diff --git a/src/controllers/accounts/categories.js b/src/controllers/accounts/categories.js
index d3feaece25..a1253ef57e 100644
--- a/src/controllers/accounts/categories.js
+++ b/src/controllers/accounts/categories.js
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ categoriesController.get = async function (req, res, next) {
 	}
 	const [states, categoriesData] = await Promise.all([
 		user.getCategoryWatchState(userData.uid),
-		categories.buildForSelect(userData.uid, 'find', ['descriptionParsed', 'depth']),
+		categories.buildForSelect(userData.uid, 'find', ['descriptionParsed', 'depth', 'slug']),
 	]);
 
 	categoriesData.forEach(function (category) {
diff --git a/src/socket.io/categories.js b/src/socket.io/categories.js
index df4e9b9a55..2f6c69a6e4 100644
--- a/src/socket.io/categories.js
+++ b/src/socket.io/categories.js
@@ -105,17 +105,17 @@ SocketCategories.setWatchState = async function (socket, data) {
 	if (!data || !data.cid || !data.state) {
 		throw new Error('[[error:invalid-data]]');
 	}
-	await ignoreOrWatch(async function (uid, cid) {
+	return await ignoreOrWatch(async function (uid, cid) {
 		await user.setCategoryWatchState(uid, cid, categories.watchStates[data.state]);
 	}, socket, data);
 };
 
 SocketCategories.watch = async function (socket, data) {
-	await ignoreOrWatch(user.watchCategory, socket, data);
+	return await ignoreOrWatch(user.watchCategory, socket, data);
 };
 
 SocketCategories.ignore = async function (socket, data) {
-	await ignoreOrWatch(user.ignoreCategory, socket, data);
+	return await ignoreOrWatch(user.ignoreCategory, socket, data);
 };
 
 async function ignoreOrWatch(fn, socket, data) {