closes #3089

src/controllers/categories.js

@@ -159,7 +159,7 @@ categoriesController.list = function(req, res, next) {
 
 categoriesController.get = function(req, res, next) {
 	var cid = req.params.category_id,
-		page = req.query.page || 1,
+		page = parseInt(req.query.page, 10) || 1,
 		userPrivileges;
 
 	if (req.params.topic_index && !utils.isNumber(req.params.topic_index)) {

src/controllers/topics.js

@@ -18,7 +18,6 @@ var topicsController = {},
 
 topicsController.get = function(req, res, next) {
 	var tid = req.params.topic_id,
-		page = 1,
 		sort = req.query.sort,
 		userPrivileges;
 
@@ -82,7 +81,7 @@ topicsController.get = function(req, res, next) {
 			}
 
 			var postIndex = 0;
-			page = parseInt(req.query.page, 10) || 1;
+			var page = parseInt(req.query.page, 10) || 1;
 			req.params.post_index = parseInt(req.params.post_index, 10) || 0;
 			if (reverse && req.params.post_index === 1) {
 				req.params.post_index = 0;