diff --git a/src/_includes/components/pagination.njk b/src/_includes/components/pagination.njk
index ab341e2..98f9660 100644
--- a/src/_includes/components/pagination.njk
+++ b/src/_includes/components/pagination.njk
@@ -1,14 +1,14 @@
 <section class="region">
 	<nav role="navigation" aria-labelledby="pagination_label">
-		<span id="pagination_label" hidden>{{ meta.blog.paginationLabel }}</span>
-		<span id="prefix" hidden>{{ meta.blog.paginationPage }}</span>
+		<span id="pagination_label" hidden>{{ meta[metaKey].paginationLabel }}</span>
+		<span id="prefix" hidden>{{ meta[metaKey].paginationPage }}</span>
 		<ol class="pagination | cluster" role="list">
 			<li>
 				{% if pagination.href.previous %}
-					<a href="{{ pagination.href.previous }}"> {{ meta.blog.paginationPrevious }} </a>
-				{% else %} {{ meta.blog.paginationPrevious }} {% endif %}
+					<a href="{{ pagination.href.previous }}"> {{ meta[metaKey].paginationPrevious }} </a>
+				{% else %} {{ meta[metaKey].paginationPrevious }} {% endif %}
 			</li>
-			{% if meta.blog.paginationNumbers %}
+			{% if meta[metaKey].paginationNumbers %}
 			{%- for pageEntry in pagination.pages %}
 				<li>
 					<a href="{{ pagination.hrefs[ loop.index0 ] }}" id="link_{{ loop.index }}" aria-labelledby="prefix link_{{ loop.index }}" {% if page.url == pagination.hrefs[ loop.index0 ] %} aria-current="page" {% endif %}>
@@ -18,8 +18,8 @@
 			{% endif %}
 			<li>
 				{% if pagination.href.next %}
-					<a href="{{ pagination.href.next }}">{{ meta.blog.paginationNext }}</a>
-				{% else %} {{ meta.blog.paginationNext }} {% endif %}
+					<a href="{{ pagination.href.next }}">{{ meta[metaKey].paginationNext }}</a>
+				{% else %} {{ meta[metaKey].paginationNext }} {% endif %}
 			</li>
 		</ol>
 	</nav>
diff --git a/src/_layouts/blog.njk b/src/_layouts/blog.njk
index dcc725d..3f9295f 100644
--- a/src/_layouts/blog.njk
+++ b/src/_layouts/blog.njk
@@ -33,6 +33,8 @@ masonry: true
 
   <!-- set collection to paginate -->
   {% set collectionToPaginate = collections.posts %}
+  <!-- set target pagination settings in meta.js -->
+  {% set metaKey = "blog" %}
   <!-- if the number of items in the collection is greater than the number of items shown on one page -->
   {% if collectionToPaginate.length > pagination.size %}
   <!-- include pagination -->