diff --git a/public/templates/admin/topics.tpl b/public/templates/admin/topics.tpl
index f5cb638529..c5305c4d03 100644
--- a/public/templates/admin/topics.tpl
+++ b/public/templates/admin/topics.tpl
@@ -1,11 +1,6 @@
 <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 -->
@@ -25,8 +20,14 @@
 	<!-- END topics -->
 </ul>
 
-<!-- IF showLoadMore -->
+<!-- IF notopics -->
+<div class="alert alert-warning" id="category-no-topics">
+	<strong>There are no topics.</strong>
+</div>
+<!-- ELSE -->
 <div class="text-center">
 	<button id="topics_loadmore" class="btn btn-primary btn-lg">Load More Topics</button>
 </div>
-<!-- ENDIF showLoadMore -->
+<!-- ENDIF notopics -->
+
+
diff --git a/src/routes/admin.js b/src/routes/admin.js
index 254d56503d..0c562ce7c8 100644
--- a/src/routes/admin.js
+++ b/src/routes/admin.js
@@ -247,8 +247,7 @@ var user = require('./../user.js'),
 				topics.getAllTopics(10, null, function (topics) {
 					res.json({
 						topics: topics,
-						notopics: topics.length === 0,
-						showLoadMore: topics.length > 0
+						notopics: topics.length === 0
 					});
 				});
 			});