diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index fe3c6e99401b..6b99af6db71d 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,3 +1,13 @@
+## [4.2.1](https://github.com/mmistakes/minimal-mistakes/releases/tag/4.2.1)
+
+### Enhancements
+
+- Improve `paginator.html` to support paginated pages that live inside of a subfolder. See [documentation](https://mmistakes.github.io/minimal-mistakes/docs/layouts/#home-page) for more details. [#764](https://github.com/mmistakes/minimal-mistakes/pull/764/)
+
+### Maintenance
+
+- Add `https` protocol to Google Universal Analytics embed. [#772](https://github.com/mmistakes/minimal-mistakes/pull/772)
+
 ## [4.2.0](https://github.com/mmistakes/minimal-mistakes/releases/tag/4.2.0)
 
 ### Enhancements
diff --git a/_includes/analytics-providers/google-universal.html b/_includes/analytics-providers/google-universal.html
index 3ada6e36cae5..10d65b2ee488 100644
--- a/_includes/analytics-providers/google-universal.html
+++ b/_includes/analytics-providers/google-universal.html
@@ -2,8 +2,8 @@
   (function(i,s,o,g,r,a,m){i['GoogleAnalyticsObject']=r;i[r]=i[r]||function(){
   (i[r].q=i[r].q||[]).push(arguments)},i[r].l=1*new Date();a=s.createElement(o),
   m=s.getElementsByTagName(o)[0];a.async=1;a.src=g;m.parentNode.insertBefore(a,m)
-  })(window,document,'script','//www.google-analytics.com/analytics.js','ga');
+  })(window,document,'script','https://www.google-analytics.com/analytics.js','ga');
 
   ga('create', '{{ site.analytics.google.tracking_id }}', 'auto');
   ga('send', 'pageview');
-</script>
\ No newline at end of file
+</script>
diff --git a/_includes/page__hero.html b/_includes/page__hero.html
index ecc8d8056ad2..24488932ae5f 100644
--- a/_includes/page__hero.html
+++ b/_includes/page__hero.html
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@
   {% if page.header.overlay_color or page.header.overlay_image %}
     <div class="wrapper">
       <h1 class="page__title" itemprop="headline">
-        {% if paginator %}
+        {% if paginator and site.paginate_show_page_num %}
           {{ site.title }}{% unless paginator.page == 1 %} {{ site.data.ui-text[site.locale].page | default: "Page" }} {{ paginator.page }}{% endunless %}
         {% else %}
           {{ page.title | default: site.title | markdownify | remove: "<p>" | remove: "</p>" }}
@@ -50,4 +50,4 @@ <h1 class="page__title" itemprop="headline">
   {% if page.header.caption %}
     <span class="page__hero-caption">{{ page.header.caption | markdownify | remove: "<p>" | remove: "</p>" }}</span>
   {% endif %}
-</div>
\ No newline at end of file
+</div>
diff --git a/_includes/paginator.html b/_includes/paginator.html
index b6bf99a2e05a..3cf71d82c0ed 100644
--- a/_includes/paginator.html
+++ b/_includes/paginator.html
@@ -1,22 +1,23 @@
 {% if paginator.total_pages > 1 %}
 <nav class="pagination">
+  {% assign first_page_path = site.paginate_path | replace: 'page:num', '' | replace: '//', '/' | absolute_url %}
   <ul>
     {% comment %} Link for previous page {% endcomment %}
     {% if paginator.previous_page %}
       {% if paginator.previous_page == 1 %}
-        <li><a href="{{ '/' | absolute_url }}">{{ site.data.ui-text[site.locale].pagination_previous | default: "Previous" }}</a></li>
+        <li><a href="{{ first_page_path }}">{{ site.data.ui-text[site.locale].pagination_previous | default: "Previous" }}</a></li>
       {% else %}
-        <li><a href="{{ '/page' | absolute_url }}{{ paginator.previous_page | append: '/' }}">{{ site.data.ui-text[site.locale].pagination_previous | default: "Previous" }}</a></li>
