diff --git a/build/js/ox.ui.js b/build/js/ox.ui.js
index 816970b2..64005cd0 100644
--- a/build/js/ox.ui.js
+++ b/build/js/ox.ui.js
@@ -5829,7 +5829,9 @@ requires
         }
 
         function constructItem(data) {
-            var data = self.options.item(data, self.options.sort, self.options.size),
+            var data = !$.isEmptyObject(data) ? 
+                    self.options.item(data, self.options.sort, self.options.size) :
+                    {height: 8, width: 5},
                 ratio = data.width / data.height;
             return new Ox.IconItem($.extend(data, {
                 height: self.options.size / (ratio <= 1 ? 1 : ratio),
@@ -5886,6 +5888,8 @@ requires
 
     Ox.IconItem = function(options, self) {
 
+        Ox.print('IconItem', options, self)
+
         var self = self || {},
             that = new Ox.Element({}, self)
                 .defaults({
@@ -5932,8 +5936,8 @@ requires
             })
             .mousedown(mousedown)
             .mouseenter(mouseenter)
-            .mouseleave(mouseleave)
-            .one('load', load);
+            .mouseleave(mouseleave);
+        self.options.url && that.$iconImage.one('load', load);
         that.$textBox = $('<div>')
             .addClass('OxText')
             .css({
@@ -6220,6 +6224,23 @@ requires
             });
         }
 
+        function constructEmptyPage(page) {
+            Ox.print('cEP', page)
+            var i, $page = new Ox.ListPage().css(getPageCSS(page));
+            for (i = 0; i < (page < self.pages - 1 ?
+                self.pageLength : self.listLength % self.pageLength); i++
+            ) {
+                // fixme: why does chainging fail here?
+                var $item = new Ox.ListItem({
+                        construct: self.options.construct
+                    });
+                $item.addClass('OxEmpty').removeClass('OxTarget');
+                $item.appendTo($page);    
+            }
+            Ox.print('cEP done')
+            return $page;
+        }
+
         function deselect(pos) {
             if (isSelected(pos)) {
                 self.selected.splice(self.selected.indexOf(pos), 1);
@@ -6240,13 +6261,10 @@ requires
                 var height = getHeight(),
                     lastItemHeight = height % self.options.itemHeight || self.options.itemHeight,
                     visibleItems = Math.ceil(height / self.options.itemHeight);
-                if (self.$items.length < visibleItems) {
-                    $.each(Ox.range(self.$items.length, visibleItems), function(i, v) {
+                if (self.listLength < visibleItems) {
+                    $.each(Ox.range(self.listLength, visibleItems), function(i, v) {
                         var $item = new Ox.ListItem({
                                 construct: self.options.construct,
-                                data: {},
-                                id: '',
-                                position: v
                             });
                         $item.addClass('OxEmpty').removeClass('OxTarget');
                         if (v == visibleItems - 1) {
@@ -6336,6 +6354,19 @@ requires
             return parseInt(pos / self.options.pageLength);
         }
 
+        function getPageCSS(page) {
+            return self.options.orientation == 'horizontal' ? {
+                left: (page * self.pageWidth + self.listMargin / 2) + 'px',
+                top: (self.listMargin / 2) + 'px',
+                width: (page < self.pages - 1 ? self.pageWidth :
+                    self.listLength % self.pageLength *
+                    (self.options.itemWidth + self.itemMargin)) + 'px'
+            } : {
+                top: (page * self.pageHeight + self.listMargin / 2) + 'px',
+                width: self.pageWidth + 'px'
+            }
+        }
+
         function getPageHeight() {
              return Math.ceil(self.pageLength * (self.options.itemHeight + self.itemMargin) / self.rowLength);
         }
@@ -6440,28 +6471,17 @@ requires
                 offset = page * self.pageLength,
                 range = [offset, offset + (page < self.pages - 1 ?
                         self.pageLength : self.listLength % self.pageLength)];
-            Ox.print('is page', page, 'undefined?', Ox.isUndefined(self.$pages[page]))
             if (Ox.isUndefined(self.$pages[page])) { // fixme: unload will have made this undefined already
+                self.$pages[page] = constructEmptyPage(page);
+                self.options.type == 'text' && page == 0 && fillFirstPage();
+                self.$pages[page].appendTo(that.$content);
                 self.requests.push(self.options.request({
                     keys: keys,
                     range: range,
                     sort: self.options.sort
                 }, function(result) {
-                    self.$pages[page] = new Ox.ListPage();
-                    if (self.options.orientation == 'horizontal') {
-                        self.$pages[page].css({
-                            left: (page * self.pageWidth + self.listMargin / 2) + 'px',
-                            top: (self.listMargin / 2) + 'px',
-                            width: (page < self.pages - 1 ? self.pageWidth :
-                                self.listLength % self.pageLength *
-                                (self.options.itemWidth + self.itemMargin)) + 'px'
-                        });
-                    } else {
-                        self.$pages[page].css({
-                            top: (page * self.pageHeight + self.listMargin / 2) + 'px',
-                            width: self.pageWidth + 'px'
-                        });
-                    }
+                    var $emptyPage = $.extend({}, self.$pages[page]);
+                    self.$pages[page] = new Ox.ListPage().css(getPageCSS(page));
                     $.each(result.data.items, function(i, v) {
                         var pos = offset + i;
                         self.$items[pos] = new Ox.ListItem({
@@ -6478,9 +6498,8 @@ requires
                         }
                         self.$items[pos].appendTo(self.$pages[page]);
                     });
-                    if (self.options.type == 'text' && page == 0) {
-                        fillFirstPage();
-                    }
+                    self.options.type == 'text' && page == 0 && fillFirstPage();
+                    $emptyPage.remove();
                     self.$pages[page].appendTo(that.$content);
                     !Ox.isUndefined(callback) && callback();
                 }));