diff --git a/app/Config/version.php b/app/Config/version.php
index 1826ac93a..cec29ae88 100644
--- a/app/Config/version.php
+++ b/app/Config/version.php
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
 <?php
-	Configure::write('Saito.v', '4.2.0');
+	Configure::write('Saito.v', '4.2.1');
 
 	Configure::write('Saito.saitoHomepage', 'http://saito.siezi.com');
diff --git a/app/Controller/CategoriesController.php b/app/Controller/CategoriesController.php
index d0c81e8db..64dddcda5 100644
--- a/app/Controller/CategoriesController.php
+++ b/app/Controller/CategoriesController.php
@@ -111,7 +111,7 @@ public function admin_delete($id = null) {
 			endif; // move or delete category
 
 			/* get categories for target <select> */
-			$categories = $this->Category->getCategoriesSelectForAccession(0);
+			$categories = $this->CurrentUser->Categories->getAllowed('list');
 			unset($categories[$id]);
 			$this->set('targetCategory', $categories);
 
diff --git a/app/Controller/EntriesController.php b/app/Controller/EntriesController.php
index efd71af37..2db382364 100644
--- a/app/Controller/EntriesController.php
+++ b/app/Controller/EntriesController.php
@@ -819,35 +819,37 @@ protected function _setNotifications($newEntry) {
 			}
 		}
 
-/**
- * Gets the thread ids of all threads which should be visisble on the an
- * entries/index/# page.
- *
- * @param CurrentUserComponent $User
- * @return array
- */
+		/**
+		 * Gets thread ids for paginated entries/index.
+		 *
+		 * @param CurrentUserComponent $User
+		 * @param array $order sort order
+		 * @return array thread ids
+		 */
 		protected function _getInitialThreads(CurrentUserComponent $User, $order) {
 			Stopwatch::start('Entries->_getInitialThreads() Paginate');
 
 			$categories = $this->_setupCategoryChooser($User);
 
-			$this->paginate = array(
-				/* Whenever you change the conditions here check if you have to adjust
-				 * the db index. Running this query without appropriate db index is a huge
-				 * performance bottleneck!
-				 */
-				'conditions' => array(
-						'pid' => 0,
-						'Entry.category' => $categories
-				),
+			//! Check DB performance after changing conditions/sorting!
+			$this->paginate = [
+				'conditions' => [
+					'pid' => 0,
+					'Entry.category' => $categories
+				],
 				'contain' => false,
 				'fields' => 'id, pid, tid, time, last_answer, fixed',
 				'limit' => Configure::read('Saito.Settings.topics_per_page'),
 				'order' => $order,
 				'getInitialThreads' => 1,
-			);
+			];
 
-			$initialThreads = $this->paginate();
+			// disallows overwriting pagination params from request
+			unset(
+				$this->request->params['named']['direction'],
+				$this->request->params['named']['sort']
+			);
+			$initialThreads = $this->paginate(null, null, array_keys($order));
 
 			$initialThreadsNew = [];
 			foreach ($initialThreads as $k => $v) {
diff --git a/app/Controller/SearchesController.php b/app/Controller/SearchesController.php
index 164cd498b..bb50407c6 100644
--- a/app/Controller/SearchesController.php
+++ b/app/Controller/SearchesController.php
@@ -156,7 +156,12 @@ public function advanced() {
 						->Categories->getAllowed();
 				}
 				$this->Paginator->settings = $settings;
-				$this->set('results', $this->Paginator->paginate());
+				unset(
+					$this->request->query['direction'],
+					$this->request->query['sort']
+				);
+				$this->set('results',
+					$this->Paginator->paginate(null, null, ['Entry.time']));
 			}
 
 			if (!isset($query['category'])) {
diff --git a/app/Controller/UsersController.php b/app/Controller/UsersController.php
index ad274ff98..5cb17aed9 100644
--- a/app/Controller/UsersController.php
+++ b/app/Controller/UsersController.php
@@ -177,17 +177,25 @@ public function admin_index() {
 		}
 
 		public function index() {
+			$menuItems = [
+				'username' => [__('username_marking'), []],
+				'user_type' => [__('user_type'), []],
+				'UserOnline.logged_in' => [__('userlist_online'), ['direction' => 'desc']],
+				'registered' => [__('registered'), ['direction' => 'desc']]
+			];
+			$showBlocked = Configure::read('Saito.Settings.block_user_ui');
+			if ($showBlocked) {
+				$menuItems['user_lock'] = [__('user.set.lock.t'), ['direction' => 'desc']];
+			}
+
 			$this->paginate = [
 				'contain' => 'UserOnline',
 				'limit' => 400,
-				'order' => [
-					'UserOnline.logged_in' => 'asc',
-					'User.username' => 'asc'
-				]
+				'order' => ['UserOnline.logged_in' => 'desc', 'User.username' => 'asc']
 			];
+			$users = $this->paginate('User', null, array_keys($menuItems));
 