+        <li><a href="{{ site.paginate_path | replace: ':num', paginator.previous_page | replace: '//', '/' | absolute_url }}">{{ site.data.ui-text[site.locale].pagination_previous | default: "Previous" }}</a></li>
       {% endif %}
     {% else %}
-      <li><a href="#" class="disabled"><span aria-hidden="true">{{ site.data.ui-text[site.locale].pagination_previous | default: "Previous" }}</span></a></li>
+    <li><a href="#" class="disabled"><span aria-hidden="true">{{ site.data.ui-text[site.locale].pagination_previous | default: "Previous" }}</span></a></li>
     {% endif %}
 
     {% comment %} First page {% endcomment %}
     {% if paginator.page == 1 %}
       <li><a href="#" class="disabled current">1</a></li>
     {% else %}
-      <li><a href="{{ '/' | absolute_url }}">1</a></li>
+      <li><a href="{{ first_page_path }}">1</a></li>
     {% endif %}
 
     {% assign page_start = 2 %}
@@ -34,7 +35,7 @@
 
     {% for index in (page_start..page_end) %}
       {% if index == paginator.page %}
-        <li><a href="{{ '/page' | absolute_url }}{{ index | append: '/' }}" class="disabled current">{{ index }}</a></li>
+        <li><a href="{{ site.paginate_path | replace: ':num', index | replace: '//', '/' | absolute_url }}" class="disabled current">{{ index }}</a></li>
       {% else %}
         {% comment %} Distance from current page and this link {% endcomment %}
         {% assign dist = paginator.page | minus: index %}
@@ -42,7 +43,7 @@
           {% comment %} Distance must be a positive value {% endcomment %}
           {% assign dist = 0 | minus: dist %}
         {% endif %}
-        <li><a href="{{ '/page' | absolute_url }}{{ index | append: '/' }}">{{ index }}</a></li>
+        <li><a href="{{ site.paginate_path | replace: ':num', index | absolute_url }}">{{ index }}</a></li>
       {% endif %}
     {% endfor %}
 
@@ -54,15 +55,15 @@
     {% if paginator.page == paginator.total_pages %}
       <li><a href="#" class="disabled current">{{ paginator.page }}</a></li>
     {% else %}
-      <li><a href="{{ '/page' | absolute_url }}{{ paginator.total_pages }}/">{{ paginator.total_pages }}</a></li>
+      <li><a href="{{ site.paginate_path | replace: ':num', paginator.total_pages | replace: '//', '/' | absolute_url }}">{{ paginator.total_pages }}</a></li>
     {% endif %}
 
     {% comment %} Link next page {% endcomment %}
     {% if paginator.next_page %}
-      <li><a href="{{ '/page' | absolute_url }}{{ paginator.next_page }}/">{{ site.data.ui-text[site.locale].pagination_next | default: "Next" }}</a></li>
+      <li><a href="{{ site.paginate_path | replace: ':num', paginator.next_page | replace: '//', '/' | absolute_url }}">{{ site.data.ui-text[site.locale].pagination_next | default: "Next" }}</a></li></a></li>
     {% else %}
       <li><a href="#" class="disabled"><span aria-hidden="true">{{ site.data.ui-text[site.locale].pagination_next | default: "Next" }}</span></a></li>
     {% endif %}
   </ul>
 </nav>
-{% endif %}
\ No newline at end of file
+{% endif %}
diff --git a/docs/_docs/10-layouts.md b/docs/_docs/10-layouts.md
index 2409d61b0d0b..a8b60ced04d2 100644
--- a/docs/_docs/10-layouts.md
+++ b/docs/_docs/10-layouts.md
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ single_layout_gallery:
     alt: "single layout with header example"
   - image_path: /assets/images/mm-layout-single-meta.png
     alt: "single layout with comments and related posts"
-modified: 2016-12-12T15:20:20-05:00
+modified: 2017-01-24T10:52:47-05:00
 ---
 
 {% include toc icon="columns" title="Included Layouts" %}
@@ -183,6 +183,16 @@ paginate: 5 # amount of posts to show
 paginate_path: /page:num/
 ```
 
+If you'd rather have a paginated page of posts reside in a subfolder instead of acting as your homepage make the following adjustments.
