diff --git a/OSJ Forum/AndroidManifest.xml b/OSJ Forum/AndroidManifest.xml
index 9e549e5..52608d1 100644
--- a/OSJ Forum/AndroidManifest.xml	
+++ b/OSJ Forum/AndroidManifest.xml	
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 <manifest package="org.RickBarrette.osj.forum"
-    android:versionCode="297"
+    android:versionCode="302"
     android:versionName="1.0" xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android" android:installLocation="auto">
 
     <uses-sdk
diff --git a/OSJ Forum/src/org/RickBarrette/osj/forum/content/TopicAdapter.java b/OSJ Forum/src/org/RickBarrette/osj/forum/content/TopicAdapter.java
index b5b057d..4738661 100644
--- a/OSJ Forum/src/org/RickBarrette/osj/forum/content/TopicAdapter.java	
+++ b/OSJ Forum/src/org/RickBarrette/osj/forum/content/TopicAdapter.java	
@@ -127,10 +127,10 @@ public class TopicAdapter extends BaseAdapter {
 		 * always call setChecked() after calling setOnCheckedChangedListener.
 		 * This will prevent the list from changing the values on you.
 		 */
-		holder.title.setText(new String((byte[]) getItem(position).get("topic_title")));
-		holder.user.setText(new String((byte[]) getItem(position).get("topic_author_name")));
-		holder.lastestPost.setText(new String((byte[]) getItem(position).get("short_content")));
-		holder.newPosts.setVisibility((Boolean) getItem(position).get("new_post") ? View.VISIBLE : View.GONE);
+		holder.title.setText((String) getItem(position).get("topic_title"));
+		holder.user.setText((String) getItem(position).get("topic_author_name"));
+		holder.lastestPost.setText((String) getItem(position).get("short_content"));
+		holder.newPosts.setVisibility((Boolean.parseBoolean((String) getItem(position).get("new_post")) ? View.VISIBLE : View.GONE));
 
 		return convertView;
 	}
diff --git a/OSJ Forum/src/org/RickBarrette/osj/forum/content/TopicContent.java b/OSJ Forum/src/org/RickBarrette/osj/forum/content/TopicContent.java
index cee7160..13eeb8e 100644
--- a/OSJ Forum/src/org/RickBarrette/osj/forum/content/TopicContent.java	
+++ b/OSJ Forum/src/org/RickBarrette/osj/forum/content/TopicContent.java	
@@ -25,6 +25,8 @@ import java.util.List;
 import java.util.Map;
 
 import org.RickBarrette.osj.forum.Log;
+import org.RickBarrette.osj.forum.content.ForumContent.ForumItem;
+import org.RickBarrette.osj.forum.database.ForumDatabase;
 import org.xmlrpc.android.XMLRPCClient;
 import org.xmlrpc.android.XMLRPCException;
 
@@ -85,22 +87,14 @@ public class TopicContent {
 	 * @author ricky barrette
 	 */
 	public static void getTopics(final String forumId, final Context context) {
-		final XMLRPCClient client = XMLRPCClient.getClient(context);
-
 		ITEMS.clear();
 		ITEM_MAP.clear();
+		
+		final ForumDatabase db = new ForumDatabase(context);
+		List<String> list = db.getTopics();
 
-		Object[] result = null;
-		try {
-			result = (Object[]) ((HashMap<?, ?>) client.call("get_topic", forumId, 0, 0)).get("topics");
-		} catch (final XMLRPCException e) {
-			e.printStackTrace();
-		}
-
-		if (result != null)
-			for (int i = 0; i < result.length; i++) {
-				final HashMap<?, ?> contentHash = (HashMap<?, ?>) result[i];
-				addItem(new TopicItem(Integer.valueOf(i).toString(), contentHash));
-			}
+		int index = 0;
+		for(String item : list)
+			addItem(new TopicItem(Integer.valueOf(index++).toString(), db.getTopic(item)));
 	}
 }
diff --git a/OSJ Forum/src/org/RickBarrette/osj/forum/database/ForumDatabase.java b/OSJ Forum/src/org/RickBarrette/osj/forum/database/ForumDatabase.java
index 82015cb..560301f 100644
--- a/OSJ Forum/src/org/RickBarrette/osj/forum/database/ForumDatabase.java	
+++ b/OSJ Forum/src/org/RickBarrette/osj/forum/database/ForumDatabase.java	
@@ -376,6 +376,21 @@ public class ForumDatabase {
 		return list;
 	}
 	
+	/**
+	 * Retrieves a list of topic ids
+	 * @return
+	 * @author ricky barrette
+	 */
+	public List<String> getTopics(){
+		ArrayList<String> list = new ArrayList<String>();
+		Cursor c = mDb.query(TABLE_TOPICS, new String[] { KEY_ID }, null, null, null, null, null);
+		if(c.moveToFirst())
+			do{
+				list.add(c.getString(0));
+			} while(c.moveToNext());
+		return list;
+	}
+	
 	/**
 	 * Retrieves a forum from the database
 	 * @param id
@@ -383,11 +398,30 @@ public class ForumDatabase {
 	 * @author ricky barrette
 	 */
 	public HashMap<String, String> getForum(String id){
+		return cursorToHashMap(mDb.query(TABLE_FORUM_INFO, new String[] { KEY, KEY_VALUE }, KEY_FORUM_ID +" = "+ DatabaseUtils.sqlEscapeString(id), null, null, null, null));
+	}
+	
+	/**
+	 * Retrieves a topic from the database
+	 * @param id
+	 * @return
+	 * @author ricky barrette
+	 */
+	public HashMap<String, String> getTopic(String id) {
+		return cursorToHashMap(mDb.query(TABLE_TOPIC_INFO, new String[] { KEY, KEY_VALUE }, KEY_TOPIC_ID +" = "+ DatabaseUtils.sqlEscapeString(id), null, null, null, null));
+	}
+	
+	/**
+	 * Converts a cursor with key-value pairs into a hash map
+	 * @param c
+	 * @return
+	 * @author ricky barrette
+	 */
+	private HashMap<String, String> cursorToHashMap(Cursor c){
 		HashMap<String, String> h = new HashMap<String, String>();
-		Cursor c = mDb.query(TABLE_FORUM_INFO, new String[] { KEY, KEY_VALUE }, KEY_FORUM_ID +" = "+ DatabaseUtils.sqlEscapeString(id), null, null, null, null);
 		if(c.moveToFirst())
 			do{
-				h.put(c.getString(0), c.getString(1));
+				h.put(c.getString(c.getColumnIndex(KEY)), c.getString(c.getColumnIndex(KEY_VALUE)));
 			} while(c.moveToNext());
 		return h;
 	}
@@ -593,4 +627,4 @@ public class ForumDatabase {
 					KEY + " = " + DatabaseUtils.sqlEscapeString(item.getAsString(KEY)) + " AND " + KEY_TOPIC_ID + " = " + DatabaseUtils.sqlEscapeString(topicId), item);
 		}
 	}
-}
+}
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