diff --git a/public/less/admin/admin.less b/public/less/admin/admin.less
index 6331c3b1e2..0e35f3a6df 100644
--- a/public/less/admin/admin.less
+++ b/public/less/admin/admin.less
@@ -317,3 +317,14 @@
 		cursor: move;
 	}
 }
+
+.privilege-table {
+	th {
+		font-size: 10px;
+	}
+
+	img {
+		max-width: 24px;
+		max-height: 24px;
+	}
+}
diff --git a/public/src/admin/manage/category.js b/public/src/admin/manage/category.js
index d6057e2663..c0344604e8 100644
--- a/public/src/admin/manage/category.js
+++ b/public/src/admin/manage/category.js
@@ -4,8 +4,9 @@
 define('admin/manage/category', [
 	'uploader',
 	'admin/modules/iconSelect',
-	'admin/modules/colorpicker'
-], function(uploader, iconSelect, colorpicker) {
+	'admin/modules/colorpicker',
+	'autocomplete'
+], function(uploader, iconSelect, colorpicker, autocomplete) {
 	var	Category = {};
 
 	Category.init = function() {
@@ -113,7 +114,7 @@ define('admin/manage/category', [
 
 			uploader.open(RELATIVE_PATH + '/api/admin/category/uploadpicture', { cid: cid }, 0, function(imageUrlOnServer) {
 				inputEl.val(imageUrlOnServer);
-				var previewBox = inputEl.parent().siblings('.category-preview');
+				var previewBox = inputEl.parent().parent().siblings('.category-preview');
 				previewBox.css('background', 'url(' + imageUrlOnServer + '?' + new Date().getTime() + ')')
 					.css('background-size', 'cover');
 				modified(inputEl[0]);
@@ -125,6 +126,8 @@ define('admin/manage/category', [
 			iconSelect.init($(this).find('i'), modified);
 		});
 
+		Category.setupPrivilegeTable();
+
 		$(function() {
 			
 
@@ -312,5 +315,68 @@ define('admin/manage/category', [
 	// 	});
 	// };
 
+	Category.setupPrivilegeTable = function() {
+		var searchEl = $('.privilege-search'),
+			searchObj = autocomplete.user(searchEl);
+
+		// User search + addition to table
+		searchObj.on('autocompleteselect', function(ev, ui) {
+			socket.emit('admin.categories.setPrivilege', {
+				cid: ajaxify.variables.get('cid'),
+				privilege: 'read',
+				set: true,
+				member: ui.item.user.uid
+			}, function(err) {
+				if (err) {
+					return app.alertError(err.message);
+				}
+
+				Category.refreshPrivilegeTable();
+				searchEl.val('');
+			});
+		});
+
+		// Checkbox event capture
+		$('.privilege-table-container').on('change', 'input[type="checkbox"]', function() {
+			var checkboxEl = $(this),
+				privilege = checkboxEl.parent().attr('data-privilege'),
+				state = checkboxEl.prop('checked'),
+				rowEl = checkboxEl.parents('tr'),
+				member = rowEl.attr('data-group-slug') || rowEl.attr('data-uid');
+
+			if (member) {
+				socket.emit('admin.categories.setPrivilege', {
+					cid: ajaxify.variables.get('cid'),
+					privilege: privilege,
+					set: state,
+					member: member
+				}, function(err) {
+					if (err) {
+						return app.alertError(err.message);
+					}
+
+					checkboxEl.replaceWith('<i class="fa fa-spin fa-spinner"></i>');
+					Category.refreshPrivilegeTable();
+				});
+			} else {
+				app.alertError('No member or group was selected');
+			}
+		})
+	};
+
+	Category.refreshPrivilegeTable = function() {
+		socket.emit('admin.categories.getPrivilegeSettings', 2, function(err, privileges) {
+			if (err) {
+				return app.alertError(err.message);
+			}
+
+			templates.parse('admin/partials/categories/privileges', {
+				privileges: privileges
+			}, function(html) {
+				$('.privilege-table-container').html(html);
+			});
+		});
+	};
+
 	return Category;
 });
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/public/src/modules/autocomplete.js b/public/src/modules/autocomplete.js
index d8b2311b98..55c15b8686 100644
--- a/public/src/modules/autocomplete.js
+++ b/public/src/modules/autocomplete.js
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ define('autocomplete', function() {
 	var module = {};
 
 	module.user = function (input) {
-		input.autocomplete({
+		return input.autocomplete({
 			delay: 100,
 			source: function(request, response) {
 				socket.emit('user.search', {query: request.term}, function(err, result) {
@@ -17,7 +17,15 @@ define('autocomplete', function() {
 
