 He agreed to a one-year extension to his contract in June 2006.Pejic formed a good partnership at centre back with Steve Evans in 2006–07 with manager Denis Smith saying after beating Scunthorpe United in December 2006, "Scunthorpe have got two of the best strikers outside the Championship and my two centre-backs kept them quiet, they are starting to perform consistently as a pair, so that's good.