-			$data = $this->paginate('User');
-			$this->set('users', $data);
+			$this->set(compact('menuItems', 'users'));
 		}
 
 		public function ignore($blockedId) {
diff --git a/app/Lib/Cache/CacheSupport.php b/app/Lib/Cache/CacheSupport.php
index 0c9533359..879326d4d 100644
--- a/app/Lib/Cache/CacheSupport.php
+++ b/app/Lib/Cache/CacheSupport.php
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ public function __construct() {
 			foreach ($this->_buildInCaches as $_name) {
 				$this->add(new $_name);
 			}
-			CakeEventManager::instance()->instance($this);
+			CakeEventManager::instance()->attach($this);
 		}
 
 		public function implementedEvents() {
@@ -57,7 +57,9 @@ public function clear($cache = null, $id = null) {
 					$_Cache->clear();
 				}
 			} else {
-				$this->_Caches[$cache]->clear($id);
+				if (isset($this->_Caches[$cache])) {
+					$this->_Caches[$cache]->clear($id);
+				}
 			}
 		}
 
@@ -83,6 +85,9 @@ public function getId();
 	abstract class CacheSupportCachelet implements CacheSupportCacheletInterface {
 
 		public function getId() {
+			if (!empty($this->_title)) {
+				return $this->_title;
+			}
 			return str_replace('CacheSupportCachelet', '', get_class($this));
 		}
 
@@ -90,8 +95,6 @@ public function getId() {
 
 	class SaitoCacheSupportCachelet extends CacheSupportCachelet {
 
-		protected $_title = 'Saito';
-
 		public function clear($id = null) {
 			Cache::clear(false, 'default');
 			Cache::clear(false, 'short');
@@ -101,8 +104,6 @@ public function clear($id = null) {
 
 	class ApcCacheSupportCachelet extends CacheSupportCachelet {
 
-		protected $_title = 'Apc';
-
 		public function clear($id = null) {
 			if (function_exists('apc_store')) {
 				apc_clear_cache();
@@ -115,8 +116,6 @@ public function clear($id = null) {
 
 	class OpCacheSupportCachelet extends CacheSupportCachelet {
 
-		protected $_title = 'OpCache';
-
 		public function clear($id = null) {
 			if (function_exists('opcache_reset')) {
 				opcache_reset();
diff --git a/app/Lib/Model/AppSettingModel.php b/app/Lib/Model/AppSettingModel.php
index 0605de334..123501a3f 100644
--- a/app/Lib/Model/AppSettingModel.php
+++ b/app/Lib/Model/AppSettingModel.php
@@ -2,14 +2,18 @@
 
 	class AppSettingModel extends AppModel {
 
+		/**
+		 * afterSave callback
+		 *
+		 * @param bool $created
+		 * @param array $options
+		 * 	- 'clearCache' set to 'false' to prevent cache clearing
+		 */
 		public function afterSave($created, $options = []) {
 			parent::afterSave($created, $options);
-			if (isset($options['clearCache'])) {
-				if ($options['clearCache'] === false) {
-					return;
-				}
+			if (!isset($options['clearCache']) || $options['clearCache'] !== false) {
+				$this->clearCache();
 			}
-			$this->clearCache();
 		}
 
 		public function afterDelete() {
diff --git a/app/Locale/deu/LC_MESSAGES/default.po b/app/Locale/deu/LC_MESSAGES/default.po
index b58bfc992..33ec4a0e1 100644
--- a/app/Locale/deu/LC_MESSAGES/default.po
+++ b/app/Locale/deu/LC_MESSAGES/default.po
@@ -1244,7 +1244,7 @@ msgstr "Der Zugriff auf diese Funktion ist eingeschränkt!"
 #: Controller/Component/EmailNotificationComponent.php:48
 #, php-format
 msgid "New reply to \"%s\""
-msgstr "Neu Antwort zu \"%s\""
+msgstr "Neue Antwort zu \"%s\""
 
