diff --git a/public/src/forum/admin/topics.js b/public/src/forum/admin/topics.js
index 77090bef3f..1371e4481c 100644
--- a/public/src/forum/admin/topics.js
+++ b/public/src/forum/admin/topics.js
@@ -42,8 +42,13 @@ define(function() {
 
 		loadMoreEl.addEventListener('click', function() {
 			if (this.className.indexOf('disabled') === -1) {
-				var topics = document.querySelectorAll('.topics li[data-tid]'),
-					lastTid = parseInt(topics[topics.length - 1].getAttribute('data-tid'));
+				var topics = document.querySelectorAll('.topics li[data-tid]');
+
+				if(!topics.length) {
+					return;
+				} 
+
+				var lastTid = parseInt(topics[topics.length - 1].getAttribute('data-tid'));
 
 				this.innerHTML = '<i class="icon-refresh icon-spin"></i> Retrieving topics';
 				socket.emit('api:admin.topics.getMore', {
diff --git a/public/src/templates.js b/public/src/templates.js
index a5750c0a04..8c439354fd 100644
--- a/public/src/templates.js
+++ b/public/src/templates.js
@@ -307,6 +307,7 @@
 						var conditional = makeConditionalRegex(namespace + d);
 
 						var conditionalBlock = conditional.exec(template);
+						console.log(conditionalBlock);
 						
 						if (conditionalBlock !== null) {
 							conditionalBlock = conditionalBlock[0].split('<!-- ELSE -->');
diff --git a/public/templates/admin/topics.tpl b/public/templates/admin/topics.tpl
index f970823db8..f5cb638529 100644
--- a/public/templates/admin/topics.tpl
+++ b/public/templates/admin/topics.tpl
@@ -1,6 +1,12 @@
 <h1>Topics</h1>
 <hr />
 
+<!-- IF notopics -->
+<div class="alert alert-warning" id="category-no-topics">
+	<strong>There are no topics.</strong>
+</div>
+<!-- ENDIF notopics -->
+
 <ul class="topics">
 	<!-- BEGIN topics -->
 	<li data-tid="{topics.tid}" data-locked="{topics.locked}" data-pinned="{topics.pinned}" data-deleted="{topics.deleted}">
@@ -19,6 +25,8 @@
 	<!-- END topics -->
 </ul>
 
+<!-- IF showLoadMore -->
 <div class="text-center">
 	<button id="topics_loadmore" class="btn btn-primary btn-lg">Load More Topics</button>
 </div>
+<!-- ENDIF showLoadMore -->
diff --git a/src/routes/admin.js b/src/routes/admin.js
index 481891ad00..254d56503d 100644
--- a/src/routes/admin.js
+++ b/src/routes/admin.js
@@ -246,7 +246,9 @@ var user = require('./../user.js'),
 			app.get('/topics', function (req, res) {
 				topics.getAllTopics(10, null, function (topics) {
 					res.json({
-						topics: topics
+						topics: topics,
+						notopics: topics.length === 0,
+						showLoadMore: topics.length > 0
 					});
 				});
 			});