 					if (result && result.users) {
 						var names = result.users.map(function(user) {
-							return user && user.username;
+							return user && {
+								label: user.username,
+								value: user.username,
+								user: {
+									uid: user.uid,
+									name: user.username,
+									slug: user.userslug
+								}
+							};
 						});
 						response(names);
 					}
diff --git a/public/src/modules/helpers.js b/public/src/modules/helpers.js
index 5361099476..dfecb7e78b 100644
--- a/public/src/modules/helpers.js
+++ b/public/src/modules/helpers.js
@@ -98,6 +98,21 @@
 		}
 	};
 
+	helpers.spawnPrivilegeStates = function(privileges) {
+		var states = [];
+		for(var priv in privileges) {
+			if (privileges.hasOwnProperty(priv)) {
+				states.push({
+					name: priv,
+					state: privileges[priv]
+				});
+			}
+		}
+		return states.map(function(priv) {
+			return '<td class="text-center" data-privilege="' + priv.name + '"><input type="checkbox"' + (priv.state ? ' checked' : '') + ' /></td>';
+		}).join('');
+	};
+
 	exports.register = function() {
 		var templates;
 
diff --git a/src/controllers/admin.js b/src/controllers/admin.js
index 77a1ff143b..6e58915038 100644
--- a/src/controllers/admin.js
+++ b/src/controllers/admin.js
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ var async = require('async'),
 
 	user = require('../user'),
 	categories = require('../categories'),
+	privileges = require('../privileges'),
 	posts = require('../posts'),
 	topics = require('../topics'),
 	meta = require('../meta'),
@@ -127,13 +128,17 @@ function getGlobalField(field, callback) {
 }
 
 adminController.categories.get = function(req, res, next) {
-	categories.getCategoryData(req.params.category_id, function(err, category) {
+	async.parallel({
+		category: async.apply(categories.getCategoryData, req.params.category_id),
+		privileges: async.apply(privileges.categories.list, req.params.category_id)
+	}, function(err, data) {
 		if (err) {
 			return next(err);
 		}
 
 		res.render('admin/manage/category', {
-			category: category
+			category: data.category,
+			privileges: data.privileges
 		});
 	});
 };
diff --git a/src/groups.js b/src/groups.js
index 43a376106f..a4369a6785 100644
--- a/src/groups.js
+++ b/src/groups.js
@@ -271,7 +271,15 @@ var async = require('async'),
 	};
 
 	Groups.getGroupFields = function(groupName, fields, callback) {
-		db.getObjectFields('group:' + groupName, fields, callback);
+		Groups.getMultipleGroupFields([groupName], fields, function(err, groups) {
+			callback(err, groups ? groups[0] : null);
+		});
+	};
+
+	Groups.getMultipleGroupFields = function(groups, fields, callback) {
+		db.getObjectsFields(groups.map(function(group) {
+			return 'group:' + group;
+		}), fields, callback);
 	};
 
 	Groups.setGroupField = function(groupName, field, value, callback) {
@@ -306,6 +314,12 @@ var async = require('async'),
 		db.getSortedSetRevRange('group:' + groupName + ':members', start, end, callback);
 	};
 
+	Groups.getMembersOfGroups = function(groupNames, callback) {
+		db.getSortedSetsMembers(groupNames.map(function(name) {
+			return 'group:' + name + ':members';
+		}), callback);
+	};
+
 	Groups.isMember = function(uid, groupName, callback) {
 		if (!uid || parseInt(uid, 10) <= 0) {
 			return callback(null, false);
diff --git a/src/privileges/categories.js b/src/privileges/categories.js
index d2f4938a7b..92cf9b2a56 100644
--- a/src/privileges/categories.js
+++ b/src/privileges/categories.js
@@ -13,6 +13,108 @@ module.exports = function(privileges) {
 
 	privileges.categories = {};
 
