diff --git a/src/categories/recentreplies.js b/src/categories/recentreplies.js
index 4dfcf86fa5..23f6560be5 100644
--- a/src/categories/recentreplies.js
+++ b/src/categories/recentreplies.js
@@ -13,21 +13,12 @@ var async = require('async'),
 
 module.exports = function(Categories) {
 	Categories.getRecentReplies = function(cid, uid, count, callback) {
-		if(!parseInt(count, 10)) {
+		if (!parseInt(count, 10)) {
 			return callback(null, []);
 		}
 
-		db.getSortedSetRevRange('cid:' + cid + ':pids', 0, count - 1, function(err, pids) {
-			if (err || !Array.isArray(pids) || !pids.length) {
-				return callback(err, []);
-			}
-
-			async.waterfall([
-				async.apply(privileges.posts.filter, 'read', pids, uid),
-				function(pids, next) {
-					posts.getPostSummaryByPids(pids, uid, {stripTags: true}, next);
-				}
-			], callback);
+		posts.getPostsFromSet('cid:' + cid + ':pids', uid, 0, count - 1, function(err, data) {
+			callback(err, data ? data.posts : []);
 		});
 	};
 
diff --git a/src/posts.js b/src/posts.js
index 9a66c3d5ec..4144367564 100644
--- a/src/posts.js
+++ b/src/posts.js
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ var async = require('async'),
 	user = require('./user'),
 	topics = require('./topics'),
 	postTools = require('./postTools'),
+	privileges = require('./privileges'),
 	plugins = require('./plugins');
 
 (function(Posts) {
@@ -85,6 +86,23 @@ var async = require('async'),
 		});
 	};
 
+	Posts.getPostsFromSet = function(set, uid, start, end, callback) {
+		async.waterfall([
+			function(next) {
+				db.getSortedSetRevRange(set, start, end, next);
+			},
+			function(pids, next) {
+				privileges.posts.filter('read', pids, uid, next);
+			},
+			function(pids, next) {
+				Posts.getPostSummaryByPids(pids, uid, {stripTags: false}, next);
+			},
+			function(posts, next) {
+				next(null, {posts: posts, nextStart: end + 1});
+			}
+		], callback);
+	};
+
 	Posts.getPostData = function(pid, callback) {
 		db.getObject('post:' + pid, function(err, data) {
 			if(err) {
diff --git a/src/posts/user.js b/src/posts/user.js
index 3b6f2e9e20..2799e4298d 100644
--- a/src/posts/user.js
+++ b/src/posts/user.js
@@ -8,8 +8,7 @@ var async = require('async'),
 	meta = require('../meta'),
 	websockets = require('../socket.io'),
 	postTools = require('../postTools'),
-	plugins = require('../plugins'),
-	privileges = require('../privileges');
+	plugins = require('../plugins')
 
 
 module.exports = function(Posts) {
@@ -105,21 +104,4 @@ module.exports = function(Posts) {
 			user.isModerator(uid, cids, callback);
 		});
 	};
-
-	Posts.getPostsFromSet = function(set, uid, start, end, callback) {
-		async.waterfall([
-			function(next) {
-				db.getSortedSetRevRange(set, start, end, next);
-			},
-			function(pids, next) {
-				privileges.posts.filter('read', pids, uid, next);
-			},
-			function(pids, next) {
-				Posts.getPostSummaryByPids(pids, uid, {stripTags: false}, next);
-			},
-			function(posts, next) {
-				next(null, {posts: posts, nextStart: end + 1});
-			}
-		], callback);
-	};
 };
diff --git a/src/user.js b/src/user.js
index 9f3f81cd98..2c3b3386f9 100644
--- a/src/user.js
+++ b/src/user.js
@@ -178,7 +178,7 @@ var	async = require('async'),
 			if (err) {
 				return callback(err);
 			}
-			plugins.fireHook('action:user.set', {field: field, value: value,  type: 'decrement'});
+			plugins.fireHook('action:user.set', {field: field, value: value, type: 'decrement'});
 
 			callback(null, value);
 		});