diff --git a/public/templates/category.tpl b/public/templates/category.tpl
index a8b73e765c..322ba52c39 100644
--- a/public/templates/category.tpl
+++ b/public/templates/category.tpl
@@ -111,14 +111,16 @@
 			</div>
 		</div>
 
-		<div class="panel panel-default {moderator_block_class}">
+		<!-- IF moderators.length -->
+		<div class="panel panel-default">
 			<div class="panel-heading">[[category:sidebar.moderators]]</div>
 			<div class="panel-body moderators">
 				<!-- BEGIN moderators -->
-				<a href="../../user/{moderators.userslug}"><img title="{moderators.username}" src="{moderators.picture}" class="img-rounded" /></a>
+				<a data-uid="{moderators.uid}" href="../../user/{moderators.userslug}"><img title="{moderators.username}" src="{moderators.picture}" class="img-rounded user-img" /></a>
 				<!-- END moderators -->
 			</div>
 		</div>
+		<!-- ENDIF moderators.length -->
 
 		<!-- BEGIN sidebars -->
 		<div class="panel panel-default">
diff --git a/src/categories.js b/src/categories.js
index 85849b6523..4a1e0fcef7 100644
--- a/src/categories.js
+++ b/src/categories.js
@@ -107,7 +107,6 @@ var db = require('./database'),
 
 				if (!category.topics.length) {
 					getModerators(function(err, moderators) {
-						category.moderator_block_class = moderators.length > 0 ? '' : 'none';
 						category.moderators = moderators;
 						category.show_sidebar = 'hidden';
 						category.no_topics_message = 'show';
@@ -115,7 +114,6 @@ var db = require('./database'),
 					});
 				} else {
 					async.parallel([getModerators, getActiveUsers], function(err, results) {
-						category.moderator_block_class = results[0].length > 0 ? '' : 'none';
 						category.moderators = results[0];
 						category.active_users = results[1];
 						category.show_sidebar = category.topics.length > 0 ? 'show' : 'hidden';
@@ -191,7 +189,7 @@ var db = require('./database'),
 		db.getSetMembers('cid:' + cid + ':moderators', function(err, mods) {
 			if (!err) {
 				if (mods && mods.length) {
-					user.getMultipleUserFields(mods, ['username'], function(err, moderators) {
+					user.getMultipleUserFields(mods, ['uid', 'username', 'userslug', 'picture'], function(err, moderators) {
 						callback(err, moderators);
 					});
 				} else {