+	privileges.categories.list = function(cid, callback) {
+		// Method used in admin/category controller to show all users with privs in that given cid
+		async.parallel({
+			labels: function(next) {
+				async.parallel({
+					users: async.apply(plugins.fireHook, 'filter:privileges.list_human',
+						['Find category', 'Access & Read', 'Create Topics', 'Reply to Topics', 'Moderator'].map(function(name) {
+							return {
+								name: name
+							};
+						})
+					),
+					groups: async.apply(plugins.fireHook, 'filter:privileges.groups.list_human',
+						['Find category', 'Access & Read', 'Create Topics', 'Reply to Topics'].map(function(name) {
+							return {
+								name: name
+							};
+						})
+					)
+				}, next);
+			},
+			users: function(next) {
+				var privileges;
+				async.waterfall([
+					async.apply(plugins.fireHook, 'filter:privileges.list', [
+						'find', 'read', 'topics:create', 'topics:reply', 'mods'
+					]),
+					function(privs, next) {
+						privileges = privs;
+						groups.getMembersOfGroups(privs.map(function(privilege) {
+							return 'cid:' + cid + ':privileges:' + privilege;
+						}), next);
+					},
+					function(memberSets, next) {
+						// Reduce into a single array
+						var members = memberSets.reduce(function(combined, curMembers) {
+								return combined.concat(curMembers);
+							}).filter(function(member, index, combined) {
+								return combined.indexOf(member) === index;
+							});
+
+						user.getMultipleUserFields(members, ['picture', 'username'], function(err, memberData) {
+							memberData = memberData.map(function(member) {
+								member.privileges = {};
+								for(var x=0,numPrivs=privileges.length;x<numPrivs;x++) {
+									member.privileges[privileges[x]] = memberSets[x].indexOf(member.uid) !== -1
+								}
+
+								return member;
+							});
+
+							next(null, memberData);
+						});
+					}
+				], next);
+			},
+			groups: function(next) {
+				var privileges;
+				async.waterfall([
+					async.apply(plugins.fireHook, 'filter:privileges.groups.list', [
+						'groups:find', 'groups:read', 'groups:topics:create', 'groups:topics:reply'
+					]),
+					function(privs, next) {
+						privileges = privs;
+						groups.getMembersOfGroups(privs.map(function(privilege) {
+							return 'cid:' + cid + ':privileges:' + privilege;
+						}), next);
+					},
+					function(memberSets, next) {
+						// Reduce into a single array
+						var members = memberSets.reduce(function(combined, curMembers) {
+								return combined.concat(curMembers);
+							}).filter(function(member, index, combined) {
+								return combined.indexOf(member) === index;
+							});
+
+						// Special handling for "guests" group
+						members.splice(members.indexOf('guests'), 1);
+
+						groups.getMultipleGroupFields(members, ['name', 'slug', 'memberCount'], function(err, memberData) {
+							memberData.push({
+								name: 'guests',
+								slug: 'guests'
+							});
+
+							memberData = memberData.map(function(member) {
+								member.privileges = {};
+								for(var x=0,numPrivs=privileges.length;x<numPrivs;x++) {
+									member.privileges[privileges[x]] = memberSets[x].indexOf(member.name) !== -1
+								}
+
+								return member;
+							});
+
+							next(null, memberData);
+						});
+					}
+				], next);
+			}
+		}, callback);
+	};
+
 	privileges.categories.get = function(cid, uid, callback) {
 		async.parallel({
 			'topics:create': function(next) {
diff --git a/src/socket.io/admin/categories.js b/src/socket.io/admin/categories.js
index 5659b8aca9..76d1f5f941 100644
--- a/src/socket.io/admin/categories.js
+++ b/src/socket.io/admin/categories.js
@@ -59,83 +59,53 @@ Categories.setPrivilege = function(socket, data, callback) {
 		return callback(new Error('[[error:invalid-data]]'));
 	}
 
-	groups[data.set ? 'join' : 'leave']('cid:' + data.cid + ':privileges:' + data.privilege, data.uid, callback);
+	groups[data.set ? 'join' : 'leave']('cid:' + data.cid + ':privileges:' + data.privilege, data.member, callback);
 };
 
 Categories.getPrivilegeSettings = function(socket, cid, callback) {
-	var privileges = ['find', 'read', 'topics:create', 'topics:reply', 'mods'];
-
-	async.reduce(privileges, [], function(members, privilege, next) {
-		groups.get('cid:' + cid + ':privileges:' + privilege, { expand: true }, function(err, groupObj) {
-			if (err || !groupObj) {
-				return next(null, members);
-			}
-
-			members = members.concat(groupObj.members);
-
-			next(null, members);
-		});
-	}, function(err, members) {
-		if (err) {
-			return callback(err);
-		}
-		// Remove duplicates
-		var	present = [],
-			x = members.length,
-			uid;
-		while(x--) {
-			uid = parseInt(members[x].uid, 10);
-			if (present.indexOf(uid) !== -1) {
-				members.splice(x, 1);
-			} else {
-				present.push(uid);
-			}
-		}
-
-		callback(err, members);
-	});
+	privileges.categories.list(cid, callback);
 };
 
