diff --git a/wp-blog-header.php b/wp-blog-header.php
index 4bc5f1771..a87bbaf31 100644
--- a/wp-blog-header.php
+++ b/wp-blog-header.php
@@ -169,6 +169,7 @@ if ('' != $category_name) {
 	$category_name = preg_replace('|[^a-z0-9-/]|', '', $category_name);
 	$join = " LEFT JOIN $tablepost2cat ON ($tableposts.ID = $tablepost2cat.post_id) LEFT JOIN $tablecategories ON ($tablepost2cat.category_id = $tablecategories.cat_ID) ";
 	$whichcat = " AND (category_nicename = '$category_name') ";
+	$cat = $wpdb->get_var("SELECT cat_ID FROM $tablecategories WHERE category_nicename = '$category_name'");
 }
 
 // author stuff
diff --git a/wp-includes/template-functions.php b/wp-includes/template-functions.php
index ad06e7d32..5c27ef0f4 100644
--- a/wp-includes/template-functions.php
+++ b/wp-includes/template-functions.php
@@ -1226,7 +1226,7 @@ function posts_nav_link($sep=' :: ', $prelabel='<< Previous Page', $nxtlabel='Ne
 function get_the_category() {
 	global $post, $tablecategories, $tablepost2cat, $wpdb;
 	$categories = $wpdb->get_results("
-		SELECT category_id, cat_name, category_nicename 
+		SELECT category_id, cat_name, category_nicename, category_description 
 		FROM  $tablecategories, $tablepost2cat 
 		WHERE $tablepost2cat.category_id = cat_ID AND $tablepost2cat.post_id = $post->ID
 		");
@@ -1323,6 +1323,14 @@ function the_category_head($before='', $after='') {
 	}
 }
 
+function category_description($category = 0) {
+	global $cat, $wpdb, $tablecategories;
+	if (!$category) $category = $cat;
+	$category_description = $wpdb->get_var("SELECT category_description FROM $tablecategories WHERE cat_ID = $category");
+	$category_description = apply_filters('category_description', $category_description);
+	return $category_description;
+}
+
 // out of the b2 loop
 function dropdown_cats($optionall = 1, $all = 'All', $sort_column = 'ID', $sort_order = 'asc',
                        $optiondates = 0, $optioncount = 0, $hide_empty = 1) {
diff --git a/wp-includes/vars.php b/wp-includes/vars.php
index bb10421b0..ae5a9bc36 100644
--- a/wp-includes/vars.php
+++ b/wp-includes/vars.php
@@ -269,9 +269,12 @@ foreach($wpsmiliestrans as $smiley => $img) {
 	$wp_smiliesreplace[] = "&nbsp;<img src='$smilies_directory/$img' alt='$smiley_masked' />";
 }
 
+
+// Some default filters
 add_filter('all', 'wptexturize');
 add_filter('the_content', 'wpautop');
 add_filter('comment_text', 'wpautop');
+
 // Uncomment the following for Textile support
 // include_once('textile.php');
 // add_filter('the_content', 'textile');