diff --git a/controllers/statsController.js b/controllers/statsController.js
index 6f3d4475..68215767 100644
--- a/controllers/statsController.js
+++ b/controllers/statsController.js
@@ -70,25 +70,23 @@ module.exports = {
     });
   },
   getTrendingClaims (startDate) {
-    logger.debug('retrieving trending requests');
+    logger.debug('retrieving trending');
     return new Promise((resolve, reject) => {
       // get the raw requests data
-      db.getTrendingClaims(startDate)
-      .then(results => {
-        if (results) {
-          results.forEach(element => {
-            const fileExtenstion = element.fileType.substring(element.fileType.lastIndexOf('/') + 1);
-            element['showUrlLong'] = `/${element.claimId}/${element.name}`;
-            element['directUrlLong'] = `/${element.claimId}/${element.name}.${fileExtenstion}`;
-            element['directUrlShort'] = `/${element.claimId}/${element.name}.${fileExtenstion}`;
-            element['contentType'] = element.fileType;
-            element['thumbnail'] = 'https://spee.ch/assets/img/video_thumb_default.png';
+      db.getTrendingFiles(startDate)
+      .then(fileArray => {
+        let claimsPromiseArray = [];
+        if (fileArray) {
+          fileArray.forEach(file => {
+            claimsPromiseArray.push(db.Claim.resolveClaim(file.name, file.claimId));
           });
+          return Promise.all(claimsPromiseArray);
         }
-        resolve(results);
+      })
+      .then(claimsArray => {
+        resolve(claimsArray);
       })
       .catch(error => {
-        logger.error('sequelize error >>', error);
         reject(error);
       });
     });
diff --git a/models/index.js b/models/index.js
index 0d709b7c..b959586c 100644
--- a/models/index.js
+++ b/models/index.js
@@ -73,8 +73,8 @@ db.upsert = (Model, values, condition, tableName) => {
     });
 };
 
-// add a 'getTrendingClaims' method to the db object
-db.getTrendingClaims = (startDate) => {
+// add a 'getTrendingFiles' method to the db object.  note: change this to get claims directly.  might need new association between Request and Claim
+db.getTrendingFiles = (startDate) => {
   return db.sequelize.query(`SELECT COUNT(*), File.* FROM Request LEFT JOIN File ON Request.FileId = File.id WHERE FileId IS NOT NULL AND nsfw != 1 AND trendingEligible = 1 AND Request.createdAt > "${startDate}" GROUP BY FileId ORDER BY COUNT(*) DESC LIMIT 25;`, { type: db.sequelize.QueryTypes.SELECT });
 };
 
diff --git a/routes/page-routes.js b/routes/page-routes.js
index 2218c419..450f55e0 100644
--- a/routes/page-routes.js
+++ b/routes/page-routes.js
@@ -30,7 +30,6 @@ module.exports = (app) => {
     const dateTime = startDate.toISOString().slice(0, 19).replace('T', ' ');
     getTrendingClaims(dateTime)
       .then(result => {
-        // logger.debug(result);
         res.status(200).render('popular', {
           trendingAssets: result,
         });