diff --git a/lib/supplejack_common/paginated_collection.rb b/lib/supplejack_common/paginated_collection.rb
index a1abf2d..b6346bc 100644
--- a/lib/supplejack_common/paginated_collection.rb
+++ b/lib/supplejack_common/paginated_collection.rb
@@ -25,9 +25,9 @@ def initialize(klass, pagination_options={}, options={})
       @per_page                   = pagination_options[:per_page]
       @page                       = pagination_options[:page]
       @type                       = pagination_options[:type]
-      @tokenised                  = pagination_options[:tokenised] || false
       @next_page_token_location   = pagination_options[:next_page_token_location]
       @total_selector             = pagination_options[:total_selector]
+      @initial_param              = pagination_options[:initial_param]
 
       @options = options
       @counter = 0
@@ -56,16 +56,24 @@ def each(&block)
 
     private
 
+    def initial_url(url, joiner)
+      url = "#{url}#{joiner}#{@initial_param}"
+      @initial_param = nil
+      url
+    end
+
     def next_url(url)
       if paginated?
           joiner = url.match(/\?/) ? "&" : "?"
-        if @tokenised
+        if tokenised?
           @page = self.klass._document.present? ? self.klass.next_page_token(@next_page_token_location) : nil
-          url = "#{url}#{joiner}#{url_options.to_query}"
+          result = "#{url}#{joiner}#{url_options.to_query}"
+          result = initial_url(url, joiner) if @initial_param.present?
+          result
         else
-          url = "#{url}#{joiner}#{url_options.to_query}"
+          result = "#{url}#{joiner}#{url_options.to_query}"
           increment_page_counter!
-          url
+          result
         end
       else
         url
@@ -73,7 +81,10 @@ def next_url(url)
     end
 
     def url_options
-      {page_parameter => page, per_page_parameter => per_page}
+      options = {}
+      options[page_parameter] = page if page_parameter.present?
+      options[per_page_parameter] = per_page if per_page_parameter.present?
+      options
     end
 
     def page_pagination?
@@ -101,18 +112,18 @@ def increment_page_counter!
     end
 
     def more_results?
-      if @tokenised
+      if tokenised?
         return self.klass.next_page_token(@next_page_token_location).present?
       end
       current_page <= total_pages
     end
 
     def paginated?
-      (page && per_page) || @tokenised
+      (page && per_page) || tokenised?
     end
 
     def tokenised?
-      @tokenised
+      @type == 'token'
     end
 
     def yield_from_records(&block)
diff --git a/lib/supplejack_common/sitemap/base.rb b/lib/supplejack_common/sitemap/base.rb
index 71464d2..67bdc56 100644
--- a/lib/supplejack_common/sitemap/base.rb
+++ b/lib/supplejack_common/sitemap/base.rb
@@ -1,9 +1,9 @@
 # The Supplejack Common code is Crown copyright (C) 2014, New Zealand Government,
-# and is licensed under the GNU General Public License, version 3. 
-# See https://github.com/DigitalNZ/supplejack for details. 
-# 
-# Supplejack was created by DigitalNZ at the National Library of NZ and the Department of Internal Affairs. 
-# http://digitalnz.org/supplejack 
+# and is licensed under the GNU General Public License, version 3.
+# See https://github.com/DigitalNZ/supplejack for details.
+#
+# Supplejack was created by DigitalNZ at the National Library of NZ and the Department of Internal Affairs.
+# http://digitalnz.org/supplejack
 
 module SupplejackCommon
   module Sitemap
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ class Base < SupplejackCommon::Base
 
     	class_attribute :_record_selector
     	class_attribute :_namespaces
+      class_attribute :_document
 
     	class << self
     		def fetch_entries(url=nil)
diff --git a/lib/supplejack_common/xml/base.rb b/lib/supplejack_common/xml/base.rb
index f435dd5..b7d15a2 100644
--- a/lib/supplejack_common/xml/base.rb
+++ b/lib/supplejack_common/xml/base.rb
@@ -18,8 +18,17 @@ class Base < SupplejackCommon::Base
       class_attribute :_record_selector
       class_attribute :_record_format
       class_attribute :_total_results
+      class_attribute :_document
 
       class << self
+        def record_selector(xpath)
+          self._record_selector = xpath
+        end
+
+        def next_page_token(next_page_token_location)
+          self._document.xpath(next_page_token_location, self._namespaces).first.text
+        end
+
         def records(options={})
           options.reverse_merge!(limit: nil)
           klass = !!self._sitemap_entry_selector ? SupplejackCommon::Sitemap::PaginatedCollection : SupplejackCommon::PaginatedCollection
@@ -34,15 +43,13 @@ def record_format(format)
           self._record_format = format.to_sym
         end
 
-        def record_selector(xpath)
-          self._record_selector = xpath
-        end
 
         def clear_definitions
           super
           self._record_selector = nil
           self._total_results = nil
           self._record_format = nil
+          self._document = nil
         end
 
         def total_results(_total_selector)
diff --git a/lib/supplejack_common/xml_helpers/xml_document_methods.rb b/lib/supplejack_common/xml_helpers/xml_document_methods.rb
index 4f78cba..b68da97 100644
--- a/lib/supplejack_common/xml_helpers/xml_document_methods.rb
+++ b/lib/supplejack_common/xml_helpers/xml_document_methods.rb
@@ -21,8 +21,9 @@ def xml_records(url)
         xml_nodes = []
         with_each_file(url) do |file|
           document = parse_document(file)
+          self._document = document
           xml_nodes += document.xpath(self._record_selector, self._namespaces).map {|node| new(node, url) }
-          if pagination_options
+          if pagination_options&.include?(:total_selector)
             if self.pagination_options[:total_selector].start_with?("/")
               self._total_results ||= document.xpath(self.pagination_options[:total_selector]).text.to_i
             else
diff --git a/spec/supplejack_common/paginated_collection_spec.rb b/spec/supplejack_common/paginated_collection_spec.rb
index 246b9d2..fffaffb 100644
--- a/spec/supplejack_common/paginated_collection_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/supplejack_common/paginated_collection_spec.rb
@@ -100,9 +100,8 @@
 
     context "tokenised pagination" do
       let(:params) { {
-        page_parameter: "page",
-        type: "item",
-        tokenised: true,
+        page_parameter: "page-parameter",
+        type: "token",
         per_page_parameter: "per_page",
         per_page: 5,
         next_page_token_location: "next_page_token",
@@ -115,16 +114,44 @@
         SupplejackCommon::Base.stub(:_document) {true}
       end
 
-      it "does some things" do
-        expect(collection.send(:next_url, "http://go.gle/?sort=asc")).to eq "http://go.gle/?sort=asc&page=abc_1234&per_page=5"
+      it "generates the next url" do
+        expect(collection.send(:next_url, "http://go.gle/?sort=asc")).to eq "http://go.gle/?sort=asc&page-parameter=abc_1234&per_page=5"
       end
     end
+
+    context "with initial parameter" do
+        let(:params) { {
+          page_parameter: "page-parameter",
+          type: "token",
+          initial_param: 'initial-paramater=true'
+        }}
+        let(:collection) { klass.new(SupplejackCommon::Base, params, {limit: 1}) }
+
+        before do
+          SupplejackCommon::Base.stub(:next_page_token) {'abc_1234'}
+          SupplejackCommon::Base.stub(:_document) {true}
+        end
+
+        it "generates a url with an initial parameter" do
+          expect(collection.send(:next_url, "http://go.gle/?sort=asc")).to eq "http://go.gle/?sort=asc&initial-paramater=true"
+        end
+
+        it 'generates next url without initial parameter after the first call' do
+          expect(collection.send(:next_url, "http://go.gle/?sort=asc")).to eq "http://go.gle/?sort=asc&initial-paramater=true"
+          expect(collection.send(:next_url, "http://go.gle/?sort=asc")).to eq "http://go.gle/?sort=asc&page-parameter=abc_1234"
+        end
+    end
   end
 
   describe "#url_options" do
     it "returns a hash with the url options" do
       collection.send(:url_options).should eq({"page" => 1, "per_page" => 5})
     end
+
+    it "removes nil keys from the hash of url options" do
+      collection = klass.new(SupplejackCommon::Base, {page_parameter: "page", page: 1, type: "item", per_page_parameter: nil}) 
+        collection.send(:url_options).should eq({"page" => 1})
+    end
   end
 
   describe "#current_page" do
diff --git a/spec/supplejack_common/xml/base_spec.rb b/spec/supplejack_common/xml/base_spec.rb
index fe72cd2..7da46a9 100644
--- a/spec/supplejack_common/xml/base_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/supplejack_common/xml/base_spec.rb
@@ -16,6 +16,20 @@
     klass.clear_definitions
   end
 
+  describe ".record_selector" do
+    it 'assignes the record selector xpath class attributed' do
+      klass.record_selector("//o:ListRecords/o:record")
+      expect(klass._record_selector).to eq "//o:ListRecords/o:record"
+    end
+  end
+
+  describe ".next_page_token" do
+    it 'returns the next page token from the document of xml' do
+      klass._document = Nokogiri::XML.parse "<NextPageToken>token</NextPageToken>"
+      expect(klass.next_page_token('//NextPageToken')).to eq 'token'
+    end
+  end
+
   describe ".records" do
     it "returns an object of type SupplejackCommon::Sitemap::PaginatedCollection when sitemap_entry_selector is set" do
       klass.should_receive(:_sitemap_entry_selector).twice.and_return("//loc")