diff --git a/public/src/forum/category.js b/public/src/forum/category.js
index af69859270..44138177b2 100644
--- a/public/src/forum/category.js
+++ b/public/src/forum/category.js
@@ -170,10 +170,13 @@ define(['composer', 'forum/pagination', 'share', 'navigator', 'forum/categoryToo
 	}
 
 	Category.onNewTopic = function(data) {
-		$(window).trigger('filter:categories.new_topic', data);
+		$(window).trigger('filter:categories.new_topic', data.topicData);
 
 		ajaxify.loadTemplate('category', function(categoryTemplate) {
-			var html = templates.parse(templates.getBlock(categoryTemplate, 'topics'), {topics: [data]});
+			var html = templates.parse(templates.getBlock(categoryTemplate, 'topics'), {
+				privileges: data.privileges,
+				topics: [data.topicData]
+			});
 
 			translator.translate(html, function(translatedHTML) {
 				var topic = $(translatedHTML),
diff --git a/src/socket.io/topics.js b/src/socket.io/topics.js
index 5b8da28dcf..7dd8e7c230 100644
--- a/src/socket.io/topics.js
+++ b/src/socket.io/topics.js
@@ -32,9 +32,9 @@ SocketTopics.post = function(socket, data, callback) {
 
 		if (result) {
 
-			index.server.sockets.in('category_' + data.category_id).emit('event:new_topic', result.topicData);
-			index.server.sockets.in('recent_posts').emit('event:new_topic', result.topicData);
-			index.server.sockets.in('home').emit('event:new_topic', result.topicData);
+			index.server.sockets.in('category_' + data.category_id).emit('event:new_topic', result);
+			index.server.sockets.in('recent_posts').emit('event:new_topic', result);
+			index.server.sockets.in('home').emit('event:new_topic', result);
 			index.server.sockets.in('home').emit('event:new_post', {
 				posts: result.postData
 			});
diff --git a/src/topics/create.js b/src/topics/create.js
index f597b53d7d..fe35ac72b6 100644
--- a/src/topics/create.js
+++ b/src/topics/create.js
@@ -82,6 +82,7 @@ module.exports = function(Topics) {
 			return callback(new Error('[[error:title-too-long, ' + meta.config.maximumTitleLength + ']]'));
 		}
 
+		var categoryPrivileges;
 		async.waterfall([
 			function(next) {
 				categoryTools.exists(cid, next);
@@ -93,6 +94,7 @@ module.exports = function(Topics) {
 				categoryTools.privileges(cid, uid, next);
 			},
 			function(privileges, next) {
+				categoryPrivileges = privileges;
 				if(!privileges.write) {
 					return next(new Error('[[error:no-privileges]]'));
 				}
@@ -123,6 +125,7 @@ module.exports = function(Topics) {
 					topicData.unreplied = 1;
 
 					next(null, {
+						privileges: categoryPrivileges,
 						topicData: topicData,
 						postData: postData
 					});