diff --git a/src/app/+collection-page/collection-page.component.ts b/src/app/+collection-page/collection-page.component.ts
index 0ac45384e0..50444cf27f 100644
--- a/src/app/+collection-page/collection-page.component.ts
+++ b/src/app/+collection-page/collection-page.component.ts
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ import { fadeIn, fadeInOut } from '../shared/animations/fade';
 import { hasValue, isNotEmpty } from '../shared/empty.util';
 import { PaginationComponentOptions } from '../shared/pagination/pagination-component-options.model';
 import { AuthService } from '../core/auth/auth.service';
+import {PaginationChangeEvent} from '../shared/pagination/paginationChangeEvent.interface';
 
 @Component({
   selector: 'ds-collection-page',
@@ -93,9 +94,8 @@ export class CollectionPageComponent implements OnInit {
       )
     );
 
-    this.route.queryParams.pipe(take(1)).subscribe((params) => {
+    this.route.queryParams.pipe(take(1)).subscribe((params: PaginationChangeEvent) => {
       this.metadata.processRemoteData(this.collectionRD$);
-      this.onPaginationChange(params);
     });
   }
 
@@ -103,7 +103,7 @@ export class CollectionPageComponent implements OnInit {
     return isNotEmpty(object);
   }
 
-  onPaginationChange(event) {
+  onPaginationChange(event: PaginationChangeEvent) {
     this.paginationConfig = Object.assign(new PaginationComponentOptions(), {
       currentPage: event.pagination.currentPage || this.paginationConfig.currentPage,
       pageSize: event.pagination.pageSize || this.paginationConfig.pageSize,
diff --git a/src/app/shared/pagination/paginationChangeEvent.interface.ts b/src/app/shared/pagination/paginationChangeEvent.interface.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..35be7117f6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/app/shared/pagination/paginationChangeEvent.interface.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+import {PaginationComponentOptions} from './pagination-component-options.model';
+import {SortOptions} from '../../core/cache/models/sort-options.model';
+
+export interface PaginationChangeEvent {
+  pagination: PaginationComponentOptions;
+  sort: SortOptions;
+}