diff --git a/src/socket.io/topics.js b/src/socket.io/topics.js
index c7c59e642b..9f96f17f29 100644
--- a/src/socket.io/topics.js
+++ b/src/socket.io/topics.js
@@ -396,7 +396,7 @@ SocketTopics.moveAll = function(socket, data, callback) {
 	});
 };
 
-SocketTopics.follow = function(socket, tid, callback) {
+SocketTopics.toggleFollow = function(socket, tid, callback) {
 	if(!socket.uid) {
 		return callback(new Error('[[error:not-logged-in]]'));
 	}
@@ -404,6 +404,14 @@ SocketTopics.follow = function(socket, tid, callback) {
 	topics.toggleFollow(tid, socket.uid, callback);
 };
 
+SocketTopics.follow = function(socket, tid, callback) {
+	if(!socket.uid) {
+		return callback(new Error('[[error:not-logged-in]]'));
+	}
+
+	topics.follow(tid, socket.uid, callback);
+};
+
 SocketTopics.loadMore = function(socket, data, callback) {
 	if(!data || !data.tid || !utils.isNumber(data.after) || parseInt(data.after, 10) < 0)  {
 		return callback(new Error('[[error:invalid-data]]'));