diff --git a/app/controllers/pools_controller.rb b/app/controllers/pools_controller.rb
index 610c22c7e..0e039f422 100644
--- a/app/controllers/pools_controller.rb
+++ b/app/controllers/pools_controller.rb
@@ -30,8 +30,10 @@ class PoolsController < ApplicationController
   end
 
   def gallery
-    limit = params[:limit] || CurrentUser.user.per_page
-    @pools = Pool.series.search(search_params).reorder("updated_at desc").paginate(params[:page], :limit => limit, :search_count => params[:search])
+    params[:limit] ||= CurrentUser.user.per_page
+    search = search_params.presence || ActionController::Parameters.new(category: "series")
+
+    @pools = Pool.search(search).paginate(params[:page], :limit => params[:limit], :search_count => params[:search])
     @post_set = PostSets::PoolGallery.new(@pools)
   end
 
diff --git a/app/views/pools/_search.html.erb b/app/views/pools/_search.html.erb
index b334c957f..d5a8401f2 100644
--- a/app/views/pools/_search.html.erb
+++ b/app/views/pools/_search.html.erb
@@ -37,22 +37,20 @@
         </td>
       </tr>
 
-      <% if path != gallery_pools_path %>
-        <tr>
-          <th><label for="search_category">Category</th>
-          <td>
-            <div class="input">
-              <%= select "search", "category", [["Series", "series"], ["Collection", "collection"]], :selected => params[:search][:category], :include_blank => true %>
-            </div>
-          </td>
-        </tr>
-      <% end %>
+      <tr>
+        <th><label for="search_category">Category</th>
+        <td>
+          <div class="input">
+            <%= select "search", "category", [["Series", "series"], ["Collection", "collection"]], :selected => params[:search][:category], :include_blank => true %>
+          </div>
+        </td>
+      </tr>
 
       <tr>
         <th><label for="search_order">Order</th>
         <td>
           <div class="input">
-            <%= select "search", "order", [["Last updated", "updated_at"], ["Name", "name"], ["Recently created", "created_at"], ["Post count", "post_count"]], :selected => params[:search][:order] %>
+            <%= select "search", "order", [["Last updated", "updated_at"], ["Name", "name"], ["Recently created", "created_at"], ["Post count", "post_count"]], :selected => params[:search][:order], :include_blank => true %>
           </div>
         </td>
       </tr>