diff --git a/public/src/client/recent.js b/public/src/client/recent.js
index 1f6536327d..973819d44d 100644
--- a/public/src/client/recent.js
+++ b/public/src/client/recent.js
@@ -133,7 +133,7 @@ define('forum/recent', ['forum/infinitescroll', 'components'], function(infinite
 
 		infinitescroll.loadMore('topics.loadMoreFromSet', {
 			after: $('[component="category"]').attr('data-nextstart'),
-			set: 'topics:recent'
+			set: $('[component="category"]').attr('data-set') ? $('[component="category"]').attr('data-set') : 'topics:recent' 
 		}, function(data, done) {
 			if (data.topics && data.topics.length) {
 				Recent.onTopicsLoaded('recent', data.topics, false, done);
diff --git a/src/controllers/recent.js b/src/controllers/recent.js
index fe9355c533..512a034512 100644
--- a/src/controllers/recent.js
+++ b/src/controllers/recent.js
@@ -54,6 +54,7 @@ recentController.get = function(req, res, next) {
 		var data = {};
 		data.topics = topics;
 		data.nextStart = stop + 1;
+		data.set = 'topics:recent';
 		data['feeds:disableRSS'] = parseInt(meta.config['feeds:disableRSS'], 10) === 1;
 		data.rssFeedUrl = nconf.get('relative_path') + '/recent.rss';
 		data.title = '[[pages:recent]]';