diff --git a/public/templates/home.tpl b/public/templates/home.tpl
index 23675bd306..8be6975834 100644
--- a/public/templates/home.tpl
+++ b/public/templates/home.tpl
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 <!-- BEGIN topics -->
 <a href="topic/{topics.slug}"><li class="topic-row">
 	<h4>{topics.title}</h4>
-	<p>Posted {topics.relativeTime} by <span class="username">{topics.uid}</span>. {topics.post_count} posts.</p>
+	<p>Posted {topics.relativeTime} by <span class="username">{topics.username}</span>. {topics.post_count} posts.</p>
 </li></a>
 <!-- END topics -->
 </ul>
@@ -14,20 +14,6 @@ new_post.onclick = function() {
 }
 
 jQuery('document').ready(function() {
-	jQuery('.username').each(function() {
-		var userId = this.innerHTML;
-
-		(function(span){
-			socket.on('api:user.getNameByUid', function(username) {
-				span.innerHTML = username;	
-			});
-		})(this);
-		
-		socket.emit('api:user.getNameByUid', { fields: [ 'username' ], 'uid': userId });
-
-	})
-	
-	
 	
 	
 	
diff --git a/src/topics.js b/src/topics.js
index 6f92688c0e..01f1849a3b 100644
--- a/src/topics.js
+++ b/src/topics.js
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 var	RDB = require('./redis.js'),
 	posts = require('./posts.js'),
-	utils = require('./utils.js');
+	utils = require('./utils.js'),
+	user = require('./user.js');
 
 (function(Topics) {
 	//data structure
@@ -68,25 +69,33 @@ var	RDB = require('./redis.js'),
 					.mget(slug)
 					.mget(postcount)
 					.exec(function(err, replies) {
+						
 						title = replies[0];
 						uid = replies[1];
 						timestamp = replies[2];
 						slug = replies[3];
 						postcount = replies[4];
 
-						var topics = [];
-						for (var i=0, ii=title.length; i<ii; i++) {
-							topics.push({
-								'title' : title[i],
-								'uid' : uid[i],
-								'timestamp' : timestamp[i],
-								'relativeTime': utils.relativeTime(timestamp[i]),
-								'slug' : slug[i],
-								'post_count' : postcount[i]
-							});
-						}
-
-						callback({'topics': topics});
+						user.get_usernames_by_uids(uid, function(userNames) {
+							var topics = [];
+							
+							for (var i=0, ii=title.length; i<ii; i++) {
+								
+								topics.push({
+									'title' : title[i],
+									'uid' : uid[i],
+									'username': userNames[i],
+									'timestamp' : timestamp[i],
+									'relativeTime': utils.relativeTime(timestamp[i]),
+									'slug' : slug[i],
+									'post_count' : postcount[i]
+								});
+							}
+						
+							callback({'topics': topics});
+						});
+
+						
 					}
 				);
 			} else callback([]);
diff --git a/src/user.js b/src/user.js
index 0b4d22913b..80cf5c822a 100644
--- a/src/user.js
+++ b/src/user.js
@@ -266,6 +266,17 @@ var	config = require('../config.js'),
 		RDB.get('uid:' + uid+ ':username', callback);
 	};
 
+	User.get_usernames_by_uids = function(uids, callback) {
+		var userIds = [];
+		for(var i=0, ii=uids.length; i<ii; i++) {
+			userIds.push('uid:' + uids[i] + ':username');
+		}
+		
+		RDB.mget(userIds, function(data) {
+			callback(data);
+		});
+	};
+
 	User.get_uid_by_email = function(email, callback) {
 		RDB.get('email:' + email, callback)
 	};