diff --git a/public/templates/noscript/category.tpl b/public/templates/noscript/category.tpl
index d36f621aed..d88fd17c95 100644
--- a/public/templates/noscript/category.tpl
+++ b/public/templates/noscript/category.tpl
@@ -9,9 +9,6 @@
 				<a href="../../topic/{topics.slug}">{topics.title} ({topics.postcount})</a>
 				<div class="teaser">
 					<img class="img-thumbnail" src="{topics.teaser_userpicture}" />
-					<p>
-						{topics.teaser_text}
-					</p>
 					<div class="clear"></div>
 				</div>
 			</li>
diff --git a/src/database/mongo.js b/src/database/mongo.js
index 83e6eb8dec..9890604cf2 100644
--- a/src/database/mongo.js
+++ b/src/database/mongo.js
@@ -124,9 +124,8 @@
 		});
 	}
 
-	module.search = function(key, term, callback) {
-
-		db.command({text:"search" , search: term, filter: {key:key} }, function(err, result) {
+	module.search = function(key, term, limit, callback) {
+		db.command({text:"search" , search: term, filter: {key:key}, limit: limit }, function(err, result) {
 			if(err) {
 				return callback(err);
 			}
diff --git a/src/database/redis.js b/src/database/redis.js
index 7490f6c87c..8a5578e439 100644
--- a/src/database/redis.js
+++ b/src/database/redis.js
@@ -97,10 +97,12 @@
 		}
 	}
 
-	module.search = function(key, term, callback) {
+	module.search = function(key, term, limit, callback) {
 		function search(searchObj, callback) {
 			searchObj
-				.query(term).type('or')
+				.query(term)
+				.between(0, limit - 1)
+				.type('or')
 				.end(callback);
 		}
 
diff --git a/src/routes/api.js b/src/routes/api.js
index 2bfd66a8de..d0da395d54 100644
--- a/src/routes/api.js
+++ b/src/routes/api.js
@@ -251,17 +251,14 @@ var path = require('path'),
 			});
 
 			app.get('/search/:term', function (req, res, next) {
+				var limit = 50;
 
 				function searchPosts(callback) {
-					db.search('post', req.params.term, function(err, pids) {
+					db.search('post', req.params.term, limit, function(err, pids) {
 						if (err) {
 							return callback(err, null);
 						}
 
-						if(pids.length > 50) {
- 							pids = pids.splice(0, 50);
- 						}
-
 						posts.getPostSummaryByPids(pids, false, function (err, posts) {
 							if (err){
 								return callback(err, null);
@@ -272,15 +269,11 @@ var path = require('path'),
 				}
 
 				function searchTopics(callback) {
-					db.search('topic', req.params.term, function(err, tids) {
+					db.search('topic', req.params.term, limit, function(err, tids) {
 						if (err) {
 							return callback(err, null);
 						}
 
-						if(tids.length > 50) {
- 							tids = tids.splice(0, 50);
- 						}
-
 						topics.getTopicsByTids(tids, 0, function (topics) {
 							callback(null, topics);
 						}, 0);
@@ -290,7 +283,7 @@ var path = require('path'),
 				if ((req.user && req.user.uid) || meta.config.allowGuestSearching === '1') {
 					async.parallel([searchPosts, searchTopics], function (err, results) {
 						if (err) {
-							return next();
+							return next(err);
 						}
 
 						return res.json({
diff --git a/src/socket.io/index.js b/src/socket.io/index.js
index e17c3acd34..c4e8085232 100644
--- a/src/socket.io/index.js
+++ b/src/socket.io/index.js
@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@ var users = {},
 	io;
 
 Sockets.init = function() {
+
 	io = socketioWildcard(SocketIO).listen(global.server, {
 		log: false,
 		transports: ['websocket', 'xhr-polling', 'jsonp-polling', 'flashsocket'],
diff --git a/src/topics.js b/src/topics.js
index 7f76f181ac..f2e245d72a 100644
--- a/src/topics.js
+++ b/src/topics.js
@@ -709,7 +709,6 @@ var async = require('async'),
 					topicData.categoryName = topicInfo.categoryData.name;
 					topicData.categorySlug = topicInfo.categoryData.slug;
 					topicData.badgeclass = (topicInfo.hasread && parseInt(current_user, 10) !== 0) ? '' : 'badge-important';
-					topicData.teaser_text = topicInfo.teaserInfo.text || '',
 					topicData.teaser_username = topicInfo.teaserInfo.username || '';
 					topicData.teaser_userslug = topicInfo.teaserInfo.userslug || '';
 					topicData.teaser_userpicture = topicInfo.teaserInfo.picture || gravatar.url('', {}, https = nconf.get('https'));
@@ -830,7 +829,6 @@ var async = require('async'),
 			topicData['lock-icon'] = parseInt(topicData.locked, 10) === 1 ? 'fa-lock' : 'none';
 
 			topicData.badgeclass = hasRead ? '' : 'badge-important';
-			topicData.teaser_text = teaser.text || '';
 			topicData.teaser_username = teaser.username || '';
 			topicData.teaser_userslug = teaser.userslug || '';
 			topicData.userslug = teaser.userslug || '';
diff --git a/src/user.js b/src/user.js
index 96e8244eb0..91c901c5a6 100644
--- a/src/user.js
+++ b/src/user.js
@@ -493,11 +493,12 @@ var bcrypt = require('bcrypt'),
 			return callback([]);
 		}
 
-		db.search('user', username, function(err, uids) {
+		db.search('user', username, 50, function(err, uids) {
 			if (err) {
 				console.log(err);
 				return;
 			}
+
 			if (uids && uids.length) {
 				User.getDataForUsers(uids, function(userdata) {
 					callback(userdata);