diff --git a/public/templates/category.tpl b/public/templates/category.tpl
index 8064da84d7..ecec8a2688 100644
--- a/public/templates/category.tpl
+++ b/public/templates/category.tpl
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@
 			<div class="block-header">
 				Recent Replies
 			</div>
-			<div class="block-content">
+			<div class="block-content" id="category_recent_replies">
 				
 			</div>
 		</div>
@@ -82,6 +82,7 @@
 
 <script type="text/javascript">
 (function() {
+	var cid = '{category_id}';
 	var	room = 'category_' + '{category_id}';
 	app.enter_room(room);
 
@@ -129,9 +130,10 @@
 
 
 
-	//socket.emit('api:topics.getRecentReplies', tid);
-	socket.on('api:topics.getRecentReplies', function(replies) {
+	socket.emit('api:categories.getRecentReplies', cid);
+	socket.on('api:categories.getRecentReplies', function(replies) {
 		console.log(replies);
+		jQuery('#category_recent_replies')	
 	});
 
 })();
diff --git a/src/categories.js b/src/categories.js
index 0b7f6f10b7..3d8014aaec 100644
--- a/src/categories.js
+++ b/src/categories.js
@@ -259,7 +259,11 @@ var	RDB = require('./redis.js'),
 		});
 	}
 
-
+	Categories.getRecentReplies = function(cid, callback) {
+		RDB.zrange('categories:recent_posts:cid:' + cid, 0, -1, function(err, replies) {
+			callback(replies);
+		});
+	}
 
 	Categories.getCategories = function(cids, callback, current_user) {
 		if (cids.length === 0) {
diff --git a/src/posts.js b/src/posts.js
index aa9a7a7f81..6b93fda730 100644
--- a/src/posts.js
+++ b/src/posts.js
@@ -23,74 +23,87 @@ marked.setOptions({
 			}
 			
 			topics.markAsRead(tid, current_user);
+
+			Posts.getPostsByPids(pids, current_user, function(posts) {
+				callback(posts);
+			})
+			
 			
-			var content = [], uid = [], timestamp = [], pid = [], post_rep = [], editor = [], editTime = [], deleted = [];
-
-			for (var i=0, ii=pids.length; i<ii; i++) {
-				content.push('pid:' + pids[i] + ':content');
-				uid.push('pid:' + pids[i] + ':uid');
-				timestamp.push('pid:' + pids[i] + ':timestamp');
-				post_rep.push('pid:' + pids[i] + ':rep');
-				editor.push('pid:' + pids[i] + ':editor');
-				editTime.push('pid:' + pids[i] + ':edited');
-				deleted.push('pid:' + pids[i] + ':deleted');
-				pid.push(pids[i]);
-			}
 
+		});
+	}
 
-			function getFavouritesData(next) {
-				favourites.getFavouritesByPostIDs(pids, current_user, function(fav_data) {
-					next(null, fav_data);
-				}); // to be moved
-			}
+	// todo, getPostsByPids has duplicated stuff, have that call this fn.
+	Posts.getPostSummaryByPids = function(pids, callback) {
+		var content = [], uid = [], timestamp = [];
 
-			function getPostData(next) {
-				RDB.multi()
-					.mget(content)
-					.mget(uid)
-					.mget(timestamp)
-					.mget(post_rep)
-					.mget(editor)
-					.mget(editTime)
-					.mget(deleted)
-					.exec(function(err, replies) {
-						post_data = {
-							pid: pids,
-							content: replies[0],
-							uid: replies[1],
-							timestamp: replies[2],
-							reputation: replies[3],
-							editor: replies[4],
-							editTime: replies[5],
-							deleted: replies[6]
-						};
-
-						// below, to be deprecated
-						// Add any editors to the user_data object
-						for(var x = 0, numPosts = post_data.editor.length; x < numPosts; x++) {
-							if (post_data.editor[x] !== null && post_data.uid.indexOf(post_data.editor[x]) === -1) {
-								post_data.uid.push(post_data.editor[x]);
-							}
+	};
+
+	Posts.getPostsByPids = function(pids, current_user, callback) {
+		var content = [], uid = [], timestamp = [], post_rep = [], editor = [], editTime = [], deleted = [];
+
+		for (var i=0, ii=pids.length; i<ii; i++) {
+			content.push('pid:' + pids[i] + ':content');
+			uid.push('pid:' + pids[i] + ':uid');
+			timestamp.push('pid:' + pids[i] + ':timestamp');
+			post_rep.push('pid:' + pids[i] + ':rep');
+			editor.push('pid:' + pids[i] + ':editor');
+			editTime.push('pid:' + pids[i] + ':edited');
+			deleted.push('pid:' + pids[i] + ':deleted');
+		}
+
+
+		function getFavouritesData(next) {
+			favourites.getFavouritesByPostIDs(pids, current_user, function(fav_data) {
+				next(null, fav_data);
+			}); // to be moved
+		}
+
+		function getPostData(next) {
+			RDB.multi()
+				.mget(content)
+				.mget(uid)
+				.mget(timestamp)
+				.mget(post_rep)
+				.mget(editor)
+				.mget(editTime)
+				.mget(deleted)
+				.exec(function(err, replies) {
+					post_data = {
+						pid: pids,
+						content: replies[0],
+						uid: replies[1],
+						timestamp: replies[2],
+						reputation: replies[3],
+						editor: replies[4],
+						editTime: replies[5],
+						deleted: replies[6]
+					};
+
+					// below, to be deprecated
+					// Add any editors to the user_data object
+					for(var x = 0, numPosts = post_data.editor.length; x < numPosts; x++) {
+						if (post_data.editor[x] !== null && post_data.uid.indexOf(post_data.editor[x]) === -1) {
+							post_data.uid.push(post_data.editor[x]);
 						}
+					}
 
