diff --git a/public/templates/category.tpl b/public/templates/category.tpl
index 513070c198..21516dfed2 100644
--- a/public/templates/category.tpl
+++ b/public/templates/category.tpl
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 <ul class="topic-container">
 <!-- BEGIN topics -->
 <a href="../../topic/{topics.slug}"><li class="topic-row">
-	<h4>{topics.title}</h4>
+	<h4><i class="{topics.icon}"></i> {topics.title}</h4>
 	<p>Posted {topics.relativeTime} ago by <span class="username">{topics.username}</span>. {topics.post_count} posts.</p>
 </li></a>
 <!-- END topics -->
diff --git a/public/templates/topic.tpl b/public/templates/topic.tpl
index a59dfda400..2166b2ffe5 100644
--- a/public/templates/topic.tpl
+++ b/public/templates/topic.tpl
@@ -262,7 +262,7 @@
 				// Spawn a 'deleted' notice at the top of the page
 				deleteNotice.setAttribute('id', 'thread-deleted');
 				deleteNotice.className = 'alert';
-				deleteNotice.innerHTML = 'This thread has been deleted. Only users with thread management privileges can see it.';
+				deleteNotice.innerHTML = 'This thread has been deleted. Only users with thread management privileges can see it.<br /><br /><a href="/">Home</a>';
 				document.getElementById('content').insertBefore(deleteNotice, threadEl);
 
 				thread_state.deleted = '1';
diff --git a/src/posts.js b/src/posts.js
index b34d926940..6683ed6307 100644
--- a/src/posts.js
+++ b/src/posts.js
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ var	RDB = require('./redis.js'),
 					'user_rep' : user_data[uid].reputation || 0,
 					'gravatar' : user_data[uid].picture,
 					'fav_star_class' : vote_data[pid] ? 'icon-star' : 'icon-star-empty',
-					'display_moderator_tools' : uid === current_user ? 'show' : 'hide'
+					'display_moderator_tools' : uid == current_user ? 'show' : 'hide'
 				});
 			}
 
diff --git a/src/topics.js b/src/topics.js
index 5818fe0364..a71103efcc 100644
--- a/src/topics.js
+++ b/src/topics.js
@@ -24,14 +24,18 @@ var	RDB = require('./redis.js'),
 				uid = [],
 				timestamp = [],
 				slug = [],
-				postcount = [];
+				postcount = [],
+				locked = [],
+				deleted = [];
 
 			for (var i=0, ii=tids.length; i<ii; i++) {
 				title.push('tid:' + tids[i] + ':title');
 				uid.push('tid:' + tids[i] + ':uid');
 				timestamp.push('tid:' + tids[i] + ':timestamp');
 				slug.push('tid:' + tids[i] + ':slug');
-				postcount.push('tid:' + tids[i] + ':postcount');
+				postcount.push('tid:' + tids[i] + ':postcount'),
+				locked.push('tid:' + tids[i] + ':locked'),
+				deleted.push('tid:' + tids[i] + ':deleted');
 			}
 
 			if (tids.length > 0) {
@@ -41,21 +45,23 @@ var	RDB = require('./redis.js'),
 					.mget(timestamp)
 					.mget(slug)
 					.mget(postcount)
+					.mget(locked)
+					.mget(deleted)
 					.exec(function(err, replies) {
-						
 						title = replies[0];
 						uid = replies[1];
 						timestamp = replies[2];
 						slug = replies[3];
 						postcount = replies[4];
-						
-						
-						
+						locked = replies[5];
+						deleted = replies[6];
+
 						user.get_usernames_by_uids(uid, function(userNames) {
 							var topics = [];
 							
 							for (var i=0, ii=title.length; i<ii; i++) {
-								
+								if (deleted[i] === '1') continue;
+
 								topics.push({
 									'title' : title[i],
 									'uid' : uid[i],
@@ -63,7 +69,9 @@ var	RDB = require('./redis.js'),
 									'timestamp' : timestamp[i],
 									'relativeTime': utils.relativeTime(timestamp[i]),
 									'slug' : slug[i],
-									'post_count' : postcount[i]
+									'post_count' : postcount[i],
+									icon: locked[i] === '1' ? 'icon-lock' : 'hide',
+									deleted: deleted[i]
 								});
 							}