diff --git a/koha-tmpl/intranet-tmpl/prog/en/modules/patroncards/members-search.tt b/koha-tmpl/intranet-tmpl/prog/en/modules/patroncards/members-search.tt
index 4d651b75db..cbd1db5223 100644
--- a/koha-tmpl/intranet-tmpl/prog/en/modules/patroncards/members-search.tt
+++ b/koha-tmpl/intranet-tmpl/prog/en/modules/patroncards/members-search.tt
@@ -114,7 +114,7 @@ function add_item(borrowernum,batch_id,type_id){
     <td> <input type="checkbox" name="borrowernumber" id="patron[% resultsloo.borrowernumber %]" value="[% resultsloo.borrowernumber %]" />	</td>
     <td>[% resultsloo.cardnumber %]</td>
     <td style="white-space: nowrap;"><a href="/cgi-bin/koha/members/moremember.pl?borrowernumber=[% resultsloo.borrowernumber %]">[% resultsloo.surname %], [% resultsloo.firstname %]</a> <br /> [% resultsloo.address %][% IF ( resultsloo.address2 ) %]<br />[% resultsloo.address2 %][% END %][% IF ( resultsloo.city ) %]<br />[% resultsloo.city %][% END %]</td>
-    <td>[% resultsloo.category_description %] ([% resultsloo.category_type %])</td>
+    <td>[% resultsloo.category_description %] ([% resultsloo.categorycode %])</td>
     <td>[% resultsloo.branchcode %]</td>
     <td>[% resultsloo.dateexpiry %]</td>
     <td>[% resultsloo.borrowernotes %]</td>
diff --git a/patroncards/members-search.pl b/patroncards/members-search.pl
index dfa0462340..6c27095377 100755
--- a/patroncards/members-search.pl
+++ b/patroncards/members-search.pl
@@ -33,9 +33,20 @@ my $batch_id = $cgi->param('batch_id') || 0;
 my $startfrom = $cgi->param('startfrom')||1;
 my $resultsperpage = $cgi->param('resultsperpage')||C4::Context->preference("PatronsPerPage")||20;
 my $category = $cgi->param('category') || undef;
-my $member = $cgi->param('member') || undef;
+my $member = $cgi->param('member') || '';
 my $orderby = $cgi->param('orderby') || undef;
 
+my @categories=C4::Category->all;
+my %categories_display;
+
+foreach my $category (@categories) {
+    my $hash={
+        category_description=>$$category{description},
+        category_type=>$$category{category_type}
+    };
+    $categories_display{$$category{categorycode}} = $hash;
+}
+
 my ($template, $loggedinuser, $cookie) = get_template_and_user({
                 template_name => "patroncards/members-search.tmpl",
                 query => $cgi,
@@ -49,7 +60,7 @@ $member =~ s/,//g;   #remove any commas from search string
 $member =~ s/\*/%/g;
 
 if ($member || $category) {
-    my $results = $category ? Search({''=>$member, category_type=>$category}, $orderby)
+    my $results = $category ? Search({''=>$member, categorycode=>$category}, $orderby)
                             : Search($member, $orderby);
     my $count = $results ? @$results : 0;
 
@@ -60,13 +71,12 @@ if ($member || $category) {
         my ($od,$issue,$fines) = GetMemberIssuesAndFines($results->[$i]{'borrowernumber'});
         my %row = (
             count               => $i + 1,
+                %{$categories_display{$results->[$i]{categorycode}}},
             borrowernumber      => $results->[$i]{'borrowernumber'},
             cardnumber          => $results->[$i]{'cardnumber'},
             surname             => $results->[$i]{'surname'},
             firstname           => $results->[$i]{'firstname'},
             categorycode        => $results->[$i]{'categorycode'},
-            category_type       => $results->[$i]{'category_type'},
-            category_description        => $results->[$i]{'description'},
             address             => $results->[$i]{'address'},
             address2            => $results->[$i]{'address2'},
             city                => $results->[$i]{'city'},