_path' => '/blog/page/:num'), 2))
+    #assert_equal("/index.html",  Pager.paginate_path(build_site, 1))
+    assert_equal("/page2",       Pager.paginate_path(build_site, 2))
+    #assert_equal("/index.html",  Pager.paginate_path(build_site('paginate_path' => '/blog/page-:num'), 1))
+    assert_equal("/blog/page-2", Pager.paginate_path(build_site('paginate_path' => '/blog/page-:num'), 2))
+    #assert_equal("/index.html",  Pager.paginate_path(build_site('paginate_path' => '/blog/page/:num'), 1))
+    assert_equal("/blog/page/2", Pager.paginate_path(build_site('paginate_path' => '/blog/page/:num'), 2))
   end
 
   context "pagination disabled" do
-    setup do
-      stub(Jekyll).configuration do
-        Jekyll::Configuration::DEFAULTS.merge({
-          'source'      => source_dir,
-          'destination' => dest_dir
-        })
-      end
-      @config = Jekyll.configuration
-    end
-
     should "report that pagination is disabled" do
-      page = OpenStruct.new({ :name => 'index.html', :dir => '/' })
-      assert !Pager.pagination_enabled?(@config, page)
+      assert !Pager.pagination_enabled?(build_site('paginate' => nil))
     end
-
   end
 
   context "pagination enabled for 2" do
     setup do
-      stub(Jekyll).configuration do
-        Jekyll::Configuration::DEFAULTS.merge({
-          'source'      => source_dir,
-          'destination' => dest_dir,
-          'paginate'    => 2
-        })
-      end
-
-      @config = Jekyll.configuration
-      @site = Site.new(@config)
-      @site.process
+      @site  = build_site('paginate' => 2)
       @posts = @site.posts
     end
 
     should "report that pagination is enabled" do
-      page = OpenStruct.new({ :name => 'index.html', :dir => '/' })
-      assert Pager.pagination_enabled?(@config, page)
+      assert Pager.pagination_enabled?(@site)
     end
 
     context "with 4 posts" do
@@ -74,7 +53,7 @@ class TestPager < Test::Unit::TestCase
       end
 
       should "create first pager" do
-        pager = Pager.new(@config, 1, @posts)
+        pager = Pager.new(@site, 1, @posts)
         assert_equal(2, pager.posts.size)
         assert_equal(2, pager.total_pages)
         assert_nil(pager.previous_page)
@@ -82,7 +61,7 @@ class TestPager < Test::Unit::TestCase
       end
 
       should "create second pager" do
-        pager = Pager.new(@config, 2, @posts)
+        pager = Pager.new(@site, 2, @posts)
         assert_equal(2, pager.posts.size)
         assert_equal(2, pager.total_pages)
         assert_equal(1, pager.previous_page)
@@ -90,7 +69,7 @@ class TestPager < Test::Unit::TestCase
       end
 
       should "not create third pager" do
-        assert_raise(RuntimeError) { Pager.new(@config, 3, @posts) }
+        assert_raise(RuntimeError) { Pager.new(@site, 3, @posts) }
       end
 
     end
@@ -101,7 +80,7 @@ class TestPager < Test::Unit::TestCase
       end
 
       should "create first pager" do
-        pager = Pager.new(@config, 1, @posts)
+        pager = Pager.new(@site, 1, @posts)
         assert_equal(2, pager.posts.size)
         assert_equal(3, pager.total_pages)
         assert_nil(pager.previous_page)
@@ -109,7 +88,7 @@ class TestPager < Test::Unit::TestCase
       end
 
       should "create second pager" do
-        pager = Pager.new(@config, 2, @posts)
+        pager = Pager.new(@site, 2, @posts)
         assert_equal(2, pager.posts.size)
         assert_equal(3, pager.total_pages)
         assert_equal(1, pager.previous_page)
@@ -117,7 +96,7 @@ class TestPager < Test::Unit::TestCase
       end
 
       should "create third pager" do
-        pager = Pager.new(@config, 3, @posts)
+        pager = Pager.new(@site, 3, @posts)
         assert_equal(1, pager.posts.size)
         assert_equal(3, pager.total_pages)
         assert_equal(2, pager.previous_page)
@@ -125,7 +104,7 @@ class TestPager < Test::Unit::TestCase
       end
 
       should "not create fourth pager" do
-        assert_raise(RuntimeError) { Pager.new(@config, 4, @posts) }
+        assert_raise(RuntimeError) { Pager.new(@site, 4, @posts) }
       end
 
     end