 #: Controller/Component/EmailNotificationComponent.php:82
 msgid "Successfull registration"
diff --git a/app/Model/Category.php b/app/Model/Category.php
index e17eefad2..6e7bea2d6 100755
--- a/app/Model/Category.php
+++ b/app/Model/Category.php
@@ -100,9 +100,7 @@ public function updateThreadCounter() {
 
 		public function afterSave($created, $options = array()) {
 			// don't empty cache if it's only a thread count update
-			if (isset($this->data[$this->alias]['thread_count']) ||
-					!isset($this->data[$this->alias]['category'])
-			) {
+			if (!$created && !isset($this->data[$this->alias]['category'])) {
 				$options['clearCache'] = false;
 			}
 			parent::afterSave($created, $options);
diff --git a/app/Test/Case/Controller/EntriesControllerTest.php b/app/Test/Case/Controller/EntriesControllerTest.php
index 6c10397f0..b856840d4 100755
--- a/app/Test/Case/Controller/EntriesControllerTest.php
+++ b/app/Test/Case/Controller/EntriesControllerTest.php
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ class EntriesMockController extends EntriesController {
 		public $uses = array('Entry');
 		// @codingStandardsIgnoreEnd
 
-		public function getInitialThreads($User, $order = 'Entry.last_answer DESC') {
+		public function getInitialThreads($User, $order = ['Entry.last_answer' => 'DESC']) {
 			$this->_getInitialThreads($User, $order);
 		}
 
diff --git a/app/View/Helper/EntryHHelper.php b/app/View/Helper/EntryHHelper.php
index 43c5e6511..1a3cdc01a 100755
--- a/app/View/Helper/EntryHHelper.php
+++ b/app/View/Helper/EntryHHelper.php
@@ -188,14 +188,18 @@ public function categorySelect($entry, $categories) {
 		 * Everything you do in here is in worst case done a few hundred times on
 		 * the frontpage. Think about (and benchmark) performance before you change it.
 		 */
-		public function threadCached(array $entrySub, ForumsUserInterface $CurrentUser, $level = 0, array $currentEntry = [], $lastAnswer = null) {
+		public function threadCached(array $entrySub, ForumsUserInterface $CurrentUser, $level = 0, array $currentEntry = [], $lastAnswer = null, $options = []) {
+			$options = $options + ['ignore' => null];
 			$id = (int)$entrySub['Entry']['id'];
 			$out = '';
 			if ($lastAnswer === null) {
 				$lastAnswer = $entrySub['Entry']['last_answer'];
 			}
 
-			if (!$CurrentUser->ignores($entrySub['Entry']['user_id'])) {
+			if ($options['ignore'] === null) {
+				$options['ignore'] = $CurrentUser->ignores($entrySub['Entry']['user_id']);
+			}
+			if (!$options['ignore']) {
 				$useLineCache = $level > 0;
 				if ($useLineCache) {
 					$_threadLineCached = $this->_LineCache->get($id);
@@ -251,8 +255,9 @@ class='link_show_thread {$id} et threadLine-content'>
 			if (isset($entrySub['_children'])) {
 				$subLevel = $level + 1;
 				$sub = '';
+				unset($options['ignore']);
 				foreach ($entrySub['_children'] as $child) {
-					$sub .= $this->threadCached($child, $CurrentUser, $subLevel, $currentEntry, $lastAnswer);
+					$sub .= $this->threadCached($child, $CurrentUser, $subLevel, $currentEntry, $lastAnswer, $options);
 				}
 				$out .= '<li>' . $this->_wrapUl($sub, $subLevel) . '</li>';
 			}
diff --git a/app/View/Users/index.ctp b/app/View/Users/index.ctp
index ad3dda425..bd8bfed9f 100755
--- a/app/View/Users/index.ctp
+++ b/app/View/Users/index.ctp
@@ -12,26 +12,10 @@
 		<div class="panel-content">
 			<div class="table-menu sort-menu">
 				<?php
-					$_sortBy = $this->Paginator->sort('username', __('username_marking'));
-					$_sortBy .= ', ' . $this->Paginator->sort('User.user_type',
-									__('user_type'));
-					$_sortBy .= ', ' . $this->Paginator->sort('UserOnline.user_id',
-									__('userlist_online'),
-									[
-											'direction' => 'desc'
-									]);
-					$_sortBy .= ', ' . $this->Paginator->sort('registered',
-									__('registered'),
-									[
-											'direction' => 'desc'
-									]);
-					$_showBlocked = Configure::read('Saito.Settings.block_user_ui');
-					if ($_showBlocked) {
-						$_sortBy .= ', ' . $this->Paginator->sort('user_lock',
-										__('user.set.lock.t'),
-										['direction' => 'desc']);
-					}
-					echo __('Sort by: %s', $_sortBy);
+          foreach ($menuItems as $title => $mi) {
+            $menu[] = $this->Paginator->sort($title, $mi[0], $mi[1]);
+          }
+					echo __('Sort by: %s', implode(', ', $menu));
 				?>
 			</div>
 			<table class="table th-left row-sep">
@@ -57,7 +41,7 @@
 									if ($user['UserOnline']['logged_in']) {
 										$_u[] = __('Online');
 									}
-									if ($_showBlocked && $user['User']['user_lock']) {
+									if (!empty($user['User']['user_lock'])) {
 										$_u[] = __('%s banned',
 												$this->UserH->banned($user['User']['user_lock']));
 									}
diff --git a/app/View/Users/view.ctp b/app/View/Users/view.ctp
index 3fab427c1..9275b7167 100644
--- a/app/View/Users/view.ctp
+++ b/app/View/Users/view.ctp
@@ -273,7 +273,8 @@
         <ul class="threadCollection-node root">
           <?php foreach ($lastEntries as $entry): ?>
             <li>
-              <?= $this->EntryH->threadCached($entry, $CurrentUser); ?>
+              <?= $this->EntryH->threadCached($entry, $CurrentUser, 0, [], null,
+                ['ignore' => false]); ?>
             </li>
           <?php endforeach; ?>
         </ul>
diff --git a/composer.json b/composer.json
index f85721cc9..db3a3f797 100644
--- a/composer.json
+++ b/composer.json
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@
   "require": {
     "php": ">=5.4.0",
     "ext-mcrypt": "*",
-    "pear-cakephp/cakephp": "2.5.3",
+    "pear-cakephp/cakephp": "2.5.4",
     "kzykhys/ciconia": "~1.0.3",
     "jbbcode/jbbcode": "~1.3"
   },
diff --git a/composer.lock b/composer.lock
index 59343ef0e..eec3053b1 100644
--- a/composer.lock
+++ b/composer.lock
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
         "Read more about it at http://getcomposer.org/doc/01-basic-usage.md#composer-lock-the-lock-file",
         "This file is @generated automatically"
     ],
-    "hash": "08666d4ef7841ee6e3079fc974feb69e",
+    "hash": "f75f051ef37be4121f47bda6fdbfd7b5",
     "packages": [
         {
             "name": "jbbcode/jbbcode",
@@ -109,10 +109,10 @@
         },
         {
             "name": "pear-pear.cakephp.org/CakePHP",
-            "version": "2.5.3",
+            "version": "2.5.4",
             "dist": {
                 "type": "file",
-                "url": "http://pear.cakephp.org/get/CakePHP-2.5.3.tgz",
+                "url": "http://pear.cakephp.org/get/CakePHP-2.5.4.tgz",
                 "reference": null,
                 "shasum": null
             },
@@ -120,7 +120,7 @@
                 "php": ">=5.2.8.0"
             },
             "replace": {
-                "pear-cakephp/cakephp": "== 2.5.3.0"
+                "pear-cakephp/cakephp": "== 2.5.4.0"
             },
             "type": "pear-library",
             "autoload": {
@@ -135,17 +135,17 @@
         },
         {
             "name": "symfony/console",
-            "version": "v2.4.8",
+            "version": "v2.4.9",
             "target-dir": "Symfony/Component/Console",
             "source": {
                 "type": "git",
                 "url": "https://github.com/symfony/Console.git",
-                "reference": "29ef7af8aa6e3c015445f34291ccab9b8019085b"
+                "reference": "6cdbe19f8f9025a84ccc45c3870e388e424bea5c"
             },
             "dist": {
                 "type": "zip",
-                "url": "https://api.github.com/repos/symfony/Console/zipball/29ef7af8aa6e3c015445f34291ccab9b8019085b",
-                "reference": "29ef7af8aa6e3c015445f34291ccab9b8019085b",
+                "url": "https://api.github.com/repos/symfony/Console/zipball/6cdbe19f8f9025a84ccc45c3870e388e424bea5c",
+                "reference": "6cdbe19f8f9025a84ccc45c3870e388e424bea5c",
                 "shasum": ""
             },
             "require": {
@@ -173,24 +173,22 @@
                 "MIT"
             ],
             "authors": [
-                {
-                    "name": "Fabien Potencier",
-                    "email": "fabien@symfony.com",
-                    "homepage": "http://fabien.potencier.org",
-                    "role": "Lead Developer"
-                },
                 {
                     "name": "Symfony Community",
                     "homepage": "http://symfony.com/contributors"
+                },
+                {
+                    "name": "Fabien Potencier",
+                    "email": "fabien@symfony.com"
                 }
             ],
             "description": "Symfony Console Component",
             "homepage": "http://symfony.com",
-            "time": "2014-07-09 12:44:38"
+            "time": "2014-08-14 14:51:32"
         },
         {
             "name": "symfony/options-resolver",
-            "version": "v2.4.8",
+            "version": "v2.4.9",
             "target-dir": "Symfony/Component/OptionsResolver",
             "source": {
                 "type": "git",
@@ -222,15 +220,13 @@
                 "MIT"
             ],
             "authors": [
-                {
-                    "name": "Fabien Potencier",
-                    "email": "fabien@symfony.com",
-                    "homepage": "http://fabien.potencier.org",
-                    "role": "Lead Developer"
-                },
                 {
                     "name": "Symfony Community",
                     "homepage": "http://symfony.com/contributors"
+                },
+                {
+                    "name": "Fabien Potencier",
+                    "email": "fabien@symfony.com"
                 }
             ],
             "description": "Symfony OptionsResolver Component",
@@ -246,23 +242,23 @@
     "packages-dev": [
         {
             "name": "phpunit/php-code-coverage",
-            "version": "1.2.17",
+            "version": "1.2.18",
             "source": {
                 "type": "git",
                 "url": "https://github.com/sebastianbergmann/php-code-coverage.git",
-                "reference": "6ef2bf3a1c47eca07ea95f0d8a902a6340390b34"
+                "reference": "fe2466802556d3fe4e4d1d58ffd3ccfd0a19be0b"
             },
             "dist": {
                 "type": "zip",
-                "url": "https://api.github.com/repos/sebastianbergmann/php-code-coverage/zipball/6ef2bf3a1c47eca07ea95f0d8a902a6340390b34",
-                "reference": "6ef2bf3a1c47eca07ea95f0d8a902a6340390b34",
+                "url": "https://api.github.com/repos/sebastianbergmann/php-code-coverage/zipball/fe2466802556d3fe4e4d1d58ffd3ccfd0a19be0b",
+                "reference": "fe2466802556d3fe4e4d1d58ffd3ccfd0a19be0b",
                 "shasum": ""
             },
             "require": {
                 "php": ">=5.3.3",
                 "phpunit/php-file-iterator": ">=1.3.0@stable",
                 "phpunit/php-text-template": ">=1.2.0@stable",
-                "phpunit/php-token-stream": ">=1.1.3@stable"
+                "phpunit/php-token-stream": ">=1.1.3,<1.3.0"
             },
             "require-dev": {
                 "phpunit/phpunit": "3.7.*@dev"
@@ -303,7 +299,7 @@
                 "testing",
                 "xunit"
             ],
-            "time": "2014-03-28 10:53:45"
+            "time": "2014-09-02 10:13:14"
         },
         {
             "name": "phpunit/php-file-iterator",
@@ -612,17 +608,17 @@
         },
         {
             "name": "symfony/yaml",
-            "version": "v2.5.2",
+            "version": "v2.5.4",
             "target-dir": "Symfony/Component/Yaml",
             "source": {
                 "type": "git",
                 "url": "https://github.com/symfony/Yaml.git",
-                "reference": "f868ecdbcc0276b6158dfbf08b9e98ce07f014e1"
+                "reference": "01a7695bcfb013d0a15c6757e15aae120342986f"
             },
             "dist": {
                 "type": "zip",
-                "url": "https://api.github.com/repos/symfony/Yaml/zipball/f868ecdbcc0276b6158dfbf08b9e98ce07f014e1",
-                "reference": "f868ecdbcc0276b6158dfbf08b9e98ce07f014e1",
+                "url": "https://api.github.com/repos/symfony/Yaml/zipball/01a7695bcfb013d0a15c6757e15aae120342986f",
+                "reference": "01a7695bcfb013d0a15c6757e15aae120342986f",
                 "shasum": ""
             },
             "require": {
@@ -644,20 +640,18 @@
                 "MIT"
             ],
             "authors": [
-                {
-                    "name": "Fabien Potencier",
-                    "email": "fabien@symfony.com",
-                    "homepage": "http://fabien.potencier.org",
-                    "role": "Lead Developer"
-                },
                 {
                     "name": "Symfony Community",
                     "homepage": "http://symfony.com/contributors"
+                },
+                {
+                    "name": "Fabien Potencier",
+                    "email": "fabien@symfony.com"
                 }
             ],
             "description": "Symfony Yaml Component",
             "homepage": "http://symfony.com",
-            "time": "2014-07-09 09:05:48"
+            "time": "2014-08-31 03:22:04"
         }
     ],
     "aliases": [
@@ -667,6 +661,7 @@
     "stability-flags": [
 
     ],
+    "prefer-stable": false,
     "platform": {
         "php": ">=5.4.0",
         "ext-mcrypt": "*"