-						user.getMultipleUserFields(post_data.uid, ['username','reputation','picture', 'signature'], function(user_details) {
-							next(null, {
-								users: user_details,
-								posts: post_data
-							});
+					user.getMultipleUserFields(post_data.uid, ['username','reputation','picture', 'signature'], function(user_details) {
+						next(null, {
+							users: user_details,
+							posts: post_data
 						});
-						// above, to be deprecated
 					});
-			}
-
-			async.parallel([getFavouritesData, getPostData], function(err, results) {
-				callback({
-					'voteData' : results[0], // to be moved
-					'userData' : results[1].users, // to be moved
-					'postData' : results[1].posts
+					// above, to be deprecated
 				});
-			});
+		}
 
+		async.parallel([getFavouritesData, getPostData], function(err, results) {
+			callback({
+				'voteData' : results[0], // to be moved
+				'userData' : results[1].users, // to be moved
+				'postData' : results[1].posts
+			});
 		});
 	}
 
@@ -136,7 +149,10 @@ marked.setOptions({
 					RDB.del('cid:' + cid + ':read_by_uid');
 				});
 
-				RDB.zadd('topics:recent_posts:tid:' + tid, (new Date()).getTime(), pid);
+				topics.get_cid_by_tid(tid, function(cid) {
+					RDB.zadd('categories:recent_posts:cid:' + cid, (new Date()).getTime(), pid);
+				});
+				
 			
 				// Re-add the poster, so he/she does not get an "unread" flag on this topic
 				topics.markAsRead(tid, uid);
diff --git a/src/redis.js b/src/redis.js
index e20413acb4..935e8afe06 100644
--- a/src/redis.js
+++ b/src/redis.js
@@ -37,4 +37,29 @@
 		});
 	};
 
+	/*
+	* A lot of redis calls come back like this:
+	* [key, value, key, value, key, value]
+	* this is a simple utility fn to turn this into an object.
+	*/
+	RedisDB.exports.objectify = function(arr) {
+		var obj = {};
+		for (var i = 0; i < arr.length; i += 2) {
+		    obj[arr[i]] = arr[i+1];
+		}
+		return obj;
+	};
+
+	/*
+	* Similar to .objectify, this utility function splits the data array into two arrays
+	*/
+	RedisDB.exports.splitify = function(arr) {
+		var arr1 = [], arr2 = [];
+		for (var i = 0; i < arr.length; i += 2) {
+		    arr1.push(arr[i]);
+		    arr2.push(arr[i+1]);
+		}
+		return [arr1,arr2];
+	};
+
 }(module));
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/topics.js b/src/topics.js
index bf40fc8931..ec60397afb 100644
--- a/src/topics.js
+++ b/src/topics.js
@@ -273,11 +273,6 @@ marked.setOptions({
 		});
 	}
 
-	Topics.getRecentReplies = function(tid, callback) {
-		RDB.zrange('topics:recent_posts:tid:' + tid, 0, -1, 'WITHSCORES', function(err, replies) {
-			callback(replies);
-		});
-	}
 
 	Topics.post = function(socket, uid, title, content, category_id) {
 		if (!category_id) throw new Error('Attempted to post without a category_id');
diff --git a/src/websockets.js b/src/websockets.js
index 0a3c15d826..be73f9c00d 100644
--- a/src/websockets.js
+++ b/src/websockets.js
@@ -263,10 +263,9 @@ var SocketIO = require('socket.io').listen(global.server, { log:false }),
 			notifications.mark_read(nid, uid);
 		});
 
-		socket.on('api:topics.getRecentReplies', function(tid) {
-			console.log('test');
-			topics.getRecentReplies(tid, function(replies) {
-				socket.emit('api:topics.getRecentReplies', replies);
+		socket.on('api:categories.getRecentReplies', function(tid) {
+			categories.getRecentReplies(tid, function(replies) {
+				socket.emit('api:categories.getRecentReplies', replies);
 			});
 		});