diff --git a/awx/ui/client/src/shared/pagination/pagination.service.js b/awx/ui/client/src/shared/pagination/pagination.service.js
index f18d7890e9..96cdfb4c3e 100644
--- a/awx/ui/client/src/shared/pagination/pagination.service.js
+++ b/awx/ui/client/src/shared/pagination/pagination.service.js
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
  * All Rights Reserved
  *************************************************/
 
-export default ['$q', '$http', function($q, $http) {
+export default ['$http', function($http) {
     return {
         getInitialPageForList: function(id, url, pageSize) {
             // get the name of the object
diff --git a/awx/ui/client/tests/services/pagination.service-test.js b/awx/ui/client/tests/services/pagination.service-test.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..2b64d3c2ea
--- /dev/null
+++ b/awx/ui/client/tests/services/pagination.service-test.js
@@ -0,0 +1,39 @@
+import '../support/node';
+
+import paginationModule from 'shared/pagination/main';
+
+describe("pagination.service", function() {
+    var $httpBackend, pagination;
+
+    beforeEach("instantiate the pagination module", function() {
+        angular.mock.module(paginationModule.name);
+    });
+
+    beforeEach("put the service and deps in scope", inject(function($injector) {
+        $httpBackend = $injector.get('$httpBackend');
+        pagination = $injector.get('pagination');
+    }));
+
+    afterEach(function() {
+        $httpBackend.verifyNoOutstandingExpectation();
+        $httpBackend.verifyNoOutstandingRequest();
+    });
+
+    describe("should return page given obj is on", function() {
+        it('should return true', function() {
+            // get the name of the object
+            $httpBackend.when('GET', '/url/?id=1')
+                .respond({results: [{name: "foo"}]});
+            // get how many results are less than or equal to
+            // the name
+            $httpBackend.when('GET', '/url/?name__lte=foo')
+                .respond({count: 24});
+
+
+            var page = pagination.getInitialPageForList("1", "/url/", 20);
+            $httpBackend.flush();
+
+            expect(page).to.eventually.equal(2);
+        });
+    });
+});