diff --git a/public/src/forum/category.js b/public/src/forum/category.js
index 44138177b2..e71dfc185f 100644
--- a/public/src/forum/category.js
+++ b/public/src/forum/category.js
@@ -169,13 +169,13 @@ define(['composer', 'forum/pagination', 'share', 'navigator', 'forum/categoryToo
 		}
 	}
 
-	Category.onNewTopic = function(data) {
-		$(window).trigger('filter:categories.new_topic', data.topicData);
+	Category.onNewTopic = function(topic) {
+		$(window).trigger('filter:categories.new_topic', topic);
 
 		ajaxify.loadTemplate('category', function(categoryTemplate) {
 			var html = templates.parse(templates.getBlock(categoryTemplate, 'topics'), {
-				privileges: data.privileges,
-				topics: [data.topicData]
+				privileges: {editable: !!$('.thread-tools').length},
+				topics: [topic]
 			});
 
 			translator.translate(html, function(translatedHTML) {
diff --git a/public/src/modules/composer.js b/public/src/modules/composer.js
index 4972eaf3c3..6e57037a47 100644
--- a/public/src/modules/composer.js
+++ b/public/src/modules/composer.js
@@ -953,7 +953,12 @@ define(['taskbar'], function(taskbar) {
 				content: bodyEl.val(),
 				topic_thumb: thumbEl.val() || '',
 				category_id: postData.cid
-			}, done);
+			}, function(err, topic) {
+				done(err);
+				if (!err) {
+					ajaxify.go('topic/' + topic.slug);
+				}
+			});
 		} else if (parseInt(postData.tid, 10) > 0) {
 			socket.emit('posts.reply', {
 				tid: postData.tid,
diff --git a/src/socket.io/topics.js b/src/socket.io/topics.js
index 7dd8e7c230..af1d835c73 100644
--- a/src/socket.io/topics.js
+++ b/src/socket.io/topics.js
@@ -32,9 +32,9 @@ SocketTopics.post = function(socket, data, callback) {
 
 		if (result) {
 
-			index.server.sockets.in('category_' + data.category_id).emit('event:new_topic', result);
-			index.server.sockets.in('recent_posts').emit('event:new_topic', result);
-			index.server.sockets.in('home').emit('event:new_topic', result);
+			index.server.sockets.in('category_' + data.category_id).emit('event:new_topic', result.topicData);
+			index.server.sockets.in('recent_posts').emit('event:new_topic', result.topicData);
+			index.server.sockets.in('home').emit('event:new_topic', result.topicData);
 			index.server.sockets.in('home').emit('event:new_post', {
 				posts: result.postData
 			});
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ SocketTopics.post = function(socket, data, callback) {
 
 			module.parent.exports.emitTopicPostStats();
 
-			callback();
+			callback(null, result.topicData);
 		}
 	});
 };
diff --git a/src/topics/create.js b/src/topics/create.js
index fe35ac72b6..f597b53d7d 100644
--- a/src/topics/create.js
+++ b/src/topics/create.js
@@ -82,7 +82,6 @@ module.exports = function(Topics) {
 			return callback(new Error('[[error:title-too-long, ' + meta.config.maximumTitleLength + ']]'));
 		}
 
-		var categoryPrivileges;
 		async.waterfall([
 			function(next) {
 				categoryTools.exists(cid, next);
@@ -94,7 +93,6 @@ module.exports = function(Topics) {
 				categoryTools.privileges(cid, uid, next);
 			},
 			function(privileges, next) {
-				categoryPrivileges = privileges;
 				if(!privileges.write) {
 					return next(new Error('[[error:no-privileges]]'));
 				}
@@ -125,7 +123,6 @@ module.exports = function(Topics) {
 					topicData.unreplied = 1;
 
 					next(null, {
-						privileges: categoryPrivileges,
 						topicData: topicData,
 						postData: postData
 					});