+
+Create `index.html` in the location you'd like. For example if I wanted it to live at **/blog** I'd create `/blog/index.html` with `layout: home` in its YAML Front Matter.
+
+Then adjust the `paginate_path` in **_config.yml** to match.
+
+```yaml
+paginate_path: /blog/page:num
+``` 
+
 **Note:** Jekyll can only paginate a single `index.html` file. If you'd like to paginate more pages (e.g. category indexes) you'll need the help of a custom plugin. For more pagination related settings check the [**Configuration**]({{ "/docs/configuration/#paginate" | absolute_url }}) section.
 {: .notice--info}
 
diff --git a/docs/_docs/18-history.md b/docs/_docs/18-history.md
index 15cb52879878..e380c49afb81 100644
--- a/docs/_docs/18-history.md
+++ b/docs/_docs/18-history.md
@@ -4,9 +4,19 @@ permalink: /docs/history/
 excerpt: "Change log of enhancements and bug fixes made to the theme."
 sidebar:
   nav: docs
-modified: 2017-01-24T10:10:17-05:00
+modified: 2017-01-24T10:55:37-05:00
 ---
 
+## [4.2.1](https://github.com/mmistakes/minimal-mistakes/releases/tag/4.2.1)
+
+### Enhancements
+
+- Improve `paginator.html` to support paginated pages that live inside of a subfolder. See [documentation](https://mmistakes.github.io/minimal-mistakes/docs/layouts/#home-page) for more details. [#764](https://github.com/mmistakes/minimal-mistakes/pull/764/)
+
+### Maintenance
+
+- Add `https` protocol to Google Universal Analytics embed. [#772](https://github.com/mmistakes/minimal-mistakes/pull/772)
+
 ## [4.2.0](https://github.com/mmistakes/minimal-mistakes/releases/tag/4.2.0)
 
 ### Enhancements
diff --git a/docs/_includes/analytics-providers/google-universal.html b/docs/_includes/analytics-providers/google-universal.html
index 3ada6e36cae5..10d65b2ee488 100644
--- a/docs/_includes/analytics-providers/google-universal.html
+++ b/docs/_includes/analytics-providers/google-universal.html
@@ -2,8 +2,8 @@
   (function(i,s,o,g,r,a,m){i['GoogleAnalyticsObject']=r;i[r]=i[r]||function(){
   (i[r].q=i[r].q||[]).push(arguments)},i[r].l=1*new Date();a=s.createElement(o),
   m=s.getElementsByTagName(o)[0];a.async=1;a.src=g;m.parentNode.insertBefore(a,m)
-  })(window,document,'script','//www.google-analytics.com/analytics.js','ga');
+  })(window,document,'script','https://www.google-analytics.com/analytics.js','ga');
 
   ga('create', '{{ site.analytics.google.tracking_id }}', 'auto');
   ga('send', 'pageview');
-</script>
\ No newline at end of file
+</script>
diff --git a/docs/_includes/page__hero.html b/docs/_includes/page__hero.html
index ecc8d8056ad2..24488932ae5f 100644
--- a/docs/_includes/page__hero.html
+++ b/docs/_includes/page__hero.html
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@
   {% if page.header.overlay_color or page.header.overlay_image %}
     <div class="wrapper">
       <h1 class="page__title" itemprop="headline">
-        {% if paginator %}
+        {% if paginator and site.paginate_show_page_num %}
           {{ site.title }}{% unless paginator.page == 1 %} {{ site.data.ui-text[site.locale].page | default: "Page" }} {{ paginator.page }}{% endunless %}
         {% else %}
           {{ page.title | default: site.title | markdownify | remove: "<p>" | remove: "</p>" }}
@@ -50,4 +50,4 @@ <h1 class="page__title" itemprop="headline">
   {% if page.header.caption %}
     <span class="page__hero-caption">{{ page.header.caption | markdownify | remove: "<p>" | remove: "</p>" }}</span>
