diff --git a/src/controllers/categories.js b/src/controllers/categories.js
index 0a06dafce1..14abb6f260 100644
--- a/src/controllers/categories.js
+++ b/src/controllers/categories.js
@@ -35,8 +35,13 @@ var anonCache = {}, lastUpdateTime = 0;
 
 categoriesController.popular = function(req, res, next) {
 	var uid = req.user ? req.user.uid : 0;
-
-	var term = req.params.term || 'daily';
+	var terms = {
+		daily: 'day',
+		weekly: 'week',
+		monthly: 'month',
+		alltime: 'alltime'
+	};
+	var term = terms[req.params.term] || 'day';
 
 	if (uid === 0) {
 		if (anonCache[term] && (Date.now() - lastUpdateTime) < 60 * 60 * 1000) {
diff --git a/src/topics/popular.js b/src/topics/popular.js
index 710dc27e7c..1f8ff31bf3 100644
--- a/src/topics/popular.js
+++ b/src/topics/popular.js
@@ -7,11 +7,6 @@ var async = require('async'),
 
 
 module.exports = function(Topics) {
-	var terms = {
-		daily: 'day',
-		weekly: 'week',
-		monthly: 'month'
-	};
 
 	Topics.getPopular = function(term, uid, count, callback) {
 		count = parseInt(count, 10) || 20;
@@ -20,11 +15,9 @@ module.exports = function(Topics) {
 			return getAllTimePopular(uid, count, callback);
 		}
 
-		var since = terms[term] || 'day';
-
 		async.waterfall([
 			function(next) {
-				Topics.getLatestTids(0, -1, since, next);
+				Topics.getLatestTidsFromSet('topics:tid', 0, -1, term, next);
 			},
 			function(tids, next) {
 				getTopics(tids, uid, count, next);
diff --git a/src/topics/recent.js b/src/topics/recent.js
index b316aa65a5..19c3debd03 100644
--- a/src/topics/recent.js
+++ b/src/topics/recent.js
@@ -3,10 +3,9 @@
 'use strict';
 
 var async = require('async'),
+	winston = require('winston'),
 	db = require('../database');
 
-
-
 module.exports = function(Topics) {
 	var terms = {
 		day: 86400000,
@@ -18,7 +17,7 @@ module.exports = function(Topics) {
 	Topics.getLatestTopics = function(uid, start, end, term, callback) {
 		async.waterfall([
 			function (next) {
-				Topics.getLatestTids(start, end, term, next);
+				Topics.getLatestTidsFromSet('topics:recent', start, end, term, next);
 			},
 			function(tids, next) {
 				Topics.getTopics(tids, uid, next);
@@ -30,6 +29,11 @@ module.exports = function(Topics) {
 	};
 
 	Topics.getLatestTids = function(start, end, term, callback) {
+		winston.warn('[deprecation warning] please use Topics.getLatestTidsFromSet("topics:recent")');
+		Topics.getLatestTidsFromSet('topics:recent', start, end, term, callback);
+	};
+
+	Topics.getLatestTidsFromSet = function(set, start, end, term, callback) {
 		var since = terms.day;
 		if (terms[term]) {
 			since = terms[term];
@@ -37,7 +41,7 @@ module.exports = function(Topics) {
 
 		var count = parseInt(end, 10) === -1 ? end : end - start + 1;
 
-		db.getSortedSetRevRangeByScore('topics:recent', start, count, '+inf', Date.now() - since, callback);
+		db.getSortedSetRevRangeByScore(set, start, count, '+inf', Date.now() - since, callback);
 	};
 
 	Topics.updateTimestamp = function(tid, timestamp, callback) {