diff --git a/src/js/widgets/list_of_things/widget.js b/src/js/widgets/list_of_things/widget.js
index feeee00e2..209488e26 100644
--- a/src/js/widgets/list_of_things/widget.js
+++ b/src/js/widgets/list_of_things/widget.js
@@ -54,7 +54,8 @@ define([
           perPage: 20,
           numFound: undefined,
           currentQuery: undefined,
-          start: 0
+          start: 0,
+          pageData: undefined
         };
         options.pagination = _.defaults(options.pagination || {}, defaultPagination);
 
@@ -298,7 +299,7 @@ define([
       reset: function() {
         this.collection.reset();
         this.hiddenCollection.reset();
-        this.model.clear(this.model.defaults())
+        this.model.set(this.model.defaults());
       }
 
     });
diff --git a/test/mocha/js/widgets/results_render_widget.spec.js b/test/mocha/js/widgets/results_render_widget.spec.js
index 927e376ef..c77714c3c 100644
--- a/test/mocha/js/widgets/results_render_widget.spec.js
+++ b/test/mocha/js/widgets/results_render_widget.spec.js
@@ -298,7 +298,7 @@ define([
         responseWithoutHighlights.setApiQuery(new ApiQuery());
 
         widget.reset();
-        expect(widget.model.get('showHighlights')).to.be.undefined;
+        expect(widget.model.get('showHighlights')).to.be.false;
         widget.processResponse(responseWithoutHighlights);
         expect(widget.model.get('showHighlights')).to.be.false;