diff --git a/src/Ushahidi/Modules/V5/Actions/Category/Handlers/FetchCategoryByIdQueryHandler.php b/src/Ushahidi/Modules/V5/Actions/Category/Handlers/FetchCategoryByIdQueryHandler.php
index 439eab2c9..ba1c512b0 100644
--- a/src/Ushahidi/Modules/V5/Actions/Category/Handlers/FetchCategoryByIdQueryHandler.php
+++ b/src/Ushahidi/Modules/V5/Actions/Category/Handlers/FetchCategoryByIdQueryHandler.php
@@ -34,7 +34,6 @@ public function __invoke(Action $query): Category
         $this->isSupported($query);
         return $this->categoryRepository->findById(
             $query->getId(),
-            false,
             array_unique(array_merge(
                 $query->getFields(),
                 $query->getFieldsForRelationship()
diff --git a/src/Ushahidi/Modules/V5/Http/Resources/CategoryResource.php b/src/Ushahidi/Modules/V5/Http/Resources/CategoryResource.php
index fcf30b495..e461ce47e 100644
--- a/src/Ushahidi/Modules/V5/Http/Resources/CategoryResource.php
+++ b/src/Ushahidi/Modules/V5/Http/Resources/CategoryResource.php
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 namespace Ushahidi\Modules\V5\Http\Resources;
 
 use Illuminate\Http\Resources\Json\JsonResource as Resource;
+use Ushahidi\Core\Entity\Tag;
 
 class CategoryResource extends Resource
 {
@@ -10,6 +11,24 @@ class CategoryResource extends Resource
 
     public static $wrap = 'result';
 
+    private function getResourcePrivileges()
+    {
+        $authorizer = service('authorizer.tag');
+        // Obtain v3 entity from the v5 post model
+        // Note that we use attributesToArray instead of toArray because the first
+        // would have the effect of causing unnecessary requests to the database
+        // (relations are not needed in this case by the authorizer)
+        $resource_array = $this->resource->attributesToArray();
+        unset($resource_array['completed_stages']);
+        $entity = new Tag($resource_array);
+        // if there's no user the guards will kick them off already, but if there
+        // is one we need to check the authorizer to ensure we don't let
+        // users without admin perms create forms etc
+        // this is an unfortunate problem with using an old version of lumen
+        // that doesn't let me do guest user checks without adding more risk.
+        return $authorizer->getAllowedPrivs($entity);
+    }
+
     /**
      * Transform the resource into an array.
      *
@@ -18,27 +37,21 @@ class CategoryResource extends Resource
      */
     public function toArray($request)
     {
-        // Preload key relations
-        $this->resource->loadMissing(['parent', 'children', 'translations']);
-        return [
-            'id' => $this->id,
-            'parent_id' => $this->parent_id,
-            'tag' => $this->tag,
-            'slug' => $this->slug,
-            'type' => $this->type,
-            'color' => $this->color,
-            'icon' => $this->icon,
-            'description' => $this->description,
-            'role' => $this->makeRole($this->role),
-            'priority' => $this->priority,
-            'children' => $this->makeChildren($this->parent, $this->children),
-            'parent' => $this->makeParent($this->parent),
-            'translations' => new TranslationCollection($this->translations),
-            'enabled_languages' => [
-                'default'=> $this->base_language,
-                'available' => $this->translations->groupBy('language')->keys()
-            ]
-        ];
+        $data = $this->resource->toArray();
+        if (isset($data['role'])) {
+            $data['role'] = $this->makeRole($this->role);
+        }
+        if (isset($data['children'])) {
+            $data['children'] = $this->makeChildren($this->parent, $this->children);
+        }
+        if (isset($data['parent'])) {
+            $data['parent'] = $this->makeRole($this->parent);
+        }
+        if (isset($data['translations'])) {
+            $data['translations'] = (new TranslationCollection($this->translations))->toArray(null);
+        }
+        $data['allowed_privileges']=  $this->getResourcePrivileges();
+        return $data;
     }
 
     protected function makeRole($role)
diff --git a/src/Ushahidi/Modules/V5/Models/Category.php b/src/Ushahidi/Modules/V5/Models/Category.php
index 7d0f36ff2..fcf99bd50 100644
--- a/src/Ushahidi/Modules/V5/Models/Category.php
+++ b/src/Ushahidi/Modules/V5/Models/Category.php
@@ -78,8 +78,8 @@ class Category extends BaseModel
         'created'
     ];
     public const ALLOWED_RELATIONSHIPS = [
-        'children' => ['fields' => [], 'relationships' => ['children']],
-        'parent' => ['fields' => [], 'relationships' => ['parent']],
+        'children' => ['fields' => ['parent_id'], 'relationships' => ['children']],
+        'parent' => ['fields' => ['parent_id'], 'relationships' => ['parent']],
         'translations' => ['fields' => [], 'relationships' => ["translations"]],
         'enabled_languages' => ['fields' => ['base_language'], 'relationships' => ['translations']],
     ];
diff --git a/src/Ushahidi/Modules/V5/Repository/Category/CategoryRepository.php b/src/Ushahidi/Modules/V5/Repository/Category/CategoryRepository.php
index 0265ef4ac..2b0db6dd1 100644
--- a/src/Ushahidi/Modules/V5/Repository/Category/CategoryRepository.php
+++ b/src/Ushahidi/Modules/V5/Repository/Category/CategoryRepository.php
@@ -16,10 +16,12 @@ interface CategoryRepository
      * Laravel Eloquent ORM. Will throw an exception if provided identifier does
      * not exist in the database.
      * @param int $id
+     * @param array $fields
+     * @param array $with
      * @return Category
      * @throws NotFoundException
      */
-    public function findById(int $id): Category;
+    public function findById(int $id, array $fields = [], array $with = []): Category;
 
 
      /**
diff --git a/src/Ushahidi/Modules/V5/Repository/Category/EloquentCategoryRepository.php b/src/Ushahidi/Modules/V5/Repository/Category/EloquentCategoryRepository.php
index b2c97ffef..08cb00d2e 100644
--- a/src/Ushahidi/Modules/V5/Repository/Category/EloquentCategoryRepository.php
+++ b/src/Ushahidi/Modules/V5/Repository/Category/EloquentCategoryRepository.php
@@ -35,12 +35,23 @@ public function setSearchParams(SearchData $searchData)
      * Laravel Eloquent ORM. Will throw an exception if provided identifier does
      * not exist in the database.
      * @param int $id
+     * @param array $fields
+     * @param array $with
      * @return Category
      * @throws NotFoundException
      */
-    public function findById(int $id): Category
+    public function findById(int $id, array $fields = [], array $with = []): Category
     {
-        $category = Category::find($id);
+        $query = Category::where('id', '=', $id);
+        if (count($fields)) {
+            $query->select($fields);
+        }
+        if (count($with)) {
+            $query->with($with);
+        }
+        $category = $query->first();
+        dd($category);
+
         if (!$category instanceof Category) {
             throw new NotFoundException('Category not found');
         }
@@ -136,7 +147,6 @@ public function paginate(
             ->orderBy('tags.'.$paging->getOrderBy(), $paging->getOrder());
 
         $query = $this->setSearchCondition($search_fields, $query);
-
         if (count($fields)) {
             $query->select($fields);
         }