diff --git a/src/main/java/de/mediathekview/mserver/crawler/ard/ArdTopicInfoDto.java b/src/main/java/de/mediathekview/mserver/crawler/ard/ArdTopicInfoDto.java
index c60ae7a2f..a36b4da79 100644
--- a/src/main/java/de/mediathekview/mserver/crawler/ard/ArdTopicInfoDto.java
+++ b/src/main/java/de/mediathekview/mserver/crawler/ard/ArdTopicInfoDto.java
@@ -5,34 +5,22 @@
 
 public class ArdTopicInfoDto {
   private final Set<ArdFilmInfoDto> filmInfos;
-  private int subPageNumber;
-  private int maxSubPageNumber;
+  private int pageNumber;
+  private int pageSize;
+  private int totalElements;
+  
 
   public ArdTopicInfoDto(final Set<ArdFilmInfoDto> filmInfos) {
     this.filmInfos = filmInfos;
-    subPageNumber = 0;
-    maxSubPageNumber = 0;
+    setPageNumber(0);
+    setPageSize(0);
+    setTotalElements(0);
   }
 
   public Set<ArdFilmInfoDto> getFilmInfos() {
     return filmInfos;
   }
 
-  public int getSubPageNumber() {
-    return subPageNumber;
-  }
-
-  public void setSubPageNumber(final int subPageNumber) {
-    this.subPageNumber = subPageNumber;
-  }
-
-  public int getMaxSubPageNumber() {
-    return maxSubPageNumber;
-  }
-
-  public void setMaxSubPageNumber(final int maxSubPageNumber) {
-    this.maxSubPageNumber = maxSubPageNumber;
-  }
 
   @Override
   public boolean equals(final Object o) {
@@ -42,13 +30,38 @@ public boolean equals(final Object o) {
     if (!(o instanceof final ArdTopicInfoDto that)) {
       return false;
     }
-    return getSubPageNumber() == that.getSubPageNumber()
-        && getMaxSubPageNumber() == that.getMaxSubPageNumber()
+    return getPageNumber() == that.getPageNumber()
+        && getPageSize() == that.getPageSize()
+        && getTotalElements() == that.getTotalElements()
         && Objects.equals(filmInfos, that.filmInfos);
   }
 
   @Override
   public int hashCode() {
-    return Objects.hash(filmInfos, getSubPageNumber(), getMaxSubPageNumber());
+    return Objects.hash(filmInfos, getPageNumber(), getPageSize(), getTotalElements());
+  }
+
+  public int getPageNumber() {
+    return pageNumber;
+  }
+
+  public void setPageNumber(int pageNumber) {
+    this.pageNumber = pageNumber;
+  }
+
+  public int getPageSize() {
+    return pageSize;
+  }
+
+  public void setPageSize(int pageSize) {
+    this.pageSize = pageSize;
+  }
+
+  public int getTotalElements() {
+    return totalElements;
+  }
+
+  public void setTotalElements(int totalElements) {
+    this.totalElements = totalElements;
   }
 }
diff --git a/src/main/java/de/mediathekview/mserver/crawler/ard/json/ArdTopicPageDeserializer.java b/src/main/java/de/mediathekview/mserver/crawler/ard/json/ArdTopicPageDeserializer.java
index 7bcc9ba54..b4f166811 100644
--- a/src/main/java/de/mediathekview/mserver/crawler/ard/json/ArdTopicPageDeserializer.java
+++ b/src/main/java/de/mediathekview/mserver/crawler/ard/json/ArdTopicPageDeserializer.java
@@ -30,13 +30,12 @@ public ArdTopicInfoDto deserialize(
     }
 
     final JsonElement paginationElement = showPageObject.get(ELEMENT_PAGINATION);
-    ardTopicInfoDto.setSubPageNumber(
-            getChildElementAsIntOrNullIfNotExist(paginationElement, ELEMENT_PAGE_NUMBER));
+    final int pageNumber = getChildElementAsIntOrNullIfNotExist(paginationElement, ELEMENT_PAGE_NUMBER);
     final int totalElements = getChildElementAsIntOrNullIfNotExist(paginationElement, ELEMENT_TOTAL_ELEMENTS);
     final int pageSize = getChildElementAsIntOrNullIfNotExist(paginationElement, ELEMENT_PAGE_SIZE);
-    ardTopicInfoDto.setMaxSubPageNumber(pageSize == 0 ? 0 :
-            (totalElements+pageSize-1)/pageSize);
-
+    ardTopicInfoDto.setPageNumber(pageNumber);
+    ardTopicInfoDto.setPageSize(pageSize);
+    ardTopicInfoDto.setTotalElements(totalElements);    
     return ardTopicInfoDto;
   }
 