-Categories.setGroupPrivilege = function(socket, data, callback) {
-	if(!data) {
-		return callback(new Error('[[error:invalid-data]]'));
-	}
+// Categories.setGroupPrivilege = function(socket, data, callback) {
+// 	if(!data) {
+// 		return callback(new Error('[[error:invalid-data]]'));
+// 	}
 
-	groups[data.set ? 'join' : 'leave']('cid:' + data.cid + ':privileges:' + data.privilege, data.name, function (err) {
-		if (err) {
-			return callback(err);
-		}
+// 	groups[data.set ? 'join' : 'leave']('cid:' + data.cid + ':privileges:' + data.privilege, data.name, function (err) {
+// 		if (err) {
+// 			return callback(err);
+// 		}
 
-		groups.hide('cid:' + data.cid + ':privileges:' + data.privilege, callback);
-	});
-};
+// 		groups.hide('cid:' + data.cid + ':privileges:' + data.privilege, callback);
+// 	});
+// };
 
-Categories.groupsList = function(socket, cid, callback) {
-	groups.list({
-		expand: false,
-		isAdmin: true,
-		showSystemGroups: true
-	}, function(err, data) {
-		if(err) {
-			return callback(err);
-		}
+// Categories.groupsList = function(socket, cid, callback) {
+// 	groups.list({
+// 		expand: false,
+// 		isAdmin: true,
+// 		showSystemGroups: true
+// 	}, function(err, data) {
+// 		if(err) {
+// 			return callback(err);
+// 		}
 
-		// Remove privilege groups
-		data = data.filter(function(groupObj) {
-			return groupObj.name.indexOf(':privileges:') === -1;
-		});
+// 		// Remove privilege groups
+// 		data = data.filter(function(groupObj) {
+// 			return groupObj.name.indexOf(':privileges:') === -1;
+// 		});
 
-		async.map(data, function(groupObj, next) {
-			privileges.categories.groupPrivileges(cid, groupObj.name, function(err, privileges) {
-				if(err) {
-					return next(err);
-				}
+// 		async.map(data, function(groupObj, next) {
+// 			privileges.categories.groupPrivileges(cid, groupObj.name, function(err, privileges) {
+// 				if(err) {
+// 					return next(err);
+// 				}
 
-				groupObj.privileges = privileges;
-				next(null, groupObj);
-			});
-		}, callback);
-	});
-};
+// 				groupObj.privileges = privileges;
+// 				next(null, groupObj);
+// 			});
+// 		}, callback);
+// 	});
+// };
 
 module.exports = Categories;
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/views/admin/manage/category.tpl b/src/views/admin/manage/category.tpl
index dcb045adf6..d51680bc93 100644
--- a/src/views/admin/manage/category.tpl
+++ b/src/views/admin/manage/category.tpl
@@ -2,21 +2,8 @@
 	<form role="form" class="category" data-cid="{category.cid}">
 		<div class="col-md-9">
 			<div class="panel panel-default">
-				<div class="panel-heading"><i class="fa fa-folder"></i> Categories</div>
+				<div class="panel-heading"><i class="fa fa-folder"></i> Category Settings</div>
 				<div class="panel-body">
-					<div class="pull-right text-right">
-						<div class="form-group">
-							<div class="dropdown">
-								<button type="button" class="btn btn-default" data-toggle="dropdown"><i class="fa fa-cogs"></i> Options</button>
-								<ul class="dropdown-menu" role="menu">
-									<li class="permissions"><a href="#"><i class="fa fa-ban"></i> Access Control</a></li>
-									<hr />
-									
-								</ul>
-							</div>
-						</div>
-					</div>
-					
 					<h3 data-edit-target="#cid-{category.cid}-name"><span>{category.name}</span> <small><i class="fa fa-edit"></i></small></h3>
 					<input id="cid-{category.cid}-name" type="text" class="form-control hide" placeholder="Category Name" data-name="name" value="{category.name}" />
 					<h4 data-edit-target="#cid-{category.cid}-description"><span>{category.description}</span> <small><i class="fa fa-edit"></i></small></h4>
@@ -68,7 +55,7 @@
 						</div>
 						<div class="col-sm-4 col-xs-12">
 							<div class="form-group">
-								<label for="cid-{category.cid}-numRecentReplies"># of Recent Replies Displayed</label>
+								<label for="cid-{category.cid}-numRecentReplies"># of Recent Replies</label>
 								<input id="cid-{category.cid}-numRecentReplies" type="text" class="form-control" placeholder="2" data-name="numRecentReplies" value="{category.numRecentReplies}" />
 							</div>
 						</div>
@@ -81,6 +68,24 @@
 					</fieldset>
 				</div>
 			</div>
+
+			<div class="panel panel-default">
+				<div class="panel-heading"><i class="fa fa-key"></i> Privileges / Access Control</div>
+				<div class="panel-body">
+					<p>
+						You can configure the access control privileges for this category in this section. Privileges can be granted on a per-user or
+						a per-group basis. You can add a new user or group to this table by searching for them in the form below.
+					</p>
+					<p class="text-warning">
+						<strong>Note</strong>: Privilege settings take effect immediately. It is not necessary to save the category after adjusting
+						these settings.
+					</p>
+					<hr />
+					<input class="form-control privilege-search" type="text" placeholder="Add a user or group to this list..." />
+					<hr />
+					<!-- IMPORT admin/partials/categories/privileges.tpl -->
+				</div>
+			</div>
 		</div>
 
