From c21d7dbc7ee86cd29faa603d68908d0d88884a5c Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: =?UTF-8?q?Bar=C4=B1=C5=9F=20Soner=20U=C5=9Fakl=C4=B1?=
 <barisusakli@gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 22 Jun 2023 22:26:08 -0400
Subject: [PATCH] fix: dont overwrite postIndex

if its not on the current page
---
 src/controllers/topics.js | 6 +++++-
 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/src/controllers/topics.js b/src/controllers/topics.js
index 3fa41c4ee8..d177da7cbc 100644
--- a/src/controllers/topics.js
+++ b/src/controllers/topics.js
@@ -76,7 +76,11 @@ topicsController.get = async function getTopic(req, res, next) {
 		if (!req.query.page) {
 			currentPage = calculatePageFromIndex(postIndex, settings);
 		} else {
-			postIndex = ((currentPage - 1) * settings.postsPerPage) + 1;
+			const top = ((currentPage - 1) * settings.postsPerPage) + 1;
+			const bottom = top + settings.postsPerPage;
+			if (!req.params.post_index || (postIndex < top || postIndex > bottom)) {
+				postIndex = top;
+			}
 		}
 	}
 	const { start, stop } = calculateStartStop(currentPage, postIndex, settings);