diff --git a/public/src/client/users.js b/public/src/client/users.js
index 2f8bec16a2..ab5229f82e 100644
--- a/public/src/client/users.js
+++ b/public/src/client/users.js
@@ -118,7 +118,7 @@ define('forum/users', ['translator'], function(translator) {
 			page: page,
 			searchBy: 'username',
 			sortBy: $('.search select').val() || getSortBy(),
-			onlineOnly: $('.search .online-only').is(':checked')
+			onlineOnly: $('.search .online-only').is(':checked') || (getActiveSection() === 'online')
 		}, function(err, data) {
 			if (err) {
 				return app.alertError(err.message);
@@ -142,15 +142,9 @@ define('forum/users', ['translator'], function(translator) {
 	}
 
 	function loadPage(page) {
-		socket.emit('user.loadSearchPage', {
-			page: page,
-			sortBy: getSortBy(),
-			onlineOnly: $('.search .online-only').is(':checked')
-		}, function(err, data) {
-			if (err) {
-				return app.alertError(err.message);
-			}
-
+		var section = getActiveSection();
+		section = section !== 'users' ? section : '';
+		$.get('/api/users/' + section + '?page=' + page, function(data) {
 			renderSearchResults(data);
 		});
 	}
diff --git a/src/controllers/users.js b/src/controllers/users.js
index 2d46694dfd..0db38bbe21 100644
--- a/src/controllers/users.js
+++ b/src/controllers/users.js
@@ -1,29 +1,22 @@
 "use strict";
 
+var async = require('async');
+var user = require('../user');
+var meta = require('../meta');
+
+var pagination = require('../pagination');
+var plugins = require('../plugins');
+var db = require('../database');
+var helpers = require('./helpers');
+
+
 var usersController = {};
 
-var async = require('async'),
-	validator = require('validator'),
-
-	user = require('../user'),
-	meta = require('../meta'),
-	categories = require('../categories'),
-	topics = require('../topics'),
-	pagination = require('../pagination'),
-	plugins = require('../plugins'),
-	db = require('../database'),
-	helpers = require('./helpers');
-
 usersController.getOnlineUsers = function(req, res, next) {
-	var	websockets = require('../socket.io');
 
 	async.parallel({
-		users: function(next) {
-			user.getUsersFromSet('users:online', req.uid, 0, 49, next);
-		},
-		count: function(next) {
-			var now = Date.now();
-			db.sortedSetCount('users:online', now - 300000, now, next);
+		userData: function(next) {
+			usersController.getUsers('users:online', req.uid, req.query.page, next);
 		},
 		isAdministrator: function(next) {
 			user.isAdministrator(req.uid, next);
@@ -34,50 +27,54 @@ usersController.getOnlineUsers = function(req, res, next) {
 		}
 
 		if (!results.isAdministrator) {
-			results.users = results.users.filter(function(user) {
+			results.userData.users = results.userData.users.filter(function(user) {
 				return user && user.status !== 'offline';
 			});
 		}
 
-		var userData = {
-			'route_users:online': true,
-			loadmore_display: results.count > 50 ? 'block' : 'hide',
-			users: results.users,
-			anonymousUserCount: websockets.getOnlineAnonCount(),
-			title: '[[pages:users/online]]',
-			breadcrumbs: helpers.buildBreadcrumbs([{text: '[[global:users]]', url: '/users'}, {text: '[[global:online]]'}])
-		};
+		results.userData.anonymousUserCount = require('../socket.io').getOnlineAnonCount();
 
-		render(req, res, userData, next);
+		render(req, res, results.userData, next);
 	});
 };
 
 usersController.getUsersSortedByPosts = function(req, res, next) {
-	usersController.getUsers('users:postcount', 0, 49, req, res, next);
+	usersController.renderUsersPage('users:postcount', req, res, next);
 };
 
 usersController.getUsersSortedByReputation = function(req, res, next) {
 	if (parseInt(meta.config['reputation:disabled'], 10) === 1) {
 		return next();
 	}
-	usersController.getUsers('users:reputation', 0, 49, req, res, next);
+	usersController.renderUsersPage('users:reputation', req, res, next);
 };
 
 usersController.getUsersSortedByJoinDate = function(req, res, next) {
-	usersController.getUsers('users:joindate', 0, 49, req, res, next);
+	usersController.renderUsersPage('users:joindate', req, res, next);
 };
 
