diff --git a/src/categories.js b/src/categories.js
index 4a1e0fcef7..f4becdb4c2 100644
--- a/src/categories.js
+++ b/src/categories.js
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ var db = require('./database'),
 	posts = require('./posts'),
 	utils = require('./../public/src/utils'),
 	user = require('./user'),
+	Groups = require('./groups'),
 	topics = require('./topics'),
 	plugins = require('./plugins'),
 	CategoryTools = require('./categoryTools'),
@@ -186,10 +187,10 @@ var db = require('./database'),
 	};
 
 	Categories.getModerators = function(cid, callback) {
-		db.getSetMembers('cid:' + cid + ':moderators', function(err, mods) {
+		Groups.getByGroupName('cid:' + cid + ':moderators', {}, function(err, groupObj) {
 			if (!err) {
-				if (mods && mods.length) {
-					user.getMultipleUserFields(mods, ['uid', 'username', 'userslug', 'picture'], function(err, moderators) {
+				if (groupObj.members && groupObj.members.length) {
+					user.getMultipleUserFields(groupObj.members, ['uid', 'username', 'userslug', 'picture'], function(err, moderators) {
 						callback(err, moderators);
 					});
 				} else {
@@ -198,7 +199,6 @@ var db = require('./database'),
 			} else {
 				callback(err, null);
 			}
-
 		});
 	};
 
diff --git a/src/routes/debug.js b/src/routes/debug.js
index b25d00a894..56a97bb894 100644
--- a/src/routes/debug.js
+++ b/src/routes/debug.js
@@ -74,13 +74,9 @@ var	DebugRoute = function(app) {
 		});
 
 		app.get('/test', function(req, res) {
-
-			var db = require('./../database');
-
-			db.getSortedSetRevRange('topics:recent', 0 , -1, function(err, tids) {
-				res.json(tids);
-			});
-
+			// categories.getModerators(1, function(err, mods) {
+			// 	res.json(mods);
+			// })
 		});
 
 	});
diff --git a/src/user.js b/src/user.js
index 66fe6b2934..b7a73de988 100644
--- a/src/user.js
+++ b/src/user.js
@@ -753,11 +753,11 @@ var bcrypt = require('bcryptjs'),
 	};
 
 	User.isModerator = function(uid, cid, callback) {
-		db.isSetMember('cid:' + cid + ':moderators', uid, function(err, exists) {
+		groups.isMemberByGroupName(uid, 'cid:' + cid + ':moderators', function(err, isMember) {
 			if(err) {
 				return calback(err);
 			}
-			callback(err, exists);
+			callback(err, isMember);
 		});
 	};