diff --git a/src/posts.js b/src/posts.js
index fd250d5b38..6beabd964f 100644
--- a/src/posts.js
+++ b/src/posts.js
@@ -14,7 +14,8 @@ var db = require('./database'),
 	async = require('async'),
 	nconf = require('nconf'),
 	validator = require('validator'),
-	winston = require('winston');
+	winston = require('winston'),
+	gravatar = require('gravatar');
 
 (function(Posts) {
 	var customUserInfo = {};
@@ -202,12 +203,16 @@ var db = require('./database'),
 			}
 
 			postTools.parseSignature(userData.signature, function(err, signature) {
+				if(err) {
+					return callback(err);
+				}
+
 				post.username = userData.username || 'anonymous';
 				post.userslug = userData.userslug || '';
 				post.user_rep = userData.reputation || 0;
 				post.user_postcount = userData.postcount || 0;
 				post.user_banned = parseInt(userData.banned, 10) === 1;
-				post.picture = userData.picture || require('gravatar').url('', {}, https = nconf.get('https'));
+				post.picture = userData.picture || gravatar.url('', {}, https = nconf.get('https'));
 				post.signature = signature;
 
 				for (var info in customUserInfo) {
@@ -217,11 +222,16 @@ var db = require('./database'),
 				}
 
 				plugins.fireHook('filter:posts.custom_profile_info', {profile: "", uid: post.uid, pid: post.pid}, function(err, profile_info) {
+					if(err) {
+						return callback(err);
+					}
 					post.additional_profile_info = profile_info.profile;
 
 					if (post.editor !== '') {
 						user.getUserFields(post.editor, ['username', 'userslug'], function(err, editorData) {
-							if (err) return callback();
+							if (err) {
+								return callback(err);
+							}
 
 							post.editorname = editorData.username;
 							post.editorslug = editorData.userslug;
diff --git a/src/routes/api.js b/src/routes/api.js
index 8d4e69e48e..41a2ca96eb 100644
--- a/src/routes/api.js
+++ b/src/routes/api.js
@@ -39,29 +39,22 @@ var path = require('path'),
 				res.json(200, config);
 			});
 
-			app.get('/home', function (req, res, next) {
+			app.get('/home', function (req, res) {
 				var uid = (req.user) ? req.user.uid : 0;
 				categories.getAllCategories(uid, function (err, data) {
 					data.categories = data.categories.filter(function (category) {
 						return (!category.disabled || parseInt(category.disabled, 10) === 0);
 					});
 
-					function getRecentReplies(category, callback) {
+					function iterator(category, callback) {
 						categories.getRecentReplies(category.cid, 2, function (err, posts) {
-							if(err) {
-								return callback(err);
-							}
 							category.posts = posts;
 							category.post_count = posts.length > 2 ? 2 : posts.length;
 							callback(null);
 						});
 					}
 
-					async.each(data.categories, getRecentReplies, function (err) {
-						if(err) {
-							return next(err);
-						}
-
+					async.each(data.categories, iterator, function (err) {
 						data.motd_class = (parseInt(meta.config.show_motd, 10) === 1 || meta.config.show_motd === undefined) ? '' : ' none';
 						data.motd_class += (meta.config.motd && meta.config.motd.length > 0 ? '' : ' default');
 
@@ -244,10 +237,6 @@ var path = require('path'),
 							return callback(err, null);
 						}
 
-						if(pids.length > 50) {
-							pids = pids.splice(0, 50);
-						}
-
 						posts.getPostSummaryByPids(pids, false, function (err, posts) {
 							if (err){
 								return callback(err, null);
@@ -263,10 +252,6 @@ var path = require('path'),
 							return callback(err, null);
 						}
 
-						if(tids.length > 50) {
-							tids = tids.splice(0, 50);
-						}
-
 						topics.getTopicsByTids(tids, 0, function (topics) {
 							callback(null, topics);
 						}, 0);
@@ -313,7 +298,7 @@ var path = require('path'),
 
 			app.get('/500', function(req, res) {
 				res.json({errorMessage: 'testing'});
-			})
+			});
 		});
 	}
 }(exports));
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