diff --git a/dmp-frontend/src/app/services/pagination.service.ts b/dmp-frontend/src/app/services/pagination.service.ts
index a7d5385c5..98b68dc78 100644
--- a/dmp-frontend/src/app/services/pagination.service.ts
+++ b/dmp-frontend/src/app/services/pagination.service.ts
@@ -1,8 +1,13 @@
 export class PaginationService {
     getPagination(groups, totalGroups: number, currentPage: number = 1, pageSize: number = 3) {
         // calculate total pages
-        let totalPages = Math.ceil(totalGroups / pageSize);       
+        //let totalPages = Math.ceil(totalGroups / pageSize);       
 
+        let totalPages = 0 ; //totalpages based on pages from xml, each group and section has each one page 
+        groups.forEach(group => {
+            if (group.page > totalPages)
+                totalPages = parseInt(group.page);
+        });
 
         let startPage: number, endPage: number;
         if (totalPages <= 10) {