diff --git a/src/php/archive.php b/src/php/archive.php
index f45b7b5..4c9474a 100644
--- a/src/php/archive.php
+++ b/src/php/archive.php
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@
 	$context['title'] = single_tag_title( '', false );
 } elseif ( is_category() ) {
 	$context['title'] = single_cat_title( '', false );
-	array_unshift( $templates, 'archive-' . get_query_var( 'cat' ) . '.twig' );
+	array_unshift( $templates, 'archive-' . get_queried_object()->slug . '.twig' );
 } elseif ( is_post_type_archive() ) {
 	$context['title'] = post_type_archive_title( '', false );
 	array_unshift( $templates, 'archive-' . get_post_type() . '.twig' );
diff --git a/src/php/functions.php b/src/php/functions.php
index 44c4d7d..6315522 100644
--- a/src/php/functions.php
+++ b/src/php/functions.php
@@ -123,3 +123,18 @@ function filter_password_protected_posts( $query ) {
 	return $query;
 }
 add_filter( 'pre_get_posts', 'filter_password_protected_posts' );
+
+/**
+ * Normalize queries for paginated archive pages to support custom permalink structures.
+ *
+ * @param array $query_string - The incoming query string to be normalized.
+ */
+function normalize_pagination_query_strings( $query_string ) {
+	if ( isset( $query_string['name'] ) && 'page' === $query_string['name'] && isset( $query_string['page'] ) ) {
+		unset( $query_string['name'] );
+		$query_string['paged'] = $query_string['page'];
+	}
+
+	return $query_string;
+}
+add_filter( 'request', 'normalize_pagination_query_strings' );