-usersController.getUsers = function(set, start, stop, req, res, next) {
+usersController.renderUsersPage = function(set, req, res, next) {
+	usersController.getUsers(set, req.uid, req.query.page, function(err, userData) {
+		if (err) {
+			return next(err);
+		}
+		render(req, res, userData, next);
+	});
+};
+
+usersController.getUsers = function(set, uid, page, callback) {
 	var setToTitles = {
 		'users:postcount': '[[pages:users/sort-posts]]',
 		'users:reputation': '[[pages:users/sort-reputation]]',
-		'users:joindate': '[[pages:users/latest]]'
+		'users:joindate': '[[pages:users/latest]]',
+		'users:online': '[[pages:users/online]]'
 	};
 
 	var setToCrumbs = {
 		'users:postcount': '[[users:top_posters]]',
 		'users:reputation': '[[users:most_reputation]]',
-		'users:joindate': '[[global:users]]'
+		'users:joindate': '[[global:users]]',
+		'usesr:online': '[[global:online]]'
 	};
 
 	var breadcrumbs = [{text: setToCrumbs[set]}];
@@ -86,21 +83,26 @@ usersController.getUsers = function(set, start, stop, req, res, next) {
 		breadcrumbs.unshift({text: '[[global:users]]', url: '/users'});
 	}
 
-	usersController.getUsersAndCount(set, req.uid, start, stop, function(err, data) {
+	page = parseInt(page, 10) || 1;
+	var resultsPerPage = parseInt(meta.config.userSearchResultsPerPage, 10) || 20;
+	var start = Math.max(0, page - 1) * resultsPerPage;
+	var stop = start + resultsPerPage - 1;
+
+	usersController.getUsersAndCount(set, uid, start, stop, function(err, data) {
 		if (err) {
-			return next(err);
+			return callback(err);
 		}
 
-		var pageCount = Math.ceil(data.count / (parseInt(meta.config.userSearchResultsPerPage, 10) || 20));
+		var pageCount = Math.ceil(data.count / resultsPerPage);
 		var userData = {
 			loadmore_display: data.count > (stop - start + 1) ? 'block' : 'hide',
 			users: data.users,
-			pagination: pagination.create(1, pageCount),
+			pagination: pagination.create(page, pageCount),
 			title: setToTitles[set] || '[[pages:users/latest]]',
 			breadcrumbs: helpers.buildBreadcrumbs(breadcrumbs)
 		};
 		userData['route_' + set] = true;
-		render(req, res, userData, next);
+		callback(null, userData);
 	});
 };
 
@@ -110,7 +112,12 @@ usersController.getUsersAndCount = function(set, uid, start, stop, callback) {
 			user.getUsersFromSet(set, uid, start, stop, next);
 		},
 		count: function(next) {
-			db.getObjectField('global', 'userCount', next);
+			if (set === 'users:online') {
+				var now = Date.now();
+				db.sortedSetCount('users:online', now - 300000, now, next);
+			} else {
+				db.getObjectField('global', 'userCount', next);
+			}
 		}
 	}, function(err, results) {
 		if (err) {
@@ -149,6 +156,4 @@ function render(req, res, data, next) {
 	});
 }
 
-
-
 module.exports = usersController;
diff --git a/src/socket.io/user/search.js b/src/socket.io/user/search.js
index 0cdb69edd8..7cf4c0beac 100644
--- a/src/socket.io/user/search.js
+++ b/src/socket.io/user/search.js
@@ -1,8 +1,5 @@
 'use strict';
 
-var async = require('async');
-
-var db = require('../../database');
 var user = require('../../user');
 var meta = require('../../meta');
 var pagination = require('../../pagination');
@@ -33,49 +30,4 @@ module.exports = function(SocketUser) {
 		});
 	};
 
-	SocketUser.loadSearchPage = function(socket, data, callback) {
-		function done(err, result) {
-			if (err) {
-				return callback(err);
-			}
-			var pageCount = Math.ceil(result.count / resultsPerPage);
-			var userData = {
-				matchCount: result.users.length,
-				timing: (process.elapsedTimeSince(startTime) / 1000).toFixed(2),
-				users: result.users,
-				pagination: pagination.create(data.page, pageCount),
-				pageCount: pageCount
-			};
-			userData['route_users:' + data.sortBy] = true;
-
-			callback(null, userData);
-		}
-
-		if (!data || !data.page) {
-			return callback(new Error('[[error:invalid-data]]'));
-		}
-		var startTime = process.hrtime();
-		var controllers = require('../../controllers/users');
-		var pagination = require('../../pagination');
-
-		var resultsPerPage = parseInt(meta.config.userSearchResultsPerPage, 10) || 20;
-		var start = Math.max(0, data.page - 1) * resultsPerPage;
-		var stop = start + resultsPerPage - 1;
-		if (data.onlineOnly) {
-			async.parallel({
-				users: function(next) {
-					user.getUsersFromSet('users:online', socket.uid, 0, 49, next);
-				},
-				count: function(next) {
-					var now = Date.now();
-					db.sortedSetCount('users:online', now - 300000, now, next);
-				}
-			}, done);
-		} else {
-			controllers.getUsersAndCount('users:' + data.sortBy, socket.uid, start, stop, done);
-		}
-	};
-
-
-
 };
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