diff --git a/public/src/forum/admin/categories.js b/public/src/forum/admin/categories.js
index 959dabfcfa..41bf32d970 100644
--- a/public/src/forum/admin/categories.js
+++ b/public/src/forum/admin/categories.js
@@ -50,6 +50,33 @@ jQuery('.blockclass').each(function() {
 
 //DRY Failure. this needs to go into an ajaxify onready style fn. Currently is copy pasted into every single function so after ACP is off the ground fix asap
 (function() {
+	function showCreateCategoryModal() {
+		$('#new-category-modal').modal();
+	}
+
+	function createNewCategory() {
+		var category = {
+			name:$('#inputName').val(),
+			description:$('#inputDescription').val(),
+			icon:$('#new-category-modal i').val(),
+			blockclass:$('#inputBlockclass').val()
+		};
+
+		socket.emit('api:admin.categories.create', category, function(err, data) {
+			if(!err) {
+				app.alert({
+					alert_id: 'category_created',
+					title: 'Created',
+					message: 'Category successfully created!',
+					type: 'success',
+					timeout: 2000
+				});
+
+				$('#new-category-modal').modal('hide');
+			}
+		});
+	}
+
 	jQuery('document').ready(function() {
 		var url = window.location.href,
 			parts = url.split('/'),
@@ -64,6 +91,8 @@ jQuery('.blockclass').each(function() {
 		});
 
 		jQuery('#save').on('click', save);
+		jQuery('#addNew').on('click', showCreateCategoryModal);
+		jQuery('#create-category-btn').on('click', createNewCategory);
 
 		jQuery('.icon').on('click', function(ev) {
 			select_icon(ev.target);
diff --git a/public/templates/admin/categories.tpl b/public/templates/admin/categories.tpl
index 3dfdc6fd33..abbccdcd00 100644
--- a/public/templates/admin/categories.tpl
+++ b/public/templates/admin/categories.tpl
@@ -33,9 +33,67 @@
 
 	<!-- END categories -->
 		<button class="btn btn-lg btn-primary" id="save">Save</button>
+		<button class="btn btn-lg btn-primary" id="addNew">Add New</button>
 	</ul>
 </div>
 
+<div id="new-category-modal" class="modal" tabindex="-1" role="dialog" aria-labelledby="Add New Modal" aria-hidden="true">
+	<div class="modal-dialog">
+		<div class="modal-content">
+			<div class="modal-header">
+				<button type="button" class="close" data-dismiss="modal" aria-hidden="true">&times;</button>
+				<h3>Create New Category</h3>
+			</div>
+			<div class="modal-body">
+				<div>
+				<form class='form-horizontal'>
+					<div class="control-group">
+						<label class="control-label" for="inputName">Name</label>
+						<div class="controls">
+							<input class="form-control" type="text" id="inputName" placeholder="Name" value="">
+						</div>
+					</div>
+
+					<div class="control-group">
+						<label class="control-label" for="inputDescription">Description</label>
+						<div class="controls">
+							<input class="form-control" type="text" id="inputDescription" placeholder="Description" value="">
+						</div>
+					</div>
+
+					<div class="control-group">
+						<label class="control-label" for="inputIcon">Icon</label>
+						<div class="controls">
+							<div class="icon">
+								<i data-name="icon" value="icon-pencil" class="icon-pencil icon-2x"></i>
+							</div>
+						</div>
+					</div>
+
+					<div class="control-group">
+						<label class="control-label" for="inputBlockclass">Block Class</label>
+						<div class="controls">
+							<select id="inputBlockclass" class="form-control" data-name="blockclass" data-value="">
+								<option value="category-purple">category-purple</option>
+								<option value="category-darkblue">category-darkblue</option>
+								<option value="category-blue">category-blue</option>
+								<option value="category-darkgreen">category-darkgreen</option>
+								<option value="category-orange">category-orange</option>
+							</select>
+						</div>
+					</div>
+
+				</form>
+			</div>
+			</div>
+			<div class="modal-footer">
+				<button type="button" id="create-category-btn" href="#" class="btn btn-primary btn-lg btn-block">Create</button>
+			</div>
+		</div><!-- /.modal-content -->
+	</div><!-- /.modal-dialog -->
+</div><!-- /.modal -->
+
+
 <div id="icons" style="display:none;"><div class="icon-container"><div class="row fa-icons">
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diff --git a/src/admin/categories.js b/src/admin/categories.js
index cb0ec7c86e..a8dc20b8ea 100644
--- a/src/admin/categories.js
+++ b/src/admin/categories.js
@@ -5,27 +5,7 @@ var	RDB = require('./../redis.js'),
 (function(CategoriesAdmin) {
 
 	CategoriesAdmin.create = function(data, callback) {
-		RDB.incr('global:next_category_id', function(err, cid) {
-			RDB.handle(err);
-
-			var slug = cid + '/' + utils.slugify(data.name);
-			RDB.rpush('categories:cid', cid);
-
-			RDB.hmset('category:' + cid, {
-				cid: cid,
-				name: data.name,
-				description: data.description,
-				icon: data.icon,
-				blockclass: data.blockclass,
-				slug: slug,
-				topic_count: 0,
-				disabled: 0
-			});
-
-			RDB.set('categoryslug:' + slug + ':cid', cid);
-
-			if (callback) callback(null);
-		});
+		categories.create(data, callback);
 	};
 
 	CategoriesAdmin.update = function(modified, socket) {
@@ -33,7 +13,7 @@ var	RDB = require('./../redis.js'),
 
 		for (var cid in modified) {
 			var category = modified[cid];
-			
+
 			for (var key in category) {
 				RDB.hset('category:' + cid, key, category[key]);
 
diff --git a/src/categories.js b/src/categories.js
index c536c50854..a068dd87bf 100644
--- a/src/categories.js
+++ b/src/categories.js
@@ -8,6 +8,32 @@ var	RDB = require('./redis.js'),
 
 (function(Categories) {
 
+	Categories.create = function(data, callback) {
+		RDB.incr('global:next_category_id', function(err, cid) {
+			if(err)
+				return callback(err, null);
+
+			var slug = cid + '/' + utils.slugify(data.name);
+			RDB.rpush('categories:cid', cid);
+
+			var category = {
+				cid: cid,
+				name: data.name,
+				description: data.description,
+				icon: data.icon,
+				blockclass: data.blockclass,
+				slug: slug,
+				topic_count: 0,
+				disabled: 0
+			};
+			RDB.hmset('category:' + cid, category);
+
+			RDB.set('categoryslug:' + slug + ':cid', cid);
+
+			callback(null, category);
+		});
+	}
+
 	Categories.getCategoryById = function(category_id, current_user, callback) {
 
 		Categories.getCategoryData(category_id, function(err, categoryData) {
diff --git a/src/websockets.js b/src/websockets.js
index 3b3931caf8..1a9d7b9e2d 100644
--- a/src/websockets.js
+++ b/src/websockets.js
@@ -742,6 +742,12 @@ var SocketIO = require('socket.io').listen(global.server, {
 			});
 		});
 
+		socket.on('api:admin.categories.create', function(data, callback) {
+			admin.categories.create(data, function(err, data) {
+				callback(err, data);
+			});
+		});
+
 		socket.on('api:admin.categories.update', function(data) {
 			admin.categories.update(data, socket);
 		});