diff --git a/cat/index.html_pattern b/cat/index.html_pattern
index 29e7a3d..fee52d5 100644
--- a/cat/index.html_pattern
+++ b/cat/index.html_pattern
@@ -47,7 +47,6 @@
 
             </div>
             <input type="hidden" id="current-offset" value="0" />
-            <input type="hidden" id="current-pattern" value="" />
             <div id="occurences">
             </div>
         </div>
diff --git a/cat/js/cat.js b/cat/js/cat.js
index adbd362..b32659f 100644
--- a/cat/js/cat.js
+++ b/cat/js/cat.js
@@ -1,14 +1,21 @@
 var pageLimit = 20;
 
-function secondStepSearch(caller) {
+function secondStepSearch(fragment) {
+
+    var searchQuery = $('body').data('current_fragment');
+    if (typeof(fragment) !== "undefined") {
+        searchQuery = fragment;
+        $('body').data('current_fragment', fragment);
+    }
     var fullSearchRequest = {
         operation: 'fullSearch',
         tmId: currentTmId,
         limit: pageLimit,
         offset: $('#current-offset').val(),
-        pattern:caller.innerHTML
+        pattern:searchQuery
     }
 
+
     $.ajax({
         url: '/cat/concordia_gate.php',
         type: 'post',
@@ -21,17 +28,38 @@ function secondStepSearch(caller) {
 
 }
 
+function prevPage() {
+    var currentOffset = parseInt($('#current-offset').val());
+    if (currentOffset >= pageLimit) {
+        $('#current-offset').val(currentOffset-pageLimit)
+        secondStepSearch();
+    }
+}
+
+function nextPage() {
+    var currentOffset = parseInt($('#current-offset').val());
+    var currentTotalCount = $('body').data('currentTotalCount');
+    if (currentOffset < currentTotalCount - pageLimit) {
+        $('#current-offset').val(currentOffset+pageLimit)
+        secondStepSearch();        
+    }
+}
+
+
 function presentFullSearchResults(data) {
     var pattern = $('#current-pattern').val();
     var offset = parseInt($('#current-offset').val());
     var begin = offset+1;
     var end = offset + pageLimit;
     var totalCount = parseInt(data['result']['totalCount']);
+    $('body').data('currentTotalCount', totalCount);
     if (end > totalCount) {
         end = totalCount;
     }
 
-    var result = 'Showing results '+begin+' - '+end+' of '+totalCount+'<br>';
+    var result = 'Showing results '+begin+' - '+end+' of '+totalCount+'&nbsp;';
+    result += '<button onclick=prevPage()>previous page</button>&nbsp;';
+    result += '<button onclick=nextPage()>next page</button><br>';
 
     for (j=0;j<data['result']['occurences'].length;j++) {
         var occurence = data['result']['occurences'][j];
@@ -165,7 +193,7 @@ function renderResult(data) {
 
         //the marked fragment
         var textFragment = htmlEncode(inputSentence.slice(fragment['matchedPatternStart'], fragment['matchedPatternEnd']));
-        markedSentence += '<span onclick="secondStepSearch(this)" class="matchedFragment">'+textFragment+'</span>';
+        markedSentence += '<span onclick="secondStepSearch(this.innerHTML)" class="matchedFragment">'+textFragment+'</span>';
 
         lastInsertedEnd = fragment['matchedPatternEnd'];