diff --git a/salinic/backends/solr/client.py b/salinic/backends/solr/client.py
index e8a2bc5..70638c5 100644
--- a/salinic/backends/solr/client.py
+++ b/salinic/backends/solr/client.py
@@ -19,8 +19,8 @@ class ClientRW(Base):
     def search(self, sq: SearchQuery, user_id: str | None = None):
         payload = {
             'q': sq.query.original_query,
-            'rows': sq.rows,
-            'start': sq.start,
+            'rows': sq.page_size,
+            'start': sq.page_size * (sq.page_number - 1),
         }
 
         if user_id:
diff --git a/salinic/backends/solr/index.py b/salinic/backends/solr/index.py
index d6bd8ca..3bc7a39 100644
--- a/salinic/backends/solr/index.py
+++ b/salinic/backends/solr/index.py
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
 
 from salinic.field import Field
 from salinic.query import SearchQuery
-from salinic.schema import DocumentPage, Folder
+from salinic.schema import DocumentPage, Folder, PaginatedResponse
 from salinic.utils import first
 
 logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)
@@ -21,10 +21,14 @@ def search(
         self,
         sq: SearchQuery,
         user_id: str | None = None
-    ) -> list[DocumentPage | Folder]:
+    ) -> PaginatedResponse:
         """Query index"""
         result = self.client.search(sq, user_id)
         items = glom(result, 'response.docs')
+        total_found = glom(result, 'response.numFound')
+        start = glom(result, 'response.start')
+        page_number = int(start / sq.page_size) + 1
+        num_pages = int(total_found / sq.page_size) + 1
         returned_list = []
 
         for item in items:
@@ -52,7 +56,12 @@ def search(
                 )
                 returned_list.append(folder)
 
-        return returned_list
+        return PaginatedResponse(
+            page_size=sq.page_size,
+            page_number=page_number,
+            num_pages=num_pages,
+            items=returned_list
+        )
 
 
 class IndexRW(Base):
diff --git a/salinic/query.py b/salinic/query.py
index 8e40363..770be9b 100644
--- a/salinic/query.py
+++ b/salinic/query.py
@@ -169,26 +169,20 @@ def __repr__(self):
 
 class SearchQuery:
     query: Query
-    rows: int
-    start: int
-    group_limit: int
-    group_offset: int
+    page_number: int  # starts with 1
+    page_size: int
 
     def __init__(
         self,
         entity,
         q: str,
-        rows: int = 100,
-        start: int = 0,
-        group_limit: int = 100,
-        group_offset: int = 0
+        page_size: int = 50,
+        page_number: int = 1
     ):
         self.entity = entity
         self.query = Query(q)
-        self.rows = rows
-        self.start = start
-        self.group_limit = group_limit
-        self.group_offset = group_offset
+        self.page_size = page_size
+        self.page_number = page_number
 
     def __str__(self):
         return f"SearchQuery(query={self.query}, entity={self.entity})"
diff --git a/salinic/schema.py b/salinic/schema.py
index cf0d6c8..a24aac0 100644
--- a/salinic/schema.py
+++ b/salinic/schema.py
@@ -105,3 +105,12 @@ class Folder(SearchResultItem):
 
     def __hash__(self):
         return hash(self.model_dump_json())
+
+
+class PaginatedResponse(BaseModel):
+    page_size: int
+    page_number: int
+    num_pages: int
+    items: list[Folder | DocumentPage]
+
+    model_config = ConfigDict(from_attributes=True)
diff --git a/tests/backends/solr/test_index_search.py b/tests/backends/solr/test_index_search.py
index 2981bc1..a0866ed 100644
--- a/tests/backends/solr/test_index_search.py
+++ b/tests/backends/solr/test_index_search.py
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 from typing_extensions import Annotated
 
 from salinic import IdField, IndexRO, Search, TextField, create_engine
-from salinic.schema import DocumentPage, Folder, Schema
+from salinic.schema import DocumentPage, Folder, PaginatedResponse, Schema
 
 
 class Index(Schema):
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ def test_index_search_result_with_two_folders(requests_mock):
         'http://localhost:8983/solr/index/select?q=my+document',
         json=json_response
     )
-    results = index.search(sq)
+    results: PaginatedResponse = index.search(sq)
 
     expected = {
         Folder(
@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@ def test_index_search_result_with_two_folders(requests_mock):
         )
     }
 
-    assert set(results) == expected
+    assert set(results.items) == expected
 
 
 def test_index_search_result_with_folders_and_documents(requests_mock):
@@ -120,7 +120,7 @@ def test_index_search_result_with_folders_and_documents(requests_mock):
         'http://localhost:8983/solr/index/select?q=my+document',
         json=json_response
     )
-    results = index.search(sq)
+    results: PaginatedResponse = index.search(sq)
 
     expected = {
         Folder(
@@ -150,5 +150,5 @@ def test_index_search_result_with_folders_and_documents(requests_mock):
             tags=[]
         )
     }
-    assert len(results) == len(expected)
-    assert set(results) == expected
+    assert len(results.items) == len(expected)
+    assert set(results.items) == expected