diff --git a/src/ifm.js b/src/ifm.js
index d03b5f2..8030db8 100644
--- a/src/ifm.js
+++ b/src/ifm.js
@@ -214,7 +214,8 @@ function IFM(params) {
 
 		if( self.datatable ) self.datatable.destroy();
 		self.datatable = $('#filetable').DataTable({
-			paging: false,
+			paging: !!self.config.paging,
+			pageLength: 50,
 			info: false,
 			autoWidth: false,
 			columnDefs: [
diff --git a/src/main.php b/src/main.php
index a620bb3..6b3727e 100644
--- a/src/main.php
+++ b/src/main.php
@@ -52,6 +52,7 @@ class IFM {
 		"zipnload" => 1,
 		"createarchive" => 1,
 		"search" => 1,
+		"paging" => 1,
 
 		// gui controls
 		"showlastmodified" => 0,