diff --git a/inc/template-tags.php b/inc/template-tags.php
index c852eb7..3c95df0 100644
--- a/inc/template-tags.php
+++ b/inc/template-tags.php
@@ -103,6 +103,8 @@ function _s_categorized_blog() {
 		// Create an array of all the categories that are attached to posts.
 		$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.