   {% endif %}
-</div>
\ No newline at end of file
+</div>
diff --git a/docs/_includes/paginator.html b/docs/_includes/paginator.html
index b6bf99a2e05a..3cf71d82c0ed 100644
--- a/docs/_includes/paginator.html
+++ b/docs/_includes/paginator.html
@@ -1,22 +1,23 @@
 {% if paginator.total_pages > 1 %}
 <nav class="pagination">
+  {% assign first_page_path = site.paginate_path | replace: 'page:num', '' | replace: '//', '/' | absolute_url %}
   <ul>
     {% comment %} Link for previous page {% endcomment %}
     {% if paginator.previous_page %}
       {% if paginator.previous_page == 1 %}
-        <li><a href="{{ '/' | absolute_url }}">{{ site.data.ui-text[site.locale].pagination_previous | default: "Previous" }}</a></li>
+        <li><a href="{{ first_page_path }}">{{ site.data.ui-text[site.locale].pagination_previous | default: "Previous" }}</a></li>
       {% else %}
-        <li><a href="{{ '/page' | absolute_url }}{{ paginator.previous_page | append: '/' }}">{{ site.data.ui-text[site.locale].pagination_previous | default: "Previous" }}</a></li>
+        <li><a href="{{ site.paginate_path | replace: ':num', paginator.previous_page | replace: '//', '/' | absolute_url }}">{{ site.data.ui-text[site.locale].pagination_previous | default: "Previous" }}</a></li>
       {% endif %}
     {% else %}
-      <li><a href="#" class="disabled"><span aria-hidden="true">{{ site.data.ui-text[site.locale].pagination_previous | default: "Previous" }}</span></a></li>
+    <li><a href="#" class="disabled"><span aria-hidden="true">{{ site.data.ui-text[site.locale].pagination_previous | default: "Previous" }}</span></a></li>
     {% endif %}
 
     {% comment %} First page {% endcomment %}
     {% if paginator.page == 1 %}
       <li><a href="#" class="disabled current">1</a></li>
     {% else %}
-      <li><a href="{{ '/' | absolute_url }}">1</a></li>
+      <li><a href="{{ first_page_path }}">1</a></li>
     {% endif %}
 
     {% assign page_start = 2 %}
@@ -34,7 +35,7 @@
 
     {% for index in (page_start..page_end) %}
       {% if index == paginator.page %}
-        <li><a href="{{ '/page' | absolute_url }}{{ index | append: '/' }}" class="disabled current">{{ index }}</a></li>
+        <li><a href="{{ site.paginate_path | replace: ':num', index | replace: '//', '/' | absolute_url }}" class="disabled current">{{ index }}</a></li>
       {% else %}
         {% comment %} Distance from current page and this link {% endcomment %}
         {% assign dist = paginator.page | minus: index %}
@@ -42,7 +43,7 @@
           {% comment %} Distance must be a positive value {% endcomment %}
           {% assign dist = 0 | minus: dist %}
         {% endif %}
-        <li><a href="{{ '/page' | absolute_url }}{{ index | append: '/' }}">{{ index }}</a></li>
+        <li><a href="{{ site.paginate_path | replace: ':num', index | absolute_url }}">{{ index }}</a></li>
       {% endif %}
     {% endfor %}
 
@@ -54,15 +55,15 @@
     {% if paginator.page == paginator.total_pages %}
       <li><a href="#" class="disabled current">{{ paginator.page }}</a></li>
     {% else %}
-      <li><a href="{{ '/page' | absolute_url }}{{ paginator.total_pages }}/">{{ paginator.total_pages }}</a></li>
+      <li><a href="{{ site.paginate_path | replace: ':num', paginator.total_pages | replace: '//', '/' | absolute_url }}">{{ paginator.total_pages }}</a></li>
     {% endif %}
 
     {% comment %} Link next page {% endcomment %}
     {% if paginator.next_page %}
-      <li><a href="{{ '/page' | absolute_url }}{{ paginator.next_page }}/">{{ site.data.ui-text[site.locale].pagination_next | default: "Next" }}</a></li>
+      <li><a href="{{ site.paginate_path | replace: ':num', paginator.next_page | replace: '//', '/' | absolute_url }}">{{ site.data.ui-text[site.locale].pagination_next | default: "Next" }}</a></li></a></li>
     {% else %}
       <li><a href="#" class="disabled"><span aria-hidden="true">{{ site.data.ui-text[site.locale].pagination_next | default: "Next" }}</span></a></li>
     {% endif %}
   </ul>
 </nav>
-{% endif %}
\ No newline at end of file
+{% endif %}
diff --git a/docs/_pages/home.md b/docs/_pages/home.md
index e40d8e49783f..96b1b15ebea7 100644
--- a/docs/_pages/home.md
+++ b/docs/_pages/home.md
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ header:
   cta_label: "<i class='fa fa-download'></i> Install Now"
   cta_url: "/docs/quick-start-guide/"
   caption:
-excerpt: 'A flexible two-column Jekyll theme. Perfect for personal sites, blogs, and portfolios hosted on GitHub or your own server.<br /> <small><a href="https://github.com/mmistakes/minimal-mistakes/releases/tag/4.2.0">Latest release v4.2.0</a></small><br /><br /> {::nomarkdown}<iframe style="display: inline-block;" src="https://ghbtns.com/github-btn.html?user=mmistakes&repo=minimal-mistakes&type=star&count=true&size=large" frameborder="0" scrolling="0" width="160px" height="30px"></iframe> <iframe style="display: inline-block;" src="https://ghbtns.com/github-btn.html?user=mmistakes&repo=minimal-mistakes&type=fork&count=true&size=large" frameborder="0" scrolling="0" width="158px" height="30px"></iframe>{:/nomarkdown}'
+excerpt: 'A flexible two-column Jekyll theme. Perfect for personal sites, blogs, and portfolios hosted on GitHub or your own server.<br /> <small><a href="https://github.com/mmistakes/minimal-mistakes/releases/tag/4.2.1">Latest release v4.2.1</a></small><br /><br /> {::nomarkdown}<iframe style="display: inline-block;" src="https://ghbtns.com/github-btn.html?user=mmistakes&repo=minimal-mistakes&type=star&count=true&size=large" frameborder="0" scrolling="0" width="160px" height="30px"></iframe> <iframe style="display: inline-block;" src="https://ghbtns.com/github-btn.html?user=mmistakes&repo=minimal-mistakes&type=fork&count=true&size=large" frameborder="0" scrolling="0" width="158px" height="30px"></iframe>{:/nomarkdown}'
 feature_row:
   - image_path: /assets/images/mm-customizable-feature.png
     alt: "customizable"
diff --git a/minimal-mistakes-jekyll.gemspec b/minimal-mistakes-jekyll.gemspec
index 462d0e9b8319..49e71e77af02 100644
--- a/minimal-mistakes-jekyll.gemspec
+++ b/minimal-mistakes-jekyll.gemspec
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 
 Gem::Specification.new do |spec|
   spec.name                    = "minimal-mistakes-jekyll"
-  spec.version                 = "4.2.0"
+  spec.version                 = "4.2.1"
   spec.authors                 = ["Michael Rose"]
 
   spec.summary                 = %q{A flexible two-column Jekyll theme.}
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 834b417a9416..4edb24a7d14e 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "minimal-mistakes",
-  "version": "4.2.0",
+  "version": "4.2.1",
   "description": "Minimal Mistakes Jekyll theme npm build scripts",
   "repository": {
     "type": "git",