diff --git a/src/controllers/categories.js b/src/controllers/categories.js
index 5210b631ec..0a06dafce1 100644
--- a/src/controllers/categories.js
+++ b/src/controllers/categories.js
@@ -172,6 +172,21 @@ categoriesController.get = function(req, res, next) {
 		function(payload, next) {
 			categories.getCategoryById(payload, next);
 		},
+		function(categoryData, next) {
+			var breadcrumbs = [
+				{
+					text: categoryData.name,
+					url: nconf.get('relative_path') + '/category/' + categoryData.slug
+				}
+			];
+			helpers.buildBreadcrumbs(categoryData.parentCid, function(err, crumbs) {
+				if (err) {
+					return next(err);
+				}
+				categoryData.breadcrumbs = crumbs.concat(breadcrumbs);
+				next(null, categoryData);
+			});
+		},
 		function(categoryData, next) {
 			if (categoryData.link) {
 				return res.redirect(categoryData.link);
@@ -243,7 +258,6 @@ categoriesController.get = function(req, res, next) {
 			}
 		}
 
-		data.breadcrumbs = res.locals.breadcrumbs;
 		res.render('category', data);
 	});
 };
diff --git a/src/controllers/helpers.js b/src/controllers/helpers.js
index a5ec2f2d57..45d6ea7579 100644
--- a/src/controllers/helpers.js
+++ b/src/controllers/helpers.js
@@ -1,6 +1,12 @@
 'use strict';
 
-var nconf = require('nconf');
+var nconf = require('nconf'),
+	async = require('async'),
+	validator = require('validator'),
+
+	translator = require('../../public/src/translator'),
+	categories = require('../categories'),
+	meta = require('../meta');
 
 var helpers = {};
 
@@ -32,5 +38,39 @@ helpers.notAllowed = function(req, res, error) {
 	}
 };
 
+helpers.buildBreadcrumbs = function(cid, callback) {
+	var breadcrumbs = [];
+
+	async.whilst(function() {
+		return parseInt(cid, 10);
+	}, function(next) {
+		categories.getCategoryFields(cid, ['name', 'slug', 'parentCid'], function(err, data) {
+			if (err) {
+				return next(err);
+			}
+
+			breadcrumbs.unshift({
+				text: validator.escape(data.name),
+				url: nconf.get('relative_path') + '/category/' + data.slug
+			});
+
+			cid = data.parentCid;
+			next();
+		});
+	}, function(err) {
+		if (err) {
+			return callback(err);
+		}
+
+		translator.translate('[[global:home]]', meta.config.defaultLang || 'en_GB', function(translated) {
+			breadcrumbs.unshift({
+				text: translated,
+				url: nconf.get('relative_path') + '/'
+			});
+
+			callback(null, breadcrumbs);
+		});
+	});
+};
 
 module.exports = helpers;
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/controllers/topics.js b/src/controllers/topics.js
index 76fcb3da91..f912f20bd6 100644
--- a/src/controllers/topics.js
+++ b/src/controllers/topics.js
@@ -123,6 +123,26 @@ topicsController.get = function(req, res, next) {
 				next(null, topicData);
 			});
 		},
+		function (topicData, next) {
+			var breadcrumbs = [
+				{
+					text: topicData.category.name,
+					url: nconf.get('relative_path') + '/category/' + topicData.category.slug
+				},
+				{
+					text: topicData.title,
+					url: nconf.get('relative_path') + '/topic/' + topicData.slug
+				}
+			];
+
+			helpers.buildBreadcrumbs(topicData.category.parentCid, function(err, crumbs) {
+				if (err) {
+					return next(err);
+				}
+				topicData.breadcrumbs = crumbs.concat(breadcrumbs);
+				next(null, topicData);
+			});
+		},
 		function (topicData, next) {
 			var description = '';
 
@@ -245,7 +265,6 @@ topicsController.get = function(req, res, next) {
 			}
 		}
 
-		data.breadcrumbs = res.locals.breadcrumbs;
 		res.render('topic', data);
 	});
 };
diff --git a/src/middleware/middleware.js b/src/middleware/middleware.js
index 647fe4d007..9e08774f25 100644
--- a/src/middleware/middleware.js
+++ b/src/middleware/middleware.js
@@ -201,58 +201,6 @@ middleware.isAdmin = function(req, res, next) {
 	});
 };
 
