diff --git a/addon/remote/route-mixin.js b/addon/remote/route-mixin.js
index <HASH>..<HASH> 100644
--- a/addon/remote/route-mixin.js
+++ b/addon/remote/route-mixin.js
@@ -2,10 +2,13 @@ import Ember from 'ember';
 import PagedRemoteArray from './paged-remote-array';
 
 export default Ember.Mixin.create({
+  perPage: 10,
+  startingPage: 1,
+
   findPaged: function(name, params) {
     return PagedRemoteArray.create({
-      page: params.page || 1,
-      perPage: params.perPage || 10,
+      page: params.page || this.get('startingPage'),
+      perPage: params.perPage || this.get('perPage'),
       modelName: name,
       store: this.store
     });
allow setting perPage as route property