diff --git a/src/database/mongo.js b/src/database/mongo.js
index aaf161ee42..e792d41b1a 100644
--- a/src/database/mongo.js
+++ b/src/database/mongo.js
@@ -538,21 +538,15 @@
 		getSortedSetRange(key, start, stop, -1, callback);
 	};
 
-	module.getSortedSetRangeByScore = function(args, callback) {
-		getSortedSetRangeByScore(args, 1, callback);
+	module.getSortedSetRangeByScore = function(key, start, count, min, max, callback) {
+		getSortedSetRangeByScore(key, start, count, min, max, 1, callback);
 	};
 
-	module.getSortedSetRevRangeByScore = function(args, callback) {
-		getSortedSetRangeByScore(args, -1, callback);
+	module.getSortedSetRevRangeByScore = function(key, start, count, max, min, callback) {
+		getSortedSetRangeByScore(key, start, count, min, max, -1, callback);
 	};
 
-	function getSortedSetRangeByScore(args, sort, callback) {
-		var key = args[0],
-			max = (args[1] === '+inf') ? Number.MAX_VALUE : args[1],
-			min = args[2],
-			start = args[4],
-			count = args[5];
-
+	function getSortedSetRangeByScore(key, start, count, min, max, sort, callback) {
 		if(parseInt(count, 10) === -1) {
 			count = 0;
 		}
diff --git a/src/database/redis.js b/src/database/redis.js
index 90daed3e74..06e21583a3 100644
--- a/src/database/redis.js
+++ b/src/database/redis.js
@@ -359,11 +359,13 @@
 		redisClient.zrevrange(key, start, stop, callback);
 	};
 
-	module.getSortedSetRangeByScore = function(args, callback) {
+	module.getSortedSetRangeByScore = function(key, start, count, min, max, callback) {
+		var args = [key, min, max, 'LIMIT', start, count];
 		redisClient.zrangebyscore(args, callback);
 	};
 
-	module.getSortedSetRevRangeByScore = function(args, callback) {
+	module.getSortedSetRevRangeByScore = function(key, start, count, max, min, callback) {
+		var args = [key, max, min, 'LIMIT', start, count];
 		redisClient.zrevrangebyscore(args, callback);
 	};
 
diff --git a/src/posts.js b/src/posts.js
index 0fd976995d..d35cd12e5d 100644
--- a/src/posts.js
+++ b/src/posts.js
@@ -210,7 +210,7 @@ var db = require('./database'),
 
 		var count = parseInt(stop, 10) === -1 ? stop : stop - start + 1;
 
-		db.getSortedSetRevRangeByScore(['posts:pid', '+inf', Date.now() - since, 'LIMIT', start, count], function(err, pids) {
+		db.getSortedSetRevRangeByScore('posts:pid', start, count, Infinity, Date.now() - since, function(err, pids) {
 			if(err) {
 				return callback(err);
 			}
diff --git a/src/topics/recent.js b/src/topics/recent.js
index bb51800785..255c65a388 100644
--- a/src/topics/recent.js
+++ b/src/topics/recent.js
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ module.exports = function(Topics) {
 
 		var count = parseInt(end, 10) === -1 ? end : end - start + 1;
 
-		db.getSortedSetRevRangeByScore(['topics:recent', '+inf', Date.now() - since, 'LIMIT', start, count], callback);
+		db.getSortedSetRevRangeByScore('topics:recent', start, count, Infinity, Date.now() - since, callback);
 	};
 
 };
diff --git a/src/user/notifications.js b/src/user/notifications.js
index df3096b8e8..3b4542a787 100644
--- a/src/user/notifications.js
+++ b/src/user/notifications.js
@@ -114,7 +114,7 @@ var async = require('async'),
 	UserNotifications.getDailyUnread = function(uid, callback) {
 		var	now = Date.now(),
 			yesterday = now - (1000*60*60*24);	// Approximate, can be more or less depending on time changes, makes no difference really.
-		db.getSortedSetRangeByScore(['uid:' + uid + ':notifications:unread', yesterday, now], function(err, nids) {
+		db.getSortedSetRangeByScore('uid:' + uid + ':notifications:unread', 0, 20, yesterday, now, function(err, nids) {
 			async.map(nids, function(nid, next) {
 				notifications.get(nid, uid, function(notif_data) {
 					next(null, notif_data);
diff --git a/tests/database.js b/tests/database.js
index de22628e2d..8a0cbe7b34 100644
--- a/tests/database.js
+++ b/tests/database.js
@@ -127,8 +127,7 @@ describe('Test database', function() {
 		}
 
 		function getSortedSetRevRangeByScore(callback) {
-			var args = ['sortedSet2', '+inf', 100, 'LIMIT', 0, 10];
-			db.getSortedSetRevRangeByScore(args, function(err, data) {
+			db.getSortedSetRevRangeByScore('sortedSet2', 0, 10, Infinity, 100, function(err, data) {
 				callback(err, {'getSortedSetRevRangeByScore': data});
 			});
 		}