diff --git a/test/api/v3/integration/challenges/GET-challenges_user.test.js b/test/api/v3/integration/challenges/GET-challenges_user.test.js
index b1369c3aef..4f44c0de2f 100644
--- a/test/api/v3/integration/challenges/GET-challenges_user.test.js
+++ b/test/api/v3/integration/challenges/GET-challenges_user.test.js
@@ -249,6 +249,8 @@ describe('GET challenges/user', () => {
       guild = group;
       member = members[0];
 
+      await user.update({balance: 20});
+
       for (let i = 0; i < 11; i += 1) {
         await generateChallenge(user, group); // eslint-disable-line
       }
@@ -262,8 +264,14 @@ describe('GET challenges/user', () => {
       expect(challenges.length).to.eql(1);
     });
 
-    it('paginates challenges', async () => {
+    it('does not page challenges if page parameter is absent', async () => {
       const challenges = await user.get('/challenges/user');
+
+      expect(challenges.length).to.eql(12);
+    });
+
+    it('paginates challenges', async () => {
+      const challenges = await user.get('/challenges/user?page=0');
       const challengesPaged = await user.get('/challenges/user?page=1&owned=owned');
 
       expect(challenges.length).to.eql(10);
diff --git a/website/client/store/actions/challenges.js b/website/client/store/actions/challenges.js
index d65dcbcfc6..dfb01d7b65 100644
--- a/website/client/store/actions/challenges.js
+++ b/website/client/store/actions/challenges.js
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ export async function getUserChallenges (store, payload) {
 
   let query = {};
   if (member) query.member = member;
-  if (page) query.page = page;
+  if (page >= 0) query.page = page;
   if (search) query.search = search;
   if (categories) query.categories = categories;
   if (owned) query.owned = owned;
diff --git a/website/server/controllers/api-v3/challenges.js b/website/server/controllers/api-v3/challenges.js
index 8ad3c09efc..27b721f583 100644
--- a/website/server/controllers/api-v3/challenges.js
+++ b/website/server/controllers/api-v3/challenges.js
@@ -341,7 +341,7 @@ api.getUserChallenges = {
   middlewares: [authWithHeaders()],
   async handler (req, res) {
     const CHALLENGES_PER_PAGE = 10;
-    const page = req.query.page || 0;
+    const page = req.query.page;
 
     const user = res.locals.user;
     let orOptions = [
@@ -385,14 +385,20 @@ api.getUserChallenges = {
       query.categories = { $elemMatch: { slug: {$in: categorySlugs} } };
     }
 
-    const challenges = await Challenge.find(query)
-      .sort('-createdAt')
-      .limit(CHALLENGES_PER_PAGE)
-      .skip(CHALLENGES_PER_PAGE * page)
-      // see below why we're not using populate
-      // .populate('group', basicGroupFields)
-      // .populate('leader', nameFields)
-      .exec();
+    let mongoQuery = Challenge.find(query)
+      .sort('-createdAt');
+
+    if (page) {
+      mongoQuery = mongoQuery
+        .limit(CHALLENGES_PER_PAGE)
+        .skip(CHALLENGES_PER_PAGE * page);
+    }
+
+    // see below why we're not using populate
+    // .populate('group', basicGroupFields)
+    // .populate('leader', nameFields)
+    const challenges = await mongoQuery.exec();
+
 
     let resChals = challenges.map(challenge => challenge.toJSON());