diff --git a/public/src/forum/admin/categories.js b/public/src/forum/admin/categories.js
index 73e81425af..358afb9141 100644
--- a/public/src/forum/admin/categories.js
+++ b/public/src/forum/admin/categories.js
@@ -81,7 +81,8 @@ define(function() {
 				name: $('#inputName').val(),
 				description: $('#inputDescription').val(),
 				icon: $('#new-category-modal i').val(),
-				blockclass: $('#inputBlockclass').val()
+				bgColor: '#0059b2',
+				color: '#fff'
 			};
 
 			socket.emit('api:admin.categories.create', category, function(err, data) {
diff --git a/public/src/forum/topic.js b/public/src/forum/topic.js
index 186853a83a..0f3439aa81 100644
--- a/public/src/forum/topic.js
+++ b/public/src/forum/topic.js
@@ -135,7 +135,9 @@ define(function() {
 							categoriesEl.className = 'category-list';
 							for (x = 0; x < numCategories; x++) {
 								info = data.categories[x];
-								categoryEl.className = info.blockclass + (info.disabled === '1' ? ' disabled' : '');
+								categoryEl.style.background = info.bgColor;
+								categoryEl.style.color = info.color || '#fff';
+								categoryEl.className = info.disabled === '1' ? ' disabled' : '';
 								categoryEl.innerHTML = '<i class="fa ' + info.icon + '"></i> ' + info.name;
 								categoryEl.setAttribute('data-cid', info.cid);
 								categoriesFrag.appendChild(categoryEl.cloneNode(true));
diff --git a/public/templates/admin/categories.tpl b/public/templates/admin/categories.tpl
index e5fb32d1e4..ceddd9a51c 100644
--- a/public/templates/admin/categories.tpl
+++ b/public/templates/admin/categories.tpl
@@ -18,8 +18,8 @@
 						<i data-name="icon" value="{categories.icon}" class="fa {categories.icon} fa-2x"></i>
 					</div>
 					<input placeholder="Category Name" data-name="name" value="{categories.name}" class="form-control category_name"></input>
-					<input placeholder="#000" data-name="bgColor" value="{categories.bgColor}" class="form-control category_bgColor" />
-					<input placeholder="#000" data-name="color" value="{categories.color}" class="form-control category_color" />
+					<input placeholder="#0059b2" data-name="bgColor" value="{categories.bgColor}" class="form-control category_bgColor" />
+					<input placeholder="#fff" data-name="color" value="{categories.color}" class="form-control category_color" />
 					<input data-name="description" placeholder="Category Description" value="{categories.description}" class="form-control category_description description"></input>
 					<input type="hidden" data-name="order" data-value="{categories.order}"></input>
 					<button type="submit" class="btn btn-default disable-btn" data-disabled="{categories.disabled}">Disable</button>
@@ -65,20 +65,6 @@
 								</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>
diff --git a/src/admin/categories.js b/src/admin/categories.js
index 405f180cdc..804741be52 100644
--- a/src/admin/categories.js
+++ b/src/admin/categories.js
@@ -4,10 +4,6 @@ var RDB = require('./../redis.js'),
 
 (function(CategoriesAdmin) {
 
-	CategoriesAdmin.create = function(data, callback) {
-		categories.create(data, callback);
-	};
-
 	CategoriesAdmin.update = function(modified, socket) {
 		var updated = [];
 
diff --git a/src/categories.js b/src/categories.js
index d21b461a66..cc72bdc7b1 100644
--- a/src/categories.js
+++ b/src/categories.js
@@ -25,7 +25,8 @@ var RDB = require('./redis.js'),
 				name: data.name,
 				description: data.description,
 				icon: data.icon,
-				blockclass: data.blockclass,
+				bgColor: data.bgColor,
+				color: data.color,
 				slug: slug,
 				topic_count: 0,
 				disabled: 0,
diff --git a/src/install.js b/src/install.js
index d9bb7140b7..3f12f4b9fb 100644
--- a/src/install.js
+++ b/src/install.js
@@ -204,10 +204,7 @@ var async = require('async'),
 				},
 				function (next) {
 					// Categories
-					var Categories = require('./categories'),
-						admin = {
-							categories: require('./admin/categories')
-						};
+					var Categories = require('./categories');
 
 					Categories.getAllCategories(0, function (err, data) {
 						if (data.categories.length === 0) {
@@ -217,7 +214,7 @@ var async = require('async'),
 								default_categories = JSON.parse(default_categories);
 
 								async.eachSeries(default_categories, function (category, next) {
-									admin.categories.create(category, next);
+									Categories.create(category, next);
 								}, function (err) {
 									if (!err) {
 										next();
diff --git a/src/websockets.js b/src/websockets.js
index b144eb5db8..bd77f04bbe 100644
--- a/src/websockets.js
+++ b/src/websockets.js
@@ -891,7 +891,7 @@ module.exports.init = function(io) {
 		});
 
 		socket.on('api:admin.categories.create', function(data, callback) {
-			admin.categories.create(data, function(err, data) {
+			categories.create(data, function(err, data) {
 				callback(err, data);
 			});
 		});