diff --git a/src/app/api/directory/route.test.ts b/src/app/api/directory/route.test.ts
index 65b90fb7..efab593c 100644
--- a/src/app/api/directory/route.test.ts
+++ b/src/app/api/directory/route.test.ts
@@ -51,4 +51,16 @@ describe("GET /api/directory", () => {
       "title.ilike.%100\\%\\_demo\\,\\(v1\\.2\\)\\*%,description.ilike.%100\\%\\_demo\\,\\(v1\\.2\\)\\*%"
     );
   });
+
+  it("defaults partially numeric page params instead of accepting parseInt prefixes", async () => {
+    const chain = chainResult({ data: [], error: null, count: 0 });
+    mockFrom.mockReturnValue(chain);
+
+    const res = await GET(makeRequest({ page: "3abc" }));
+    const body = await res.json();
+
+    expect(res.status).toBe(200);
+    expect(chain.range).toHaveBeenCalledWith(0, 19);
+    expect(body.page).toBe(1);
+  });
 });
diff --git a/src/app/api/directory/route.ts b/src/app/api/directory/route.ts
index b97cc47f..56d738e2 100644
--- a/src/app/api/directory/route.ts
+++ b/src/app/api/directory/route.ts
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ import {
   escapePostgrestSearchValue,
   sanitizeSearchParams,
 } from "@/lib/security/sanitize";
+import { parsePaginationParam } from "@/lib/api-pagination";
 
 const LNBITS_INVOICE_KEY = process.env.LNBITS_INVOICE_KEY || "";
 const MAX_DIRECTORY_PAGE = 10_000;
@@ -38,10 +39,12 @@ export async function GET(request: NextRequest) {
     const url = new URL(request.url);
     const search = sanitizeSearchParams(url, "search");
     const tag = sanitizeSearchParams(url, "tag");
-    const parsedPage = parseInt(url.searchParams.get("page") || "1", 10);
-    const page = Number.isFinite(parsedPage) && parsedPage > 0
-      ? Math.min(parsedPage, MAX_DIRECTORY_PAGE)
-      : 1;
+    const page = parsePaginationParam(
+      url.searchParams.get("page"),
+      1,
+      1,
+      MAX_DIRECTORY_PAGE
+    );
     const limit = 20;
     const offset = (page - 1) * limit;
 
diff --git a/src/app/api/prompts/route.test.ts b/src/app/api/prompts/route.test.ts
index c84a5e1c..a0be8402 100644
--- a/src/app/api/prompts/route.test.ts
+++ b/src/app/api/prompts/route.test.ts
@@ -61,4 +61,16 @@ describe("GET /api/prompts", () => {
       "title.ilike.%ai\\%\\,foo\\_\\(v1\\)\\.%,description.ilike.%ai\\%\\,foo\\_\\(v1\\)\\.%,tagline.ilike.%ai\\%\\,foo\\_\\(v1\\)\\.%"
     );
   });
+
+  it("defaults partially numeric page params instead of accepting parseInt prefixes", async () => {
+    const query = makePromptQuery();
+    mockFrom.mockReturnValue(query);
+
+    const response = await GET(makeGetRequest({ page: "4abc" }));
+    const body = await response.json();
+
+    expect(response.status).toBe(200);
+    expect(query.range).toHaveBeenCalledWith(0, 19);
+    expect(body.page).toBe(1);
+  });
 });
diff --git a/src/app/api/prompts/route.ts b/src/app/api/prompts/route.ts
index 37db441f..eb477ac8 100644
--- a/src/app/api/prompts/route.ts
+++ b/src/app/api/prompts/route.ts
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ import { getAuthContext } from "@/lib/auth/get-user";
 import { createServiceClient } from "@/lib/supabase/service";
 import { promptListingSchema, slugify } from "@/lib/prompts/validation";
 import { scanPrompt } from "@/lib/prompts/security-scan";
+import { parsePaginationParam } from "@/lib/api-pagination";
 
 function escapePostgrestSearch(value: string) {
   return value
@@ -26,8 +27,7 @@ export async function GET(request: NextRequest) {
     const category = url.searchParams.get("category") || "";
     const tag = url.searchParams.get("tag") || "";
     const sort = url.searchParams.get("sort") || "newest";
-    const parsedPage = parseInt(url.searchParams.get("page") || "1", 10);
-    const page = Number.isFinite(parsedPage) && parsedPage > 0 ? parsedPage : 1;
+    const page = parsePaginationParam(url.searchParams.get("page"), 1, 1, 100_000);
     const limit = 20;
     const offset = (page - 1) * limit;
 
diff --git a/src/lib/pagination.test.ts b/src/lib/pagination.test.ts
index 5c30c846..f4f0e5b7 100644
--- a/src/lib/pagination.test.ts
+++ b/src/lib/pagination.test.ts
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ describe("parsePageParam", () => {
     expect(parsePageParam("-1")).toBe(1);
     expect(parsePageParam("0")).toBe(1);
     expect(parsePageParam("abc")).toBe(1);
+    expect(parsePageParam("2abc")).toBe(1);
     expect(parsePageParam("Infinity")).toBe(1);
     expect(parsePageParam("-Infinity")).toBe(1);
   });
diff --git a/src/lib/pagination.ts b/src/lib/pagination.ts
index 3ef10d87..b6090974 100644
--- a/src/lib/pagination.ts
+++ b/src/lib/pagination.ts
@@ -4,8 +4,11 @@ export function parsePageParam(
   value: string | null | undefined,
   maxPage = DEFAULT_MAX_PAGE
 ) {
-  const parsed = parseInt(value || "1", 10);
+  const raw = value?.trim();
+  if (!raw) return 1;
+
+  const parsed = Number(raw);
   return Number.isFinite(parsed)
-    ? Math.min(Math.max(parsed, 1), maxPage)
+    ? Math.min(Math.max(Math.trunc(parsed), 1), maxPage)
     : 1;
 }