diff --git a/utils.py b/utils.py
index 4a7b16e7c..a4b07ea7f 100644
--- a/utils.py
+++ b/utils.py
@@ -38,11 +38,16 @@ def getHashtagCategory(baseDir: str, hashtag: str) -> str:
     return ''
 
 
-def getHashtagCategories(baseDir: str, category=None) -> None:
+def getHashtagCategories(baseDir: str, recent=False, category=None) -> None:
     """Returns a dictionary containing hashtag categories
     """
     hashtagCategories = {}
 
+    if recent:
+        currTime = datetime.datetime.utcnow()
+        daysSinceEpoch = (currTime - datetime.datetime(1970, 1, 1)).days
+        recently = daysSinceEpoch - 1
+
     for subdir, dirs, files in os.walk(baseDir + '/tags'):
         for f in files:
             if not f.endswith('.category'):
@@ -62,6 +67,19 @@ def getHashtagCategories(baseDir: str, category=None) -> None:
                     if categoryStr != category:
                         continue
 
+                if recent:
+                    tagsFilename = baseDir + '/tags/' + hashtag + '.txt'
+                    if os.path.isfile(tagsFilename):
+                        modTimesinceEpoc = \
+                            os.path.getmtime(tagsFilename)
+                        lastModifiedDate = \
+                            datetime.datetime.fromtimestamp(modTimesinceEpoc)
+                        fileDaysSinceEpoch = \
+                            (lastModifiedDate -
+                             datetime.datetime(1970, 1, 1)).days
+                        if fileDaysSinceEpoch < recently:
+                            continue
+
                 if not hashtagCategories.get(categoryStr):
                     hashtagCategories[categoryStr] = [hashtag]
                 else:
diff --git a/webapp_hashtagswarm.py b/webapp_hashtagswarm.py
index 8fa03b5cb..37e51060a 100644
--- a/webapp_hashtagswarm.py
+++ b/webapp_hashtagswarm.py
@@ -279,7 +279,7 @@ def htmlSearchHashtagCategory(cssCache: {}, translate: {},
     htmlStr += '<h1><a href="' + actor + '/search"><b>'
     htmlStr += translate['Category'] + ': ' + categoryStr + '</b></a></h1>'
 
-    hashtagsDict = getHashtagCategories(baseDir, categoryStr)
+    hashtagsDict = getHashtagCategories(baseDir, True, categoryStr)
     if hashtagsDict:
         for categoryStr2, hashtagList in hashtagsDict.items():
             hashtagList.sort()