diff --git a/lib/jekyll-paginate-v2/generator/paginationPage.rb b/lib/jekyll-paginate-v2/generator/paginationPage.rb
index 494cda9..d4bbf32 100644
--- a/lib/jekyll-paginate-v2/generator/paginationPage.rb
+++ b/lib/jekyll-paginate-v2/generator/paginationPage.rb
@@ -13,7 +13,8 @@ def initialize(page_to_copy, cur_page_nr, total_pages, index_pageandext)
         @site = page_to_copy.site
         @base = ''
         @url = ''
-        @name = index_pageandext.nil? ? 'index.html' : index_pageandext
+        @name = (index_pageandext.nil? || index_pageandext == '.html') ? 'index.html' : index_pageandext
+        @path = page_to_copy.path
 
         self.process(@name) # Creates the basename and ext member values
 
@@ -41,6 +42,8 @@ def initialize(page_to_copy, cur_page_nr, total_pages, index_pageandext)
       end
 
       def set_url(url_value)
+        @path = url_value[0] == '/' ? url_value[1..-1] : url_value
+        @dir = File.dirname(@path)
         @url = url_value
       end
     end # class PaginationPage