diff --git a/src/main/java/de/mediathekview/mserver/crawler/ard/tasks/ArdTopicPageTask.java b/src/main/java/de/mediathekview/mserver/crawler/ard/tasks/ArdTopicPageTask.java
index 805ef3152..53472d506 100644
--- a/src/main/java/de/mediathekview/mserver/crawler/ard/tasks/ArdTopicPageTask.java
+++ b/src/main/java/de/mediathekview/mserver/crawler/ard/tasks/ArdTopicPageTask.java
@@ -14,8 +14,7 @@
 import java.lang.reflect.Type;
 import java.util.Queue;
 import java.util.concurrent.ConcurrentLinkedQueue;
-import java.util.stream.Collectors;
-import java.util.stream.IntStream;
+
 
 public class ArdTopicPageTask extends ArdTaskBase<ArdFilmInfoDto, CrawlerUrlDTO> {
   private static final Logger LOG = LogManager.getLogger(ArdTopicPageTask.class);
@@ -52,35 +51,21 @@ protected void processRestTarget(final CrawlerUrlDTO aDTO, final WebTarget aTarg
   private Queue<CrawlerUrlDTO> createSubPageUrls(
       final WebTarget aTarget, final ArdTopicInfoDto topicInfo) {
     final Queue<CrawlerUrlDTO> subpages = new ConcurrentLinkedQueue<>();
-
-    final int actualSubPageNumber = topicInfo.getSubPageNumber();
-    final Integer maximumAllowedSubpages = crawler.getCrawlerConfig().getMaximumSubpages();
-    if (actualSubPageNumber != 0) {
-      LOG.debug("Sub page {} is already the maximum allowed sub page.", actualSubPageNumber);
+    if (topicInfo.getTotalElements() < topicInfo.getPageSize() || topicInfo.getPageNumber() > 0) {
       return subpages;
     }
-
-    final int maxSubPageNumber = topicInfo.getMaxSubPageNumber();
-    subpages.addAll(
-        IntStream.range(
-                actualSubPageNumber + 1,
-                (maximumAllowedSubpages >= maxSubPageNumber
-                        ? maxSubPageNumber
-                        : maximumAllowedSubpages)
-                    + 1)
-            .parallel()
-            .mapToObj(subpageNumber -> changePageNumber(aTarget, subpageNumber))
-            .map(CrawlerUrlDTO::new)
-            .collect(Collectors.toSet()));
-
-    if (LOG.isDebugEnabled() && maxSubPageNumber > maximumAllowedSubpages) {
-      LOG.debug(
-          "Found {} sub pages, these are {} more then the allowed {} to crawl. Added {} and skipped the rest.",
-          maxSubPageNumber,
-          maxSubPageNumber - maximumAllowedSubpages,
-          maximumAllowedSubpages,
-          subpages.size());
+    //
+    final Integer maximumAllowedSubpages = crawler.getCrawlerConfig().getMaximumSubpages();
+    int index = 0;
+    while ((topicInfo.getPageSize() + (index * topicInfo.getPageSize())) < topicInfo.getTotalElements()) {
+      subpages.add(new CrawlerUrlDTO(changePageNumber(aTarget, index + 1)));
+      index++;
+      if (index >= maximumAllowedSubpages) {
+        LOG.debug("ignore more subpage due to limit of {} pages but found {}", maximumAllowedSubpages, Integer.valueOf(topicInfo.getTotalElements() / topicInfo.getPageSize()));
+        break;
+      }
     }
+    LOG.debug("Found {} subpage", subpages.size());
     return subpages;
   }
 
diff --git a/src/test/java/de/mediathekview/mserver/crawler/ard/json/ArdTopicPageDeserializerPaginationTest.java b/src/test/java/de/mediathekview/mserver/crawler/ard/json/ArdTopicPageDeserializerPaginationTest.java
index b8ec457b4..8c3f23051 100644
--- a/src/test/java/de/mediathekview/mserver/crawler/ard/json/ArdTopicPageDeserializerPaginationTest.java
+++ b/src/test/java/de/mediathekview/mserver/crawler/ard/json/ArdTopicPageDeserializerPaginationTest.java
@@ -17,7 +17,8 @@ public void testDeserializePagination() {
 
     final ArdTopicInfoDto ardTopicInfoDto = instance.deserialize(jsonElement, null, null);
 
-    assertThat(ardTopicInfoDto.getSubPageNumber(), is(0));
-    assertThat(ardTopicInfoDto.getMaxSubPageNumber(), is(5));
+    assertThat(ardTopicInfoDto.getPageNumber(), is(0));
+    assertThat(ardTopicInfoDto.getPageSize(), is(50));
+    assertThat(ardTopicInfoDto.getTotalElements(), is(204));
   }
 }