diff --git a/app/controllers/topics_controller.rb b/app/controllers/topics_controller.rb
index 67f9b9d3e..f8d3585f3 100644
--- a/app/controllers/topics_controller.rb
+++ b/app/controllers/topics_controller.rb
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ class TopicsController < ApplicationController
     opts = params.slice(:username_filters, :best_of, :page, :post_number, :posts_before, :posts_after, :best)
     @topic_view = TopicView.new(params[:id] || params[:topic_id], current_user, opts)
 
-    raise Discourse::NotFound unless @topic_view.posts.present? || (request.format && request.format.json?)
+    raise Discourse::NotFound if @topic_view.posts.blank? && !(opts[:best].to_i > 0)
 
     anonymous_etag(@topic_view.topic) do
       redirect_to_correct_topic && return if slugs_do_not_match
diff --git a/lib/topic_view.rb b/lib/topic_view.rb
index 6bad3c1a3..d221035b3 100644
--- a/lib/topic_view.rb
+++ b/lib/topic_view.rb
@@ -177,6 +177,7 @@ class TopicView
     @index_offset = 0
     @posts = @filtered_posts.order('percent_rank asc, sort_order asc').where("post_number > 1")
     @posts = @posts.includes(:reply_to_user).includes(:topic).joins(:user).limit(max)
+    @posts = @posts.where('posts.post_type <> ?', Post.types[:moderator_action])
     @posts = @posts.to_a
     @posts.sort!{|a,b| a.post_number <=> b.post_number}
     @posts
diff --git a/spec/components/topic_view_spec.rb b/spec/components/topic_view_spec.rb
index 547d1a477..350a36f0b 100644
--- a/spec/components/topic_view_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/components/topic_view_spec.rb
@@ -23,11 +23,19 @@ describe TopicView do
     let!(:p2) { Fabricate(:post, topic: topic, user: coding_horror, percent_rank: 0.5 )}
     let!(:p3) { Fabricate(:post, topic: topic, user: first_poster, percent_rank: 0 )}
 
-    it "it can the best 2 responses" do
+    it "it can find the best responses" do
       best2 = TopicView.new(topic.id, nil, best: 2)
       best2.posts.count.should == 2
       best2.posts[0].id.should == p2.id
       best2.posts[1].id.should == p3.id
+
+      topic.update_status('closed', true, Fabricate(:admin))
+      topic.posts.count.should == 4
+
+      # should not get the status post
+      best = TopicView.new(topic.id, nil, best: 99)
+      best.posts.count.should == 2
+
     end
 
 
diff --git a/spec/controllers/topics_controller_spec.rb b/spec/controllers/topics_controller_spec.rb
index d25f9c7ae..01d9f531d 100644
--- a/spec/controllers/topics_controller_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/controllers/topics_controller_spec.rb
@@ -2,8 +2,6 @@ require 'spec_helper'
 
 describe TopicsController do
 
-
-
   context 'move_posts' do
     it 'needs you to be logged in' do
       lambda { xhr :post, :move_posts, topic_id: 111, title: 'blah', post_ids: [1,2,3] }.should raise_error(Discourse::NotLoggedIn)