diff --git a/app/controllers/listings_controller.rb b/app/controllers/listings_controller.rb
index b35f35672..3717e96b7 100644
--- a/app/controllers/listings_controller.rb
+++ b/app/controllers/listings_controller.rb
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ class ListingsController < ApplicationController
       title processed_html tag_list category id user_id slug contact_via_connect location bumped_at
       originally_published_at
     ],
+    methods: %i[category],
     include: {
       author: { only: %i[username name], methods: %i[username profile_image_90] },
       user: { only: %i[username], methods: %i[username] }
diff --git a/spec/requests/listings_spec.rb b/spec/requests/listings_spec.rb
index b194c4f14..92fbbc89a 100644
--- a/spec/requests/listings_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/requests/listings_spec.rb
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ RSpec.describe "/listings", type: :request do
       listings = JSON.parse(parsed_response.xpath("//*[@id='listings-index-container']")[0]["data-listings"])
 
       index_keys = %w[
-        title processed_html tag_list id user_id slug contact_via_connect location bumped_at
+        title processed_html tag_list category id user_id slug contact_via_connect location bumped_at
         originally_published_at author user
       ]