diff --git a/src/categories/topics.js b/src/categories/topics.js
index a56545cfa9..3b7038fbe0 100644
--- a/src/categories/topics.js
+++ b/src/categories/topics.js
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@ module.exports = function (Categories) {
 			function (results, next) {
 				var totalPinnedCount = results.pinnedTids.length;
 
-				pinnedTids = results.pinnedTids.slice(data.start, data.stop === -1 ? undefined : data.stop + 1);
+				pinnedTids = results.pinnedTids.slice(data.start, data.stop !== -1 ? data.stop + 1 : undefined);
 
 				var pinnedCount = pinnedTids.length;
 
diff --git a/src/topics/popular.js b/src/topics/popular.js
index 99855b17d3..95bed19613 100644
--- a/src/topics/popular.js
+++ b/src/topics/popular.js
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ module.exports = function (Topics) {
 			function (topics, next) {
 				tids = topics.filter(function (topic) {
 					return topic && parseInt(topic.deleted, 10) !== 1;
-				}).sort(sortPopular).slice(start, stop !== -1 ? stop - 1 : undefined).map(function (topic) {
+				}).sort(sortPopular).slice(start, stop !== -1 ? stop + 1 : undefined).map(function (topic) {
 					return topic.tid;
 				});
 				privileges.topics.filterTids('read', tids, uid, next);
diff --git a/src/topics/recent.js b/src/topics/recent.js
index 5b717d9639..6fea81f972 100644
--- a/src/topics/recent.js
+++ b/src/topics/recent.js
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ module.exports = function (Topics) {
 			},
 			function (tids, next) {
 				recentTopics.topicCount = tids.length;
-				tids = tids.slice(start, stop + 1);
+				tids = tids.slice(start, stop !== -1 ? stop + 1 : undefined);
 				Topics.getTopicsByTids(tids, uid, next);
 			},
 			function (topicData, next) {
diff --git a/src/topics/suggested.js b/src/topics/suggested.js
index 187af3706a..bb450a759d 100644
--- a/src/topics/suggested.js
+++ b/src/topics/suggested.js
@@ -35,13 +35,7 @@ module.exports = function (Topics) {
 				}
 			},
 			function (categoryTids, next) {
-				tids = _.uniq(tids.concat(categoryTids));
-				if (stop === -1) {
-					tids = tids.slice(start);
-				} else {
-					tids = tids.slice(start, stop + 1);
-				}
-
+				tids = _.uniq(tids.concat(categoryTids)).slice(start, stop !== -1 ? stop + 1 : undefined);
 				Topics.getTopicsByTids(tids, uid, next);
 			},
 		], callback);
diff --git a/src/topics/top.js b/src/topics/top.js
index b4f10b9340..2d86cc8eb3 100644
--- a/src/topics/top.js
+++ b/src/topics/top.js
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ module.exports = function (Topics) {
 			},
 			function (tids, next) {
 				topTopics.topicCount = tids.length;
-				tids = tids.slice(start, stop + 1);
+				tids = tids.slice(start, stop !== -1 ? stop + 1 : undefined);
 				Topics.getTopicsByTids(tids, uid, next);
 			},
 			function (topicData, next) {
diff --git a/src/topics/unread.js b/src/topics/unread.js
index 7c068cfc40..86d3cac56a 100644
--- a/src/topics/unread.js
+++ b/src/topics/unread.js
@@ -42,11 +42,7 @@ module.exports = function (Topics) {
 					return next(null, []);
 				}
 
-				if (params.stop === -1) {
-					tids = tids.slice(params.start);
-				} else {
-					tids = tids.slice(params.start, params.stop + 1);
-				}
+				tids = tids.slice(params.start, params.stop !== -1 ? params.stop + 1 : undefined);
 
 				Topics.getTopicsByTids(tids, params.uid, next);
 			},
diff --git a/test/topics.js b/test/topics.js
index 4dec7a37c4..af7d22f76e 100644
--- a/test/topics.js
+++ b/test/topics.js
@@ -1823,4 +1823,20 @@ describe('Topic\'s', function () {
 			], done);
 		});
 	});
+
+	describe('top topics', function () {
+		it('should get top topics in category', function (done) {
+			var filters = ['', 'watched', 'unreplied', 'new'];
+			async.map(filters, function (filter, next) {
+				topics.getTopTopics(topic.categoryId, topic.userId, 0, -1, filter, next);
+			}, function (err, data) {
+				assert.ifError(err);
+				assert(data);
+				data.forEach(function (filterTopics) {
+					assert(Array.isArray(filterTopics.topics));
+				});
+				done();
+			});
+		});
+	});
 });