diff --git a/public/templates/category.tpl b/public/templates/category.tpl
index 147bf46267..85aa47df9c 100644
--- a/public/templates/category.tpl
+++ b/public/templates/category.tpl
@@ -50,6 +50,16 @@
 				<!-- END active_users -->
 			</div>
 		</div>
+		<div class="sidebar-block img-polaroid {moderator_block_class}">
+			<div class="block-header">
+				Moderators
+			</div>
+			<div class="block-content">
+				<!-- BEGIN moderators -->
+				<a href="/users/{moderators.username}"><img style="width: 48px; height: 48px; /*temporary*/" src="/graph/users/{moderators.username}/picture" class="img-polaroid" /></a>
+				<!-- END moderators -->
+			</div>
+		</div>
 	</div>
 </div>
 
diff --git a/src/categories.js b/src/categories.js
index 1ac673d262..5f35dc1d14 100644
--- a/src/categories.js
+++ b/src/categories.js
@@ -38,6 +38,20 @@ var	RDB = require('./redis.js'),
 		});
 	}
 
+	Categories.getModerators = function(cid, callback) {
+		RDB.smembers('cid:' + cid + ':moderators', function(err, mods) {
+			user.getMultipleUserFields(mods, ['username'], function(details) {
+				var moderators = [];
+				for(u in details) {
+					if (details.hasOwnProperty(u)) {
+						moderators.push({ username: details[u].username });
+					}
+				}
+				callback(moderators);
+			});
+		});
+	}
+
 	Categories.get_category = function(cids, callback) {
 		var name = [],
 			description = [],
diff --git a/src/posts.js b/src/posts.js
index 42a98c83e8..527b07ffe6 100644
--- a/src/posts.js
+++ b/src/posts.js
@@ -3,7 +3,8 @@ var	RDB = require('./redis.js'),
 	marked = require('marked'),
 	user = require('./user.js'),
 	topics = require('./topics.js'),
-	config = require('../config.js');
+	config = require('../config.js'),
+	async = require('async');
 
 marked.setOptions({
 	breaks: true
diff --git a/src/templates.js b/src/templates.js
index 2ad56e23ae..8d04aacf6d 100644
--- a/src/templates.js
+++ b/src/templates.js
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ var fs = require('fs');
 	Templates.init = function() {
 		loadTemplates([
 			'header', 'footer', 'register', 'home', 'topic', 'account', 'friends',
-			'login', 'reset', 'reset_code', 'logout',
+			'login', 'reset', 'reset_code',
 			'403',
 			'admin/header', 'admin/footer', 'admin/index',
 			'emails/header', 'emails/footer',
diff --git a/src/topics.js b/src/topics.js
index ead41792d1..db1f70dcd8 100644
--- a/src/topics.js
+++ b/src/topics.js
@@ -81,10 +81,11 @@ var	RDB = require('./redis.js'),
 					recent_author = replies[11];
 
 					var usernames,
-						has_read;
+						has_read,
+						moderators;
 
 					function generate_topic() {
-						if (!usernames || !has_read) return;
+						if (!usernames || !has_read || !moderators) return;
 
 
 						for (var i=0, ii=title.length; i<ii; i++) {			
@@ -125,7 +126,8 @@ var	RDB = require('./redis.js'),
 							'show_topic_button' : category_id ? 'show' : 'hidden',
 							'category_id': category_id || 0,
 							'topics': topics,
-							'active_users': active_users
+							'active_users': active_users,
+							'moderators': moderators
 						});
 					}
 					
@@ -138,6 +140,11 @@ var	RDB = require('./redis.js'),
 						has_read = hasRead;
 						generate_topic();
 					});
+
+					categories.getModerators(category_id, function(mods) {
+						moderators = mods;
+						generate_topic();
+					})
 				}
 				else {
 					callback({
@@ -147,9 +154,6 @@ var	RDB = require('./redis.js'),
 						'topics': []
 					});
 				}
-				
-
-
 			});
 		});
 	}
diff --git a/src/user.js b/src/user.js
index e378f40bb4..dbc135e03e 100644
--- a/src/user.js
+++ b/src/user.js
@@ -505,6 +505,12 @@ var config = require('../config.js'),
 		});
 	}
 
+	User.isModerator = function(uid, cid, callback) {
+		RDB.sismember(uid, 'cid:' + cid + ':moderators', function(err, exists) {
+			callback(exists);
+		});
+	}
+
 	User.reset = {
 		validate: function(socket, code, callback) {
 			if (typeof callback !== 'function') callback = undefined;
diff --git a/src/webserver.js b/src/webserver.js
index 3de6acdc98..63a09f03d3 100644
--- a/src/webserver.js
+++ b/src/webserver.js
@@ -207,8 +207,8 @@ var express = require('express'),
 	app.get('/api/:method/:id*', api_method);
 
 	app.get('/test', function(req, res) {
-		posts.getRawContent(11, function(post) {
-			res.send(JSON.stringify(post));
+		categories.getModerators(2, function(mods) {
+			res.send(JSON.stringify(mods));
 		});
 	});