diff --git a/src/webui/api/torrentscontroller.cpp b/src/webui/api/torrentscontroller.cpp
index 0b23e1e94..ac2b1c028 100644
--- a/src/webui/api/torrentscontroller.cpp
+++ b/src/webui/api/torrentscontroller.cpp
@@ -856,3 +856,18 @@ void TorrentsController::removeCategoriesAction()
     for (const QString &category : categories)
         BitTorrent::Session::instance()->removeCategory(category);
 }
+
+void TorrentsController::categoriesAction()
+{
+    QJsonObject categories;
+    const auto categoriesList = BitTorrent::Session::instance()->categories();
+    for (auto it = categoriesList.cbegin(); it != categoriesList.cend(); ++it) {
+        const auto &key = it.key();
+        categories[key] = QJsonObject {
+            {"name", key},
+            {"savePath", it.value()}
+        };
+    }
+
+    setResult(categories);
+}
diff --git a/src/webui/api/torrentscontroller.h b/src/webui/api/torrentscontroller.h
index 5ddcaf6b0..bf4caf8f5 100644
--- a/src/webui/api/torrentscontroller.h
+++ b/src/webui/api/torrentscontroller.h
@@ -55,6 +55,7 @@ private slots:
     void createCategoryAction();
     void editCategoryAction();
     void removeCategoriesAction();
+    void categoriesAction();
     void addAction();
     void deleteAction();
     void addTrackersAction();