diff --git a/lib/api/builds.rb b/lib/api/builds.rb
index 863be0d5e4079b2da570ab3adb9a22175a2e3868..f219b0f52417bb57f860dc6667d8aff3c5239c56 100644
--- a/lib/api/builds.rb
+++ b/lib/api/builds.rb
@@ -26,10 +26,7 @@ module API
             builds
           end
 
-        page = (params[:page] || 1).to_i
-        per_page = (params[:per_page] || 30).to_i
-
-        present builds.page(page).per(per_page), with: Entities::Build
+        present paginate(builds), with: Entities::Build
       end
 
       # Get a specific build of a project
diff --git a/lib/api/helpers.rb b/lib/api/helpers.rb
index a4df810e755ce7c50bdce1316fa1d8a1f8d40724..8fb5cd6ab63571679755d611681fa11209c4d655 100644
--- a/lib/api/helpers.rb
+++ b/lib/api/helpers.rb
@@ -97,8 +97,10 @@ module API
     end
 
     def paginate(relation)
-      per_page  = params[:per_page].to_i
-      paginated = relation.page(params[:page]).per(per_page)
+      page = (params[:page] || 1).to_i
+      per_page = (params[:per_page] || 30).to_i
+
+      paginated = relation.page(page).per(per_page)
       add_pagination_headers(paginated, per_page)
 
       paginated