diff --git a/addons/pager/jquery.tablesorter.pager.js b/addons/pager/jquery.tablesorter.pager.js
index 1f2ef4bb..06d716fa 100644
--- a/addons/pager/jquery.tablesorter.pager.js
+++ b/addons/pager/jquery.tablesorter.pager.js
@@ -612,7 +612,7 @@
 				}
 
 				$t
-					.unbind('filterStart filterEnd sortEnd disable enable destroy update pageSize '.split(' ').join('.pager '))
+					.unbind('filterStart filterEnd sortEnd disable enable destroy update updateRows updateAll addRows pageSize '.split(' ').join('.pager '))
 					.bind('filterStart.pager', function(e, filters) {
 						p.currentFilters = filters;
 					})
@@ -636,7 +636,7 @@
 						e.stopPropagation();
 						destroyPager(table, p);
 					})
-					.bind('update.pager', function(e){
+					.bind('update updateRows updateAll addRows '.split(' ').join('.pager '), function(e){
 						e.stopPropagation();
 						hideRows(table, p);
 					})
diff --git a/js/jquery.tablesorter.js b/js/jquery.tablesorter.js
index 899630c7..f755a936 100644
--- a/js/jquery.tablesorter.js
+++ b/js/jquery.tablesorter.js
@@ -814,28 +814,34 @@
 				})
 				.bind("addRows.tablesorter", function(e, $row, resort, callback) {
 					e.stopPropagation();
-					var i, rows = $row.filter('tr').length,
-					dat = [], l = $row[0].cells.length,
-					tbdy = $this.find('tbody').index( $row.parents('tbody').filter(':first') );
-					// fixes adding rows to an empty table - see issue #179
-					if (!c.parsers) {
-						buildParserCache(table);
-					}
-					// add each row
-					for (i = 0; i < rows; i++) {
-						// add each cell
-						for (j = 0; j < l; j++) {
-							dat[j] = c.parsers[j].format( getElementText(table, $row[i].cells[j], j), table, $row[i].cells[j], j );
+					if (isEmptyObject(c.cache)) {
+						// empty table, do an update instead - fixes #450
+						updateHeader(table);
+						commonUpdate(table, resort, callback);
+					} else {
+						var i, rows = $row.filter('tr').length,
+						dat = [], l = $row[0].cells.length,
+						tbdy = $this.find('tbody').index( $row.parents('tbody').filter(':first') );
+						// fixes adding rows to an empty table - see issue #179
+						if (!c.parsers) {
+							buildParserCache(table);
 						}
-						// add the row index to the end
-						dat.push(c.cache[tbdy].row.length);
-						// update cache
-						c.cache[tbdy].row.push([$row[i]]);
-						c.cache[tbdy].normalized.push(dat);
-						dat = [];
+						// add each row
+						for (i = 0; i < rows; i++) {
+							// add each cell
+							for (j = 0; j < l; j++) {
+								dat[j] = c.parsers[j].format( getElementText(table, $row[i].cells[j], j), table, $row[i].cells[j], j );
+							}
+							// add the row index to the end
+							dat.push(c.cache[tbdy].row.length);
+							// update cache
+							c.cache[tbdy].row.push([$row[i]]);
+							c.cache[tbdy].normalized.push(dat);
+							dat = [];
+						}
+						// resort using current settings
+						checkResort($this, resort, callback);
 					}
-					// resort using current settings
-					checkResort($this, resort, callback);
 				})
 				.bind("sorton.tablesorter", function(e, list, callback, init) {
 					var c = table.config;
diff --git a/js/widgets/widget-pager.js b/js/widgets/widget-pager.js
index 41593ab3..a1ead962 100644
--- a/js/widgets/widget-pager.js
+++ b/js/widgets/widget-pager.js
@@ -200,7 +200,7 @@ tsp = ts.pager = {
 			s = wo.pager_selectors;
 
 		c.$table
-			.unbind('filterStart filterEnd sortEnd disable enable destroy update pageSize '.split(' ').join('.pager '))
+			.unbind('filterStart filterEnd sortEnd disable enable destroy update updateRows updateAll addRows pageSize '.split(' ').join('.pager '))
 			.bind('filterStart.pager', function(e, filters) {
 				p.currentFilters = filters;
 			})
@@ -224,7 +224,7 @@ tsp = ts.pager = {
 				e.stopPropagation();
 				tsp.destroyPager(table, c);
 			})
-			.on('update.pager', function(e){
+			.on('update updateRows updateAll addRows '.split(' ').join('.pager '), function(e){
 				e.stopPropagation();
 				tsp.hideRows(table, c);
 			})