diff --git a/ckan/controllers/group.py b/ckan/controllers/group.py
index 5a65a20cdfa..4af61cc2e97 100644
--- a/ckan/controllers/group.py
+++ b/ckan/controllers/group.py
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@
 from ckan.logic import check_access, get_action
 from ckan.logic.schema import group_form_schema
 from ckan.logic import tuplize_dict, clean_dict, parse_params
+from ckan.lib.dictization.model_dictize import package_dictize
 import ckan.forms
 
 class GroupController(BaseController):
@@ -95,15 +96,21 @@ def read(self, id):
         c.group_description_formatted = desc_formatted
         c.group_admins = self.authorizer.get_admins(c.group)
 
+        context['return_query'] = True
         results = get_action('group_package_show')(context, data_dict)
 
         c.page = Page(
             collection=results,
             page=request.params.get('page', 1),
             url=h.pager_url,
-            items_per_page=50
+            items_per_page=30
         )
 
+        result = []
+        for pkg_rev in c.page.items:
+            result.append(package_dictize(pkg_rev, context))
+        c.page.items = result
+        
         return render('group/read.html')
 
     def new(self, data=None, errors=None, error_summary=None):
diff --git a/ckan/logic/action/get.py b/ckan/logic/action/get.py
index 4433c55b369..a8f96671cf1 100644
--- a/ckan/logic/action/get.py
+++ b/ckan/logic/action/get.py
@@ -439,6 +439,9 @@ def group_package_show(context, data_dict):
     if limit:
         query = query.limit(limit)
 
+    if context.get('return_query'):
+        return query
+
     result = []
     for pkg_rev in query.all():
         result.append(package_dictize(pkg_rev, context))
diff --git a/ckan/tests/functional/test_pagination.py b/ckan/tests/functional/test_pagination.py
index ae40935cda6..adc95ddd9d9 100644
--- a/ckan/tests/functional/test_pagination.py
+++ b/ckan/tests/functional/test_pagination.py
@@ -54,11 +54,11 @@ def test_group_index(self):
     def test_group_read(self):
         res = self.app.get(url_for(controller='group', action='read', id='group_00'))
         assert 'href="/group/group_00?page=2' in res
-        assert 'href="/dataset/package_49"' in res
+        assert 'href="/dataset/package_29"' in res
 
         res = self.app.get(url_for(controller='group', action='read', id='group_00', page=2))
         assert 'href="/group/group_00?page=1' in res
-        assert 'href="/dataset/package_50"' in res
+        assert 'href="/dataset/package_30"' in res
 
     def test_users_index(self):
         # allow for 2 extra users shown on user listing, 'logged_in' and 'visitor'