diff --git a/app/controllers/stories_controller.rb b/app/controllers/stories_controller.rb
index a1e7b0dd5..b9b421f76 100644
--- a/app/controllers/stories_controller.rb
+++ b/app/controllers/stories_controller.rb
@@ -333,7 +333,7 @@ class StoriesController < ApplicationController
   end
 
   def assign_classified_listings
-    @classified_listings = ClassifiedListing.where(published: true).select(:title, :category, :classified_listing_category_id, :slug, :bumped_at)
+    @classified_listings = ClassifiedListing.where(published: true).select(:title, :classified_listing_category_id, :slug, :bumped_at)
   end
 
   def redirect_to_lowercase_username
diff --git a/app/models/classified_listing.rb b/app/models/classified_listing.rb
index e33b9d365..7aafb27fe 100644
--- a/app/models/classified_listing.rb
+++ b/app/models/classified_listing.rb
@@ -1,6 +1,4 @@
 class ClassifiedListing < ApplicationRecord
-  self.ignored_columns = ["category"]
-
   include Searchable
 
   SEARCH_SERIALIZER = Search::ClassifiedListingSerializer
diff --git a/app/views/classified_listings/index.html.erb b/app/views/classified_listings/index.html.erb
index 62af8ae3b..22281154d 100644
--- a/app/views/classified_listings/index.html.erb
+++ b/app/views/classified_listings/index.html.erb
@@ -32,15 +32,15 @@
     data-allcategories="<%= categories_for_display.to_json %>"
     <% if @displayed_classified_listing %>
       data-displayedlisting="<%= @displayed_listing_json %> "
-    <% end %>
-  >
+    <% end %>>
+
     <div class="classified-filters">
     <div class="classified-filters-categories">
-      <a href="/listings" class="<%= "selected" if params[:category].blank? %> data-no-instant="true">all</a>
+      <a href="<%= classified_listings_path %>" class="<%= "selected" if params[:category].blank? %> data-no-instant="true">all</a>
       <% categories_for_display.each do |cat| %>
-        <a href="/listings/<%= cat[:slug] %>" class="<%= "selected" if params[:category] == cat[:slug] %> data-no-instant="true"><%= cat[:name] %></a>
+        <a href="<%= classified_listing_category_path(category: cat[:slug]) %>" class="<%= "selected" if params[:category] == cat[:slug] %> data-no-instant="true"><%= cat[:name] %></a>
       <% end %>
-      <a href='/listings/new' class='classified-create-link'>Create a Listing</a>
+      <a href="<%= new_classified_listing_path %>" class='classified-create-link'>Create a Listing</a>
       <% if @displayed_classified_listing %>
         <div class="classified-listings-modal-background" role='presentation'></div>
       <% end %>
diff --git a/config/routes.rb b/config/routes.rb
index 3681f0602..07075e7ab 100644
--- a/config/routes.rb
+++ b/config/routes.rb
@@ -238,7 +238,7 @@ Rails.application.routes.draw do
   get "/search/reactions" => "search#reactions"
   get "/chat_channel_memberships/find_by_chat_channel_id" => "chat_channel_memberships#find_by_chat_channel_id"
   get "/listings/dashboard" => "classified_listings#dashboard"
-  get "/listings/:category" => "classified_listings#index"
+  get "/listings/:category" => "classified_listings#index", :as => :classified_listing_category
   get "/listings/:category/:slug" => "classified_listings#index", :as => :classified_listing_slug
   get "/listings/:category/:slug/:view" => "classified_listings#index",
       :constraints => { view: /moderate/ }
diff --git a/db/migrate/20200501032629_remove_category_from_classified_listing.rb b/db/migrate/20200501032629_remove_category_from_classified_listing.rb
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..3d5ba0f74
--- /dev/null
+++ b/db/migrate/20200501032629_remove_category_from_classified_listing.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+class RemoveCategoryFromClassifiedListing < ActiveRecord::Migration[5.2]
+  def change
+    safety_assured { remove_column :classified_listings, :category }
+  end
+end
diff --git a/db/schema.rb b/db/schema.rb
index 0ec913ece..41dd91f2d 100644
--- a/db/schema.rb
+++ b/db/schema.rb
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
 #
 # It's strongly recommended that you check this file into your version control system.
 
-ActiveRecord::Schema.define(version: 2020_04_26_124118) do
+ActiveRecord::Schema.define(version: 2020_05_01_032629) do
 
   # These are extensions that must be enabled in order to support this database
   enable_extension "plpgsql"
@@ -308,7 +308,6 @@ ActiveRecord::Schema.define(version: 2020_04_26_124118) do
     t.string "slug"
     t.string "status", default: "active"
     t.datetime "updated_at", null: false
-    t.index ["slug"], name: "index_chat_channels_on_slug", unique: true
   end
 
   create_table "classified_listing_categories", force: :cascade do |t|
@@ -326,7 +325,6 @@ ActiveRecord::Schema.define(version: 2020_04_26_124118) do
     t.text "body_markdown"
     t.datetime "bumped_at"
     t.string "cached_tag_list"
-    t.string "category"
     t.bigint "classified_listing_category_id"
     t.boolean "contact_via_connect", default: false
     t.datetime "created_at", null: false
diff --git a/db/seeds.rb b/db/seeds.rb
index 1315bf814..34a33b2cd 100644
--- a/db/seeds.rb
+++ b/db/seeds.rb
@@ -379,7 +379,7 @@ CATEGORIES = [
     slug: "cfp",
     cost: 1,
     name: "Conference CFP",
-    rules: "Currently open for proposals,with link to form."
+    rules: "Currently open for proposals, with link to form."
   },
   {
     slug: "education",
diff --git a/spec/requests/api/v0/classified_listings_spec.rb b/spec/requests/api/v0/classified_listings_spec.rb
index 830f7b6bc..3de04c749 100644
--- a/spec/requests/api/v0/classified_listings_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/requests/api/v0/classified_listings_spec.rb
@@ -117,7 +117,7 @@ RSpec.describe "Api::V0::ClassifiedListings", type: :request do
 
     it "does not return unpublished listings" do
       category = "cfp"
-      listing = user1.classified_listings.where(category: category)
+      listing = user1.classified_listings.in_category(category).last
       listing.update(published: false)
 
       get api_classified_listings_category_path(category)