diff --git a/public/templates/admin/categories.tpl b/public/templates/admin/categories.tpl
index 0f5735b116..8ab47e5ec1 100644
--- a/public/templates/admin/categories.tpl
+++ b/public/templates/admin/categories.tpl
@@ -86,7 +86,7 @@
 								<div class="col-sm-4 col-xs-12">
 									<div class="form-group">
 										<label for="cid-{categories.cid}-numRecentTopics"># of Recent Topics Displayed</label>
-										<input id="cid-{categories.cid}-numRecentTopics" type="text" class="form-control" placeholder="2" data-name="numRecentTopics" value="{categories.show}" />
+										<input id="cid-{categories.cid}-numRecentTopics" type="text" class="form-control" placeholder="2" data-name="numRecentTopics" value="{categories.numRecentTopics}" />
 									</div>
 								</div>
 							</div>
diff --git a/src/upgrade.js b/src/upgrade.js
index 3c1dc1bccb..48e8be2b08 100644
--- a/src/upgrade.js
+++ b/src/upgrade.js
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ var db = require('./database'),
 
 Upgrade.check = function(callback) {
 	// IMPORTANT: REMEMBER TO UPDATE VALUE OF latestSchema
-	var	latestSchema = new Date(2014, 0, 3).getTime();
+	var	latestSchema = new Date(2014, 0, 4).getTime();
 
 	db.get('schemaDate', function(err, value) {
 		if (parseInt(value, 10) >= latestSchema) {
@@ -132,6 +132,29 @@ Upgrade.upgrade = function(callback) {
 				winston.info('[2014/1/3] categories.class, categories.link fields skipped');
 				next();
 			}
+		},
+		function(next) {
+			// Custom classes for each category, adding link field for each category
+			thisSchemaDate = new Date(2014, 0, 4).getTime();
+			if (schemaDate < thisSchemaDate) {
+				updatesMade = true;
+
+				db.getListRange('categories:cid', 0, -1, function(err, cids) {
+					if(err) {
+						return next(err);
+					}
+
+					for (var cid in cids) {
+						db.setObjectField('category:' + cids[cid], 'numRecentTopics', '2');
+					}
+
+					winston.info('[2013/12/31] Added categories.numRecentTopics fields');
+					next();
+				});
+			} else {
+				winston.info('[2014/1/3] categories.numRecentTopics fields skipped');
+				next();
+			}
 		}
 		// Add new schema updates here
 		// IMPORTANT: REMEMBER TO UPDATE VALUE OF latestSchema IN LINE 17!!!