 		<div class="col-md-3 options acp-sidebar">
@@ -99,11 +104,11 @@
 					</div>
 					<div class="btn-group btn-group-justified">
 						<div class="btn-group">
-							<button type="button" data-cid="{category.cid}" data-name="image" data-value="{category.image}" class="btn btn-default upload-button"><i class="fa fa-upload"></i> Upload Image</button>
+							<button type="button" data-cid="{category.cid}" data-name="image" data-value="{category.image}" class="btn btn-default upload-button"><i class="fa fa-upload"></i> Upload</button>
 						</div>
 						<!-- IF category.image -->
 						<div class="btn-group">
-							<button class="btn btn-warning delete-image"><i data-name="icon" value="fa-times" class="fa fa-times"></i> Remove Image</button>
+							<button class="btn btn-warning delete-image"><i data-name="icon" value="fa-times" class="fa fa-times"></i> Remove</button>
 						</div>
 						<!-- ENDIF category.image -->
 					</div>
@@ -113,12 +118,16 @@
 			<div class="panel panel-default">
 				<div class="panel-heading">Categories Control Panel</div>
 				<div class="panel-body">
-					<div class="btn-group">
-						<button class="btn btn-primary save">Save Changes</button>
-						<button class="btn btn-default revert">Revert</button>
+					<div class="btn-group btn-group-justified">
+						<div class="btn-group">
+							<button class="btn btn-primary save">Save</button>
+						</div>
+						<div class="btn-group">
+							<button class="btn btn-default revert">Revert</button>
+						</div>
 					</div>
 					<hr />
-					<button class="btn btn-danger purge"><i class="fa fa-eraser"></i> Purge Category</button>
+					<button class="btn btn-danger btn-block btn-xs purge"><i class="fa fa-eraser"></i> Purge Category</button>
 				</div>
 			</div>
 		</div>
@@ -133,4 +142,6 @@
 			</div>
 		</div>
 	</form>
-</div>
\ No newline at end of file
+</div>
+
+<input type="hidden" template-variable="cid" value="{category.cid}" />
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/views/admin/partials/categories/permissions.tpl b/src/views/admin/partials/categories/permissions.tpl
deleted file mode 100644
index a8077e2aa4..0000000000
--- a/src/views/admin/partials/categories/permissions.tpl
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,32 +0,0 @@
-	<div id="category-permissions-modal" class="modal permissions-modal fade" tabindex="-1" role="dialog" aria-labelledby="Category Permissions" aria-hidden="true">
-		<div class="modal-dialog">
-			<div class="modal-content">
-				<div class="modal-header">
-					<button type="button" class="close" data-dismiss="modal" aria-hidden="true">&times;</button>
-					<h3>Category Permissions</h3>
-				</div>
-				<div class="modal-body">
-					<p>The following users have access control permissions in this Category</p>
-					<ul class="members"></ul>
-
-					<hr />
-					<form role="form">
-						<div class="form-group">
-							<label for="permission-search">User Search</label>
-							<input class="form-control" type="text" id="permission-search" />
-						</div>
-					</form>
-					<ul class="search-results users"></ul>
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-					<hr />
-					<form role="form">
-						<div class="form-group">
-							<label for="permission-group-pick">User Groups</label>
-						</div>
-					</form>
-					<ul class="search-results groups"></ul>
-
-				</div>
-			</div>
-		</div>
-	</div>
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