diff --git a/src/controllers/categories.js b/src/controllers/categories.js
index 34e1bc1f0b..bbffcf1a86 100644
--- a/src/controllers/categories.js
+++ b/src/controllers/categories.js
@@ -9,70 +9,12 @@ var categoriesController = {},
 	privileges = require('../privileges'),
 	user = require('../user'),
 	categories = require('../categories'),
-	topics = require('../topics'),
 	meta = require('../meta'),
 	plugins = require('../plugins'),
 	pagination = require('../pagination'),
 	helpers = require('./helpers'),
 	utils = require('../../public/src/utils');
 
-categoriesController.recent = function(req, res, next) {
-	var stop = (parseInt(meta.config.topicsPerList, 10) || 20) - 1;
-	topics.getTopicsFromSet('topics:recent', req.uid, 0, stop, function(err, data) {
-		if (err) {
-			return next(err);
-		}
-
-		data['feeds:disableRSS'] = parseInt(meta.config['feeds:disableRSS'], 10) === 1;
-		data.rssFeedUrl = nconf.get('relative_path') + '/recent.rss';
-		data.breadcrumbs = helpers.buildBreadcrumbs([{text: '[[recent:title]]'}]);
-
-		plugins.fireHook('filter:recent.build', {req: req, res: res, templateData: data}, function(err, data) {
-			if (err) {
-				return next(err);
-			}
-			res.render('recent', data.templateData);
-		});
-	});
-};
-
-var anonCache = {}, lastUpdateTime = 0;
-
-categoriesController.popular = function(req, res, next) {
-	var terms = {
-		daily: 'day',
-		weekly: 'week',
-		monthly: 'month',
-		alltime: 'alltime'
-	};
-	var term = terms[req.params.term] || 'day';
-
-	if (!req.uid) {
-		if (anonCache[term] && (Date.now() - lastUpdateTime) < 60 * 60 * 1000) {
-			return res.render('popular', anonCache[term]);
-		}
-	}
-
-	topics.getPopular(term, req.uid, meta.config.topicsPerList, function(err, topics) {
-		if (err) {
-			return next(err);
-		}
-
-		var data = {
-			topics: topics,
-			'feeds:disableRSS': parseInt(meta.config['feeds:disableRSS'], 10) === 1,
-			rssFeedUrl: nconf.get('relative_path') + '/popular/' + (req.params.term || 'daily') + '.rss',
-			breadcrumbs: helpers.buildBreadcrumbs([{text: '[[global:header.popular]]'}])
-		};
-
-		if (!req.uid) {
-			anonCache[term] = data;
-			lastUpdateTime = Date.now();
-		}
-
-		res.render('popular', data);
-	});
-};
 
