diff --git a/index.js b/index.js
index d3cf638..04df880 100644
--- a/index.js
+++ b/index.js
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ function paginate (filePath, collection, fileName, files, iteratee) {
     const years       = Object.keys(postsByYear).sort().reverse();
     const latestYear  = years[0];
 
-    let last = origFile;
+    let lastYear = origFile;
 
     // no posts had date field :(
     if (!years.length) {
@@ -38,20 +38,22 @@ function paginate (filePath, collection, fileName, files, iteratee) {
         const posts = postsByYear[year];
         const cloneName = `${baseName}-${year}${ext}`;
 
-        const clone = cloneDeepWith(origFile, (value) => {
+        const currentYear = cloneDeepWith(origFile, (value) => {
             if (Buffer.isBuffer(value)) {
                 return value.slice();
             }
         });
 
-        last.pagination.next = clone;
-        clone.pagination.year = year;
-        clone.pagination.prev = last;
-        clone.pagination.posts = posts.map(iteratee);
+        lastYear.pagination.next = currentYear;
+        currentYear.pagination = {
+            year,
+            prev: lastYear,
+            posts: posts.map(iteratee)
+        }
 
-        files[cloneName] = clone;
+        files[cloneName] = currentYear;
 
-        last = clone;
+        lastYear = currentYear;
     });
 }
 
diff --git a/test/pagination.test.js b/test/pagination.test.js
index 21ec373..fce455e 100644
--- a/test/pagination.test.js
+++ b/test/pagination.test.js
@@ -30,7 +30,15 @@ describe('Yearly pagination', () => {
 
         for (let i = 0; i < 10; i++) {
             const name = `content/posts/post-${i}.md`;
-            const date = (i < 5) ? getDate(2016) : getDate(2015);
+            let date;
+
+            if (i <= 3) {
+                date = getDate(2016);
+            } else if (i > 3 && i <= 6) {
+                date = getDate(2015);
+            } else {
+                date = getDate(2014);
+            }
 
             files[name] = {
                 title: `Post Number ${i}`,
@@ -59,7 +67,7 @@ describe('Yearly pagination', () => {
                     }
                 }
 
-                cPages.should.equal(2);
+                cPages.should.equal(3);
                 done();
             });
         });
@@ -95,7 +103,7 @@ describe('Yearly pagination', () => {
                     }
                 }
 
-                cPages.should.equal(1);
+                cPages.should.equal(2);
                 done();
             });
         });
@@ -123,8 +131,10 @@ describe('Yearly pagination', () => {
             pagination()(files, metalsmith, () => {
                 const firstPage = files['blog.md'];
                 const secondPage = files['blog-2015.md'];
+                const thirdPage = files['blog-2014.md'];
 
                 firstPage.pagination.next.should.equal(secondPage);
+                secondPage.pagination.next.should.equal(thirdPage);
                 done();
             });
         });
@@ -133,8 +143,10 @@ describe('Yearly pagination', () => {
             pagination()(files, metalsmith, () => {
                 const firstPage = files['blog.md'];
                 const secondPage = files['blog-2015.md'];
+                const thirdPage = files['blog-2014.md'];
 
                 secondPage.pagination.prev.should.equal(firstPage);
+                thirdPage.pagination.prev.should.equal(secondPage);
                 done();
             });
         });
@@ -150,7 +162,7 @@ describe('Yearly pagination', () => {
 
         it('pagination.next is not defined for the last page', (done) => {
             pagination()(files, metalsmith, () => {
-                const lastPage = files['blog-2015.md'];
+                const lastPage = files['blog-2014.md'];
 
                 lastPage.pagination.should.not.have.property('next');
                 done();