perch_blog_custom() pagination issue

I am using the below code to display the post listing, however on first page load the pagination is not being generated. It is generated on page refresh though. I am also displaying category links for each post.

Not sure could be causing this...?

                    perch_blog_custom(array(
                    'count' => 10,
                    'paginate' => true,
                    'page-links'=>true,
                    'hide_extensions'=>true,
                    'template' => 'post_in_list.html',
                    'sort' => 'postDateTime',
                    'sort-order' => 'DESC',
                    'each' => function($item) {
                    $item['cats_html'] = perch_blog_post_categories($item['postSlug'],array(
                            'template' => 'post_category_link.html',), true);
                    return $item;
                    },
                ));