diff --git a/inc/template-tags.php b/inc/template-tags.php
index 7629210f..3c95df04 100644
--- a/inc/template-tags.php
+++ b/inc/template-tags.php
@@ -104,6 +104,7 @@ function _s_categorized_blog() {
 		$all_the_cool_cats = get_categories( array(
 			'hide_empty' => 1,
 			'fields' => 'ids',
+			'number' => 2, // we only need to know if there is more than one category 
 		) );
 
 		// Count the number of categories that are attached to the posts.