Inserting named parameter for custom pagination route

I'm using the pagination component and would like to use a custom route for a prettier URL. At the moment I have a page at /things, and I would like the individual pages to be /things/2, /things/3 etc. I'm using the following code in my thing controller's action:

public function index() {

    $this->set('things', $this->paginate());

}

Then, in my element (which is included into the view for the index action) I've got the pagination helper showing number links:

echo $this->Paginator->numbers(array(

    'separator' => '',

    'tag' => 'li',

    'currentTag' => 'a',

    'currentClass' => 'active'

));

As that stands, it works perfectly. I can use the page numbers and get the correct page. I then tried to add this route to make some pretty page URLs:

Router::connect('/things/:page', array('controller' => 'things', 'action' => 'index'), array('page' => '[0-9]+'));

Now, the pagination helper correctly outputs the pretty URLs, however when I click them the page doesn't change even though the URL does. So I end up on /things/3 and I'm seeing results for the first page. After a bit of digging, I think this is because the named parameter "page" isn't being sent as a named parameter. Below is a dump of $this->request->params:

array(

    'plugin' => null,

    'controller' => 'things',

    'action' => 'index',

    'named' => array(),

    'pass' => array(),

    'page' => '2'

)

So, I amended my route like so:

Router::connect('/things/:page', array('controller' => 'things', 'action' => 'index'), array('page' => '[0-9]+', 'named' => array('page')));

But it still only shows the first page of results regardless of what page I'm on. What do I need to do to make sure the page parameter is a named parameter? I'd rather not fiddle with it in my controller action, but rather let the route handle it.

Thank you very much in advance. :)

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