diff --git a/container/contents.pt b/container/contents.pt
index f3aab5e..89c0890 100644
--- a/container/contents.pt
+++ b/container/contents.pt
@@ -9,6 +9,16 @@
           tal:attributes="action request/URL"
           tal:define="container_contents view/listContentInfo">
 
+      <metal:keep-batch define-macro="keep_batch_params">
+        <tal:param repeat="param python:('b_page', 'b_size', 'b_overlap', 'b_orphan')">
+            <input type="hidden"
+                tal:define="value request/?param|nothing"
+                tal:condition="value"
+                tal:attributes="name param;
+                                value value" />
+        </tal:param>
+      </metal:keep-batch>
+      
       <input type="hidden" name="type_name" value=""
              tal:attributes="value request/type_name"
              tal:condition="request/type_name|nothing"
diff --git a/reporter/README.txt b/reporter/README.txt
index 9cdee79..1875166 100644
--- a/reporter/README.txt
+++ b/reporter/README.txt
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ We are now ready to use the corresponding browser view:
   >>> bview.items()
   [3, 4, 5, 6]
   >>> bview.last
-  {'url': 'http://127.0.0.1?b_page=5&b_size=4&b_overlap=1&b_orphan=0', 'title': 5}
+  {'url': 'http://127.0.0.1?b_size=4&b_overlap=1&b_page=5&b_orphan=0', 'title': 5}
 
 The real reporting stuff
 ------------------------
diff --git a/reporter/batch.py b/reporter/batch.py
index 4fd7093..cdecbcb 100644
--- a/reporter/batch.py
+++ b/reporter/batch.py
@@ -77,7 +77,5 @@ class Batch(object):
     def getIndexAbsolute(self, idx=0):
         if idx < 0:
             idx = max(len(self.pages) + idx, 0)
-        #if idx < 0 or idx >= len(self.pages):
-        #    return None
         return idx
 
diff --git a/reporter/browser/batch.py b/reporter/browser/batch.py
index 1bdb832..d9a705a 100644
--- a/reporter/browser/batch.py
+++ b/reporter/browser/batch.py
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@ HTML providing template.
 $Id$
 """
 
+import urllib
 from zope.cachedescriptors.property import Lazy
 from cybertools.reporter.batch import Batch
 
@@ -69,8 +70,16 @@ class BatchView(object):
 
     def urlParams(self, page):
         batch = self.batch
-        return ('?b_page=%i&b_size=%i&b_overlap=%i&b_orphan=%i'
-                    % (page+1, batch.size, batch.overlap, batch.orphan) )
+        params = {'b_page': page + 1, 'b_size': batch.size,
+                  'b_overlap': batch.overlap, 'b_orphan': batch.orphan}
+        form = self.request.form
+        for p in form:
+            if p not in params:
+                break # we get UnicodeEncode errors here :-(
+                v = form.get(p)
+                if v:
+                    params[p] = v
+        return '?' + urllib.urlencode(params)
 
     def url(self, page):
         return str(self.request.URL) + self.urlParams(page)