-middleware.buildBreadcrumbs = function(req, res, next) {
-	var breadcrumbs = [],
-		findParents = function(cid) {
-			var currentCategory;
-			async.doWhilst(function(next) {
-				categories.getCategoryFields(currentCategory ? currentCategory.parentCid : cid, ['name', 'slug', 'parentCid'], function(err, data) {
-					if (err) {
-						return next(err);
-					}
-
-					breadcrumbs.unshift({
-						text: validator.escape(data.name),
-						url: nconf.get('relative_path') + '/category/' + data.slug
-					});
-
-					currentCategory = data;
-					next();
-				});
-			}, function() {
-				return !!currentCategory.parentCid && currentCategory.parentCid !== '0';
-			}, function(err) {
-				if (err) {
-					winston.warn('[buildBreadcrumb] Could not build breadcrumbs: ' + err.message);
-				}
-
-				// Home breadcrumb
-				translator.translate('[[global:home]]', meta.config.defaultLang || 'en_GB', function(translated) {
-					breadcrumbs.unshift({
-						text: translated,
-						url: nconf.get('relative_path') + '/'
-					});
-
-					res.locals.breadcrumbs = breadcrumbs || [];
-					next();
-				});
-			});
-		};
-
-	if (req.params.topic_id) {
-		topics.getTopicFields(parseInt(req.params.topic_id, 10), ['cid', 'title', 'slug'], function(err, data) {
-			breadcrumbs.unshift({
-				text: validator.escape(data.title),
-				url: nconf.get('relative_path') + '/topic/' + data.slug
-			});
-
-			findParents(parseInt(data.cid, 10));
-		});
-	} else {
-		findParents(parseInt(req.params.category_id, 10));
-	}
-};
-
 middleware.buildHeader = function(req, res, next) {
 	res.locals.renderHeader = true;
 
diff --git a/src/routes/index.js b/src/routes/index.js
index 3d79b119c6..1c1844dfce 100644
--- a/src/routes/index.js
+++ b/src/routes/index.js
@@ -40,8 +40,8 @@ function staticRoutes(app, middleware, controllers) {
 function topicRoutes(app, middleware, controllers) {
 	app.get('/api/topic/teaser/:topic_id', controllers.topics.teaser);
 
-	setupPageRoute(app, '/topic/:topic_id/:slug/:post_index?', middleware, [middleware.buildBreadcrumbs], controllers.topics.get);
-	setupPageRoute(app, '/topic/:topic_id/:slug?', middleware, [middleware.buildBreadcrumbs, middleware.addSlug], controllers.topics.get);
+	setupPageRoute(app, '/topic/:topic_id/:slug/:post_index?', middleware, [], controllers.topics.get);
+	setupPageRoute(app, '/topic/:topic_id/:slug?', middleware, [middleware.addSlug], controllers.topics.get);
 }
 
 function tagRoutes(app, middleware, controllers) {
@@ -55,8 +55,8 @@ function categoryRoutes(app, middleware, controllers) {
 	setupPageRoute(app, '/unread', middleware, [middleware.authenticate], controllers.categories.unread);
 	app.get('/api/unread/total', middleware.authenticate, controllers.categories.unreadTotal);
 
-	setupPageRoute(app, '/category/:category_id/:slug/:topic_index', middleware, [middleware.buildBreadcrumbs], controllers.categories.get);
-	setupPageRoute(app, '/category/:category_id/:slug?', middleware, [middleware.buildBreadcrumbs, middleware.addSlug], controllers.categories.get);
+	setupPageRoute(app, '/category/:category_id/:slug/:topic_index', middleware, [], controllers.categories.get);
+	setupPageRoute(app, '/category/:category_id/:slug?', middleware, [middleware.addSlug], controllers.categories.get);
 }
 
 function accountRoutes(app, middleware, controllers) {