diff --git a/lib/helpers.js b/lib/helpers.js
index e78b9c1..c371e80 100644
--- a/lib/helpers.js
+++ b/lib/helpers.js
@@ -91,9 +91,12 @@ async function getQueryResultsFromS3(params) {
         
     } else if (Boolean(params.config.pagination)) {
         //user wants DML response paginated
+
+        const paginationFactor = Boolean(params.config.NextToken) ? 0 : 1
+
         let paginationParams = {
             QueryExecutionId: params.config.QueryExecutionId,
-            MaxResults: params.config.pagination + 1,
+            MaxResults: params.config.pagination + paginationFactor,
             NextToken: params.config.NextToken,
         };
 
@@ -102,7 +105,7 @@ async function getQueryResultsFromS3(params) {
             .promise();
         if (params.config.formatJson) {
             return {
-                items: await cleanUpPaginatedDML(queryResults),
+                items: await cleanUpPaginatedDML(queryResults, paginationFactor),
                 nextToken: queryResults.NextToken,
             };
         } else {
@@ -124,14 +127,14 @@ async function getQueryResultsFromS3(params) {
     }
 }
 
-async function cleanUpPaginatedDML(queryResults) {
+async function cleanUpPaginatedDML(queryResults, paginationFactor) {
     const dataTypes = await getDataTypes();
     const columnNames = Object.keys(dataTypes).reverse();
     let rowObject = {};
     let unformattedS3RowArray = null;
     let formattedArray = [];
 
-    for (let i = 1; i < queryResults.ResultSet.Rows.length; i++) {
+    for (let i = paginationFactor; i < queryResults.ResultSet.Rows.length; i++) {
         unformattedS3RowArray = queryResults.ResultSet.Rows[i].Data;
 
         for (let j = 0; j < unformattedS3RowArray.length; j++) {
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 35bc163..1977656 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "athena-express",
-  "version": "7.0.3",
+  "version": "7.1.0",
   "description": "Athena-Express makes it easier to execute SQL queries on Amazon Athena by consolidating & astracting several methods in the AWS SDK",
   "main": "./lib/index.js",
   "types": "./index.d.ts",