diff --git a/Classes/Controller/LatestController.php b/Classes/Controller/LatestController.php
index 57860f85328f9e0b8f294389c009c2dacaa8a7fc..1cd7fda2fd1e5946649e5326f8ffadc420632bc1 100644
--- a/Classes/Controller/LatestController.php
+++ b/Classes/Controller/LatestController.php
@@ -55,17 +55,13 @@ class LatestController extends AbstractController {
 		$limit = ((int) $this->settings['limit']);
 		$limit = ($limit < 1 ? 1 : $limit);
 
-		$filterByCategories = FALSE;
-		$categoryUids = GeneralUtility::intExplode(',', $this->settings['categories']);
-		foreach ($categoryUids as $categoryUid) {
-			if ($categoryUid > 0) {
-				$filterByCategories = TRUE;
-				break;
-			}
+		$categoryUids = GeneralUtility::intExplode(',', $this->settings['categories'], TRUE);
+		if (!count($categoryUids) && (int) $GLOBALS['TSFE']->page['doktype'] === 117) {
+			$categoryUids = [$GLOBALS['TSFE']->id];
 		}
 
 		$latestNewsEntries = $this->newsRepository->findLastUpdatedOrHighlightedNewsByCategories(
-			$limit, FALSE, ($filterByCategories ? $categoryUids : NULL), 0, TRUE
+			$limit, FALSE, $categoryUids, 0, TRUE
 		);
 
 		$newsMetaData = [];
@@ -73,7 +69,6 @@ class LatestController extends AbstractController {
 		foreach ($latestNewsEntries as $latestNewsEntry) {
 			/** @var News $latestNewsEntry */
 			/** @var Category $category */
-
 			$categoryUid = $latestNewsEntry->getPid();
 			$category = $categories[$categoryUid];
 			if (!$category) {
@@ -90,5 +85,3 @@ class LatