diff --git a/public/src/forum/admin/topics.js b/public/src/forum/admin/topics.js
index 8960bed25d..5750e83f37 100644
--- a/public/src/forum/admin/topics.js
+++ b/public/src/forum/admin/topics.js
@@ -59,6 +59,7 @@ define(function() {
 
 						topicsListEl.innerHTML += html;
 						btnEl.innerHTML = 'Load More Topics';
+						$('span.timeago').timeago();
 					} else {
 						// Exhausted all topics
 						btnEl.className += ' disabled';
diff --git a/public/templates/admin/topics.tpl b/public/templates/admin/topics.tpl
index 1521f400ac..f970823db8 100644
--- a/public/templates/admin/topics.tpl
+++ b/public/templates/admin/topics.tpl
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@
 		</div>
 		<a target="_blank" href="{relative_path}/topic/{topics.slug}">{topics.title}</a>
 		<ul>
-			<li><i class="icon-time"></i> Posted {topics.relativeTime} ago by {topics.username}</li>
+			<li><i class="icon-time"></i> Posted <span class="timeago" title="{topics.relativeTime}"></span> by {topics.username}</li>
 			<li><i class="icon-comments"></i> {topics.postcount} post(s)</li>
 		</ul>
 		<div class="clear"></div>
diff --git a/src/topics.js b/src/topics.js
index b40b67eb7c..76408b9fb5 100644
--- a/src/topics.js
+++ b/src/topics.js
@@ -22,8 +22,12 @@ var RDB = require('./redis.js'),
 	Topics.getTopicData = function(tid, callback) {
 		RDB.hgetall('topic:' + tid, function(err, data) {
 			if (err === null) {
-				if(data)
+				if(data) {
 					data.title = validator.sanitize(data.title).escape();
+					if(data.timestamp) {
+						data.relativeTime = new Date(parseInt(data.timestamp, 10)).toISOString();
+					}
+				}
 
 				callback(data);
 			} else {
@@ -327,8 +331,6 @@ var RDB = require('./redis.js'),
 					topicData['lock-icon'] = topicData.locked === '1' ? 'icon-lock' : 'none';
 					topicData['deleted-class'] = topicData.deleted === '1' ? 'deleted' : '';
 
-					topicData.relativeTime = new Date(parseInt(topicData.timestamp, 10)).toISOString();
-
 					topicData.username = topicInfo.username;
 					topicData.badgeclass = (topicInfo.hasread && current_user != 0) ? '' : 'badge-important';
 					topicData.teaser_text = topicInfo.teaserInfo.text || '',
@@ -455,7 +457,6 @@ var RDB = require('./redis.js'),
 				hasRead = results[1],
 				teaser = results[2];
 
-			topicData.relativeTime = new Date(parseInt(topicData.timestamp,10)).toISOString();
 			topicData.badgeclass = hasRead ? '' : 'badge-important';
 			topicData.teaser_text = teaser.text || '';
 			topicData.teaser_username = teaser.username || '';