diff --git a/public/src/client/category.js b/public/src/client/category.js
index 10816286d9..fc4e7e21f3 100644
--- a/public/src/client/category.js
+++ b/public/src/client/category.js
@@ -61,6 +61,7 @@ define('forum/category', [
 		handleIgnoreWatch(cid);
 
 		$(window).trigger('action:topics.loaded', {topics: ajaxify.data.topics});
+		$(window).trigger('action:category.loaded', {cid: ajaxify.data.cid});
 	};
 
 	function handleIgnoreWatch(cid) {
diff --git a/src/controllers/category.js b/src/controllers/category.js
index f2bc7510c6..6c74519c1a 100644
--- a/src/controllers/category.js
+++ b/src/controllers/category.js
@@ -75,18 +75,19 @@ categoryController.get = function(req, res, callback) {
 				topicIndex = 0;
 			}
 
-			var set = 'cid:' + cid + ':tids',
-				reverse = false;
-
-			if (settings.categoryTopicSort === 'newest_to_oldest') {
+			var set = 'cid:' + cid + ':tids';
+			var reverse = false;
+			// `sort` qs has priority over user setting
+			var sort = req.query.sort || settings.categoryTopicSort;
+			if (sort === 'newest_to_oldest') {
 				reverse = true;
-			} else if (settings.categoryTopicSort === 'most_posts') {
+			} else if (sort === 'most_posts') {
 				reverse = true;
 				set = 'cid:' + cid + ':tids:posts';
 			}
 
-			var start = (currentPage - 1) * settings.topicsPerPage + topicIndex,
-				stop = start + settings.topicsPerPage - 1;
+			var start = (currentPage - 1) * settings.topicsPerPage + topicIndex;
+			var stop = start + settings.topicsPerPage - 1;
 
 			next(null, {
 				cid: cid,
@@ -192,7 +193,7 @@ categoryController.get = function(req, res, callback) {
 		categoryData['feeds:disableRSS'] = parseInt(meta.config['feeds:disableRSS'], 10) === 1;
 		categoryData.rssFeedUrl = nconf.get('relative_path') + '/category/' + categoryData.cid + '.rss';
 		categoryData.title = categoryData.name;
-		categoryData.pagination = pagination.create(currentPage, pageCount);
+		categoryData.pagination = pagination.create(currentPage, pageCount, req.query);
 		categoryData.pagination.rel.forEach(function(rel) {
 			rel.href = nconf.get('url') + '/category/' + categoryData.slug + rel.href;
 			res.locals.linkTags.push(rel);
diff --git a/src/controllers/topics.js b/src/controllers/topics.js
index c65996b82c..9d106a85f2 100644
--- a/src/controllers/topics.js
+++ b/src/controllers/topics.js
@@ -19,7 +19,6 @@ var topicsController = {};
 
 topicsController.get = function(req, res, callback) {
 	var tid = req.params.topic_id;
-	var sort = req.query.sort;
 	var currentPage = parseInt(req.query.page, 10) || 1;
 	var pageCount = 1;
 	var userPrivileges;
@@ -76,18 +75,13 @@ topicsController.get = function(req, res, callback) {
 
 			var set = 'tid:' + tid + ':posts';
 			var reverse = false;
-
 			// `sort` qs has priority over user setting
+			var sort = req.query.sort || settings.topicPostSort;
 			if (sort === 'newest_to_oldest') {
 				reverse = true;
 			} else if (sort === 'most_votes') {
 				reverse = true;
 				set = 'tid:' + tid + ':posts:votes';
-			} else if (settings.topicPostSort === 'newest_to_oldest') {
-				reverse = true;
-			} else if (settings.topicPostSort === 'most_votes') {
-				reverse = true;
-				set = 'tid:' + tid + ':posts:votes';
 			}
 
 			var postIndex = 0;
@@ -270,7 +264,7 @@ topicsController.get = function(req, res, callback) {
 		data.postDeleteDuration = parseInt(meta.config.postDeleteDuration, 10) || 0;
 		data.scrollToMyPost = settings.scrollToMyPost;
 		data.rssFeedUrl = nconf.get('relative_path') + '/topic/' + data.tid + '.rss';
-		data.pagination = pagination.create(currentPage, pageCount);
+		data.pagination = pagination.create(currentPage, pageCount, req.query);
 		data.pagination.rel.forEach(function(rel) {
 			rel.href = nconf.get('url') + '/topic/' + data.slug + rel.href;
 			res.locals.linkTags.push(rel);