diff --git a/src/server/WebBackend.cpp b/src/server/WebBackend.cpp
index 1413851..1b56235 100644
--- a/src/server/WebBackend.cpp
+++ b/src/server/WebBackend.cpp
@@ -705,9 +705,15 @@ RestOutputStruct::ExitCode WebSocket::EvaluateSysadmPkgRequest(const QJsonValue
     if(in_args.toObject().value("pkg_origins").isString()){ pkgs << in_args.toObject().value("pkg_origins").toString(); }
     else if(in_args.toObject().value("pkg_origins").isArray()){ pkgs = JsonArrayToStringList(in_args.toObject().value("pkg_origins").toArray()); }
   }
+  //OPTIONAL: "category" (only used if "pkg_origins" is not specified)
+  QString cat;
+  if(in_args.toObject().contains("category")){ cat = in_args.toObject().value("category").toString(); }
+  //OPTIONAL:  "result"
+  bool fullresults = true; 
+  if(in_args.toObject().contains("result")){ fullresults = (in_args.toObject().value("result").toString()=="full"); }
   //Parse 
   if(act=="pkg_info"){
-    QJsonObject info = sysadm::PKG::pkg_info(pkgs, repo);
+    QJsonObject info = sysadm::PKG::pkg_info(pkgs, repo, cat, fullresults);
     if(!info.isEmpty()){ out->insert("pkg_info",info); }
     else{ return RestOutputStruct::NOCONTENT; }
   }else{
diff --git a/src/server/library/sysadm-pkg.cpp b/src/server/library/sysadm-pkg.cpp
index 122fbc2..710c3a4 100644
--- a/src/server/library/sysadm-pkg.cpp
+++ b/src/server/library/sysadm-pkg.cpp
@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@ inline QStringList requires_from_ids(QStringList ids){
 // =================
 //  MAIN FUNCTIONS
 // =================
-QJsonObject PKG::pkg_info(QStringList origins, QString repo){
+QJsonObject PKG::pkg_info(QStringList origins, QString repo, QString category, bool fullresults){
   QJsonObject retObj;
   QString dbname;
   if(repo=="local"){  dbname= "/var/db/pkg/local.sqlite"; }
@@ -97,7 +97,8 @@ QJsonObject PKG::pkg_info(QStringList origins, QString repo){
   //Now do all the pkg info, one pkg origin at a time
   origins.removeAll("");
     QString q_string = "SELECT * FROM packages";
-    if(!origins.isEmpty()){ q_string.append(" WHERE origin = '"+origins.join("' OR origon = '")+"'"); }
+    if(!origins.isEmpty()){ q_string.append(" WHERE origin = '"+origins.join("' OR origin = '")+"'"); }
+    else if(!category.isEmpty()){ q_string.append(" WHERE origin LIKE '"+category+"/%'"); }
   QSqlQuery query(q_string);
     while(query.next()){
 	QString id = query.value("id").toString(); //need this pkg id for later
@@ -114,6 +115,7 @@ QJsonObject PKG::pkg_info(QStringList origins, QString repo){
 	  //include the annotations as base-level fields as well
 	  info.insert( anno_from_id(q2.value("tag_id").toString()), anno_from_id(q2.value("value_id").toString()) );
       }
+      if(!fullresults){ retObj.insert(origin,info); continue; } //skip the rest of the info queries
       //OPTIONS
       QSqlQuery q3("SELECT option_id, value FROM pkg_option WHERE package_id = '"+id+"'");
       QJsonObject options;
diff --git a/src/server/library/sysadm-pkg.h b/src/server/library/sysadm-pkg.h
index cd84210..1a7829c 100644
--- a/src/server/library/sysadm-pkg.h
+++ b/src/server/library/sysadm-pkg.h
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ namespace sysadm{
 
 class PKG{
 public:
-	static QJsonObject pkg_info(QStringList origins, QString repo);
+	static QJsonObject pkg_info(QStringList origins, QString repo, QString category = "", bool fullresults = true);
 };
 	
 } //end of sysadm namespace