diff --git a/services/horizon/internal/actions/helpers.go b/services/horizon/internal/actions/helpers.go
index 2575b13251..bd9608d97a 100644
--- a/services/horizon/internal/actions/helpers.go
+++ b/services/horizon/internal/actions/helpers.go
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ package actions
 import (
 	"context"
 	"encoding/hex"
+	"errors"
 	"fmt"
 	"net/http"
 	"net/url"
@@ -20,7 +21,6 @@ import (
 	"github.com/stellar/go/services/horizon/internal/db2"
 	"github.com/stellar/go/services/horizon/internal/ledger"
 	hProblem "github.com/stellar/go/services/horizon/internal/render/problem"
-	"github.com/stellar/go/support/errors"
 	"github.com/stellar/go/support/ordered"
 	"github.com/stellar/go/support/render/problem"
 	"github.com/stellar/go/toid"
@@ -171,7 +171,7 @@ func getLimit(r *http.Request, name string, def uint64, max uint64) (uint64, err
 	if asI64 <= 0 {
 		err = errors.New("invalid limit: non-positive value provided")
 	} else if asI64 > int64(max) {
-		err = errors.Errorf("invalid limit: value provided that is over limit max of %d", max)
+		err = fmt.Errorf("invalid limit: value provided that is over limit max of %d", max)
 	}
 
 	if err != nil {
@@ -221,12 +221,16 @@ func GetPageQuery(ledgerState *ledger.State, r *http.Request, opts ...Opt) (db2.
 
 		return db2.PageQuery{}, err
 	}
-	if cursor == "" && defaultTOID {
-		if pageQuery.Order == db2.OrderAscending {
-			pageQuery.Cursor = toid.AfterLedger(
-				ordered.Max(0, ledgerState.CurrentStatus().HistoryElder-1),
-			).String()
+	elderCursor := toid.AfterLedger(
+		ordered.Max(0, ledgerState.CurrentStatus().HistoryElder-1),
+	).String()
+
+	if defaultTOID && pageQuery.Order == db2.OrderAscending {
+		if cursor == "" || errors.Is(validateCursorWithinHistory(ledgerState, pageQuery), &hProblem.BeforeHistory) {
+			pageQuery.Cursor = elderCursor
 		}
+	} else if defaultTOID && pageQuery.Order == db2.OrderDescending {
+		pageQuery.ElderCursor = elderCursor
 	}
 
 	return pageQuery, nil
@@ -596,7 +600,7 @@ func countNonEmpty(params ...interface{}) (int, error) {
 	for _, param := range params {
 		switch param := param.(type) {
 		default:
-			return 0, errors.Errorf("unexpected type %T", param)
+			return 0, fmt.Errorf("unexpected type %T", param)
 		case int32:
 			if param != 0 {
 				count++
diff --git a/services/horizon/internal/db2/history/account_signers.go b/services/horizon/internal/db2/history/account_signers.go
index 78afcdf06c..8014379a4b 100644
--- a/services/horizon/internal/db2/history/account_signers.go
+++ b/services/horizon/internal/db2/history/account_signers.go
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ func (q *Q) SignersForAccounts(ctx context.Context, accounts []string) ([]Accoun
 // AccountsForSigner returns a list of `AccountSigner` rows for a given signer
 func (q *Q) AccountsForSigner(ctx context.Context, signer string, page db2.PageQuery) ([]AccountSigner, error) {
 	sql := selectAccountSigners.Where("accounts_signers.signer = ?", signer)
-	sql, err := page.ApplyToUsingCursor(sql, "accounts_signers.account_id", page.Cursor)
+	sql, err := page.ApplyRawTo(sql, "accounts_signers.account_id")
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, errors.Wrap(err, "could not apply query to page")
 	}
diff --git a/services/horizon/internal/db2/history/accounts.go b/services/horizon/internal/db2/history/accounts.go
index 2af197da4f..8f3b79a4fe 100644
--- a/services/horizon/internal/db2/history/accounts.go
+++ b/services/horizon/internal/db2/history/accounts.go
@@ -144,7 +144,7 @@ func (q *Q) AccountsForAsset(ctx context.Context, asset xdr.Asset, page db2.Page
 			"trust_lines.asset_code":   code,
 		})
 
-	sql, err := page.ApplyToUsingCursor(sql, "trust_lines.account_id", page.Cursor)
+	sql, err := page.ApplyRawTo(sql, "trust_lines.account_id")
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, errors.Wrap(err, "could not apply query to page")
 	}
@@ -168,7 +168,7 @@ func (q *Q) AccountsForLiquidityPool(ctx context.Context, poolID string, page db
 			"trust_lines.liquidity_pool_id": poolID,
 		})
 
-	sql, err := page.ApplyToUsingCursor(sql, "trust_lines.account_id", page.Cursor)
+	sql, err := page.ApplyRawTo(sql, "trust_lines.account_id")
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, errors.Wrap(err, "could not apply query to page")
 	}
@@ -189,7 +189,7 @@ func selectBySponsor(table, sponsor string, page db2.PageQuery) (sq.SelectBuilde
 			"sponsor": sponsor,
 		})
 
-	sql, err := page.ApplyToUsingCursor(sql, "account_id", page.Cursor)
+	sql, err := page.ApplyRawTo(sql, "account_id")
 	if err != nil {
 		return sql, errors.Wrap(err, "could not apply query to page")
 	}
@@ -255,7 +255,7 @@ func (q *Q) AccountEntriesForSigner(ctx context.Context, signer string, page db2
 			"accounts_signers.signer": signer,
 		})
 
-	sql, err := page.ApplyToUsingCursor(sql, "accounts_signers.account_id", page.Cursor)
+	sql, err := page.ApplyRawTo(sql, "accounts_signers.account_id")
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, errors.Wrap(err, "could not apply query to page")
 	}
diff --git a/services/horizon/internal/db2/main.go b/services/horizon/internal/db2/main.go
index 5ec81eb0f3..c497817061 100644
--- a/services/horizon/internal/db2/main.go
+++ b/services/horizon/internal/db2/main.go
@@ -5,7 +5,8 @@ package db2
 // PageQuery represents a portion of a Query struct concerned with paging
 // through a large dataset.
 type PageQuery struct {
-	Cursor string
-	Order  string
-	Limit  uint64
+	Cursor      string
+	Order       string
+	Limit       uint64
+	ElderCursor string
 }
diff --git a/services/horizon/internal/db2/page_query.go b/services/horizon/internal/db2/page_query.go
index 3c458af855..988b294366 100644
--- a/services/horizon/internal/db2/page_query.go
+++ b/services/horizon/internal/db2/page_query.go
@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@ func (p PageQuery) ApplyTo(
 		return sql, err
 	}
 
-	return p.ApplyToUsingCursor(sql, col, cursor)
+	return p.applyToUsingCursor(sql, col, cursor)
 }
 
 // ApplyRawTo applies the raw PageQuery.Cursor cursor to the builder
@@ -67,12 +67,12 @@ func (p PageQuery) ApplyRawTo(
 	sql sq.SelectBuilder,
 	col string,
 ) (sq.SelectBuilder, error) {
-	return p.ApplyToUsingCursor(sql, col, p.Cursor)
+	return p.applyToUsingCursor(sql, col, p.Cursor)
 }
 
 // ApplyToUsingCursor returns a new SelectBuilder after applying the paging effects of
 // `p` to `sql`.  This method allows any type of cursor by a single column
-func (p PageQuery) ApplyToUsingCursor(
+func (p PageQuery) applyToUsingCursor(
 	sql sq.SelectBuilder,
 	col string,
 	cursor interface{},
@@ -81,23 +81,23 @@ func (p PageQuery) ApplyToUsingCursor(
 
 	switch p.Order {
 	case "asc":
-		if cursor == "" {
+		if cursor != "" {
 			sql = sql.
-				OrderBy(fmt.Sprintf("%s asc", col))
-		} else {
-			sql = sql.
-				Where(fmt.Sprintf("%s > ?", col), cursor).
-				OrderBy(fmt.Sprintf("%s asc", col))
+				Where(fmt.Sprintf("%s > ?", col), cursor)
 		}
+		sql = sql.
+			OrderBy(fmt.Sprintf("%s asc", col))
 	case "desc":
-		if cursor == "" {
+		if cursor != "" {
 			sql = sql.
-				OrderBy(fmt.Sprintf("%s desc", col))
-		} else {
+				Where(fmt.Sprintf("%s < ?", col), cursor)
+		}
+		if p.ElderCursor != "" {
 			sql = sql.
-				Where(fmt.Sprintf("%s < ?", col), cursor).
-				OrderBy(fmt.Sprintf("%s desc", col))
+				Where(fmt.Sprintf("%s > ?", col), p.ElderCursor)
 		}
+		sql = sql.
+			OrderBy(fmt.Sprintf("%s desc", col))
 	default:
 		return sql, errors.Errorf("invalid order: %s", p.Order)
 	}