diff --git a/src/main/controllers.zig b/src/main/controllers.zig
index ea7fa45..10ecdb7 100644
--- a/src/main/controllers.zig
+++ b/src/main/controllers.zig
@@ -242,14 +242,14 @@ const json_options = if (builtin.mode == .Debug)
 };
 
 pub const helpers = struct {
-    pub fn paginate(community: api.Community, path: []const u8, results: anytype, res: *Response, alloc: std.mem.Allocator) !void {
+    pub fn paginate(results: anytype, res: *Response, alloc: std.mem.Allocator) !void {
         var link = std.ArrayList(u8).init(alloc);
         const link_writer = link.writer();
         defer link.deinit();
 
-        try writeLink(link_writer, community, path, results.next_page, "next");
+        try writeLink(link_writer, null, "", results.next_page, "next");
         try link_writer.writeByte(',');
-        try writeLink(link_writer, community, path, results.prev_page, "prev");
+        try writeLink(link_writer, null, "", results.prev_page, "prev");
 
         try res.headers.put("Link", link.items);
 
@@ -258,16 +258,24 @@ pub const helpers = struct {
 
     fn writeLink(
         writer: anytype,
-        community: api.Community,
+        community: ?api.Community,
         path: []const u8,
         params: anytype,
         rel: []const u8,
     ) !void {
+        if (community) |c| {
+            try std.fmt.format(
+                writer,
+                "<{s}://{s}/{s}?{}>; rel=\"{s}\"",
+                .{ @tagName(c.scheme), c.host, path, http.queryStringify(params), rel },
+            );
+        } else {
+            try std.fmt.format(
+                writer,
+                "<{s}?{}>; rel=\"{s}\"",
+                .{ path, http.queryStringify(params), rel },
+            );
+        }
         // TODO: percent-encode
-        try std.fmt.format(
-            writer,
-            "<{s}://{s}/{s}?{}>; rel=\"{s}\"",
-            .{ @tagName(community.scheme), community.host, path, http.queryStringify(params), rel },
-        );
     }
 };
diff --git a/src/main/controllers/api/communities.zig b/src/main/controllers/api/communities.zig
index f6f475d..7b61d86 100644
--- a/src/main/controllers/api/communities.zig
+++ b/src/main/controllers/api/communities.zig
@@ -27,6 +27,6 @@ pub const query = struct {
     pub fn handler(req: anytype, res: anytype, srv: anytype) !void {
         const results = try srv.queryCommunities(req.query);
 
-        try controller_utils.paginate(srv.community, path, results, res, req.allocator);
+        try controller_utils.paginate(results, res, req.allocator);
     }
 };
diff --git a/src/main/controllers/api/timelines.zig b/src/main/controllers/api/timelines.zig
index 8c30cc1..df41599 100644
--- a/src/main/controllers/api/timelines.zig
+++ b/src/main/controllers/api/timelines.zig
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ pub const global = struct {
 
     pub fn handler(req: anytype, res: anytype, srv: anytype) !void {
         const results = try srv.globalTimeline(req.query);
-        try controller_utils.paginate(srv.community, path, results, res, req.allocator);
+        try controller_utils.paginate(results, res, req.allocator);
     }
 };
 
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ pub const local = struct {
 
     pub fn handler(req: anytype, res: anytype, srv: anytype) !void {
         const results = try srv.localTimeline(req.query);
-        try controller_utils.paginate(srv.community, path, results, res, req.allocator);
+        try controller_utils.paginate(results, res, req.allocator);
     }
 };
 
@@ -34,6 +34,6 @@ pub const home = struct {
 
     pub fn handler(req: anytype, res: anytype, srv: anytype) !void {
         const results = try srv.homeTimeline(req.query);
-        try controller_utils.paginate(srv.community, path, results, res, req.allocator);
+        try controller_utils.paginate(results, res, req.allocator);
     }
 };
diff --git a/src/main/controllers/api/users/follows.zig b/src/main/controllers/api/users/follows.zig
index 765e7a0..4ac3799 100644
--- a/src/main/controllers/api/users/follows.zig
+++ b/src/main/controllers/api/users/follows.zig
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ pub const query_followers = struct {
     pub fn handler(req: anytype, res: anytype, srv: anytype) !void {
         const results = try srv.queryFollowers(req.args.id, req.query);
 
-        try controller_utils.paginate(srv.community, path, results, res, req.allocator);
+        try controller_utils.paginate(results, res, req.allocator);
     }
 };
 
@@ -64,6 +64,6 @@ pub const query_following = struct {
     pub fn handler(req: anytype, res: anytype, srv: anytype) !void {
         const results = try srv.queryFollowing(req.args.id, req.query);
 
-        try controller_utils.paginate(srv.community, path, results, res, req.allocator);
+        try controller_utils.paginate(results, res, req.allocator);
     }
 };