 categoriesController.list = function(req, res, next) {
 	async.parallel({
diff --git a/src/controllers/index.js b/src/controllers/index.js
index f08d696765..70854a548a 100644
--- a/src/controllers/index.js
+++ b/src/controllers/index.js
@@ -19,6 +19,8 @@ var Controllers = {
 	topics: require('./topics'),
 	categories: require('./categories'),
 	unread: require('./unread'),
+	recent: require('./recent'),
+	popular: require('./popular'),
 	tags: require('./tags'),
 	search: require('./search'),
 	users: require('./users'),
diff --git a/src/controllers/popular.js b/src/controllers/popular.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..6f1b025bc1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/controllers/popular.js
@@ -0,0 +1,51 @@
+
+'use strict';
+
+var nconf = require('nconf'),
+	topics = require('../topics'),
+	meta = require('../meta'),
+	helpers = require('./helpers');
+
+var popularController = {};
+
+var anonCache = {}, lastUpdateTime = 0;
+
+var terms = {
+	daily: 'day',
+	weekly: 'week',
+	monthly: 'month',
+	alltime: 'alltime'
+};
+
+popularController.get = function(req, res, next) {
+
+	var term = terms[req.params.term] || 'day';
+
+	if (!req.uid) {
+		if (anonCache[term] && (Date.now() - lastUpdateTime) < 60 * 60 * 1000) {
+			return res.render('popular', anonCache[term]);
+		}
+	}
+
+	topics.getPopular(term, req.uid, meta.config.topicsPerList, function(err, topics) {
+		if (err) {
+			return next(err);
+		}
+
+		var data = {
+			topics: topics,
+			'feeds:disableRSS': parseInt(meta.config['feeds:disableRSS'], 10) === 1,
+			rssFeedUrl: nconf.get('relative_path') + '/popular/' + (req.params.term || 'daily') + '.rss',
+			breadcrumbs: helpers.buildBreadcrumbs([{text: '[[global:header.popular]]'}])
+		};
+
+		if (!req.uid) {
+			anonCache[term] = data;
+			lastUpdateTime = Date.now();
+		}
+
+		res.render('popular', data);
+	});
+};
+
+module.exports = popularController;
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/controllers/recent.js b/src/controllers/recent.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..99b65bab88
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/controllers/recent.js
@@ -0,0 +1,34 @@
+
+'use strict';
+
+var nconf = require('nconf'),
+	topics = require('../topics'),
+	meta = require('../meta'),
+	helpers = require('./helpers'),
+	plugins = require('../plugins');
+
+var recentController = {};
+
+recentController.get = function(req, res, next) {
+
+	var stop = (parseInt(meta.config.topicsPerList, 10) || 20) - 1;
+
+	topics.getTopicsFromSet('topics:recent', req.uid, 0, stop, function(err, data) {
+		if (err) {
+			return next(err);
+		}
+
+		data['feeds:disableRSS'] = parseInt(meta.config['feeds:disableRSS'], 10) === 1;
+		data.rssFeedUrl = nconf.get('relative_path') + '/recent.rss';
+		data.breadcrumbs = helpers.buildBreadcrumbs([{text: '[[recent:title]]'}]);
+
+		plugins.fireHook('filter:recent.build', {req: req, res: res, templateData: data}, function(err, data) {
+			if (err) {
+				return next(err);
+			}
+			res.render('recent', data.templateData);
+		});
+	});
+};
+
+module.exports = recentController;
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/controllers/unread.js b/src/controllers/unread.js
index 02f0b0cc1f..edf663ce8d 100644
--- a/src/controllers/unread.js
+++ b/src/controllers/unread.js
@@ -12,8 +12,7 @@ var async = require('async'),
 
 var unreadController = {};
 
-
-unreadController.unread = function(req, res, next) {
+unreadController.get = function(req, res, next) {
 	var stop = (parseInt(meta.config.topicsPerList, 10) || 20) - 1;
 	var results;
 	var cid = req.query.cid;
diff --git a/src/routes/index.js b/src/routes/index.js
index 4935edc372..a70bcec510 100644
--- a/src/routes/index.js
+++ b/src/routes/index.js
@@ -47,9 +47,9 @@ function tagRoutes(app, middleware, controllers) {
 
 function categoryRoutes(app, middleware, controllers) {
 	setupPageRoute(app, '/categories', middleware, [], controllers.categories.list);
-	setupPageRoute(app, '/popular/:term?', middleware, [], controllers.categories.popular);
-	setupPageRoute(app, '/recent', middleware, [], controllers.categories.recent);
-	setupPageRoute(app, '/unread', middleware, [middleware.authenticate], controllers.unread.unread);
+	setupPageRoute(app, '/popular/:term?', middleware, [], controllers.popular.get);
+	setupPageRoute(app, '/recent', middleware, [], controllers.recent.get);
+	setupPageRoute(app, '/unread', middleware, [middleware.authenticate], controllers.unread.get);
 
 	setupPageRoute(app, '/category/:category_id/:slug/:topic_index', middleware, [], controllers.categories.get);
 	setupPageRoute(app, '/category/:category_id/:slug?', middleware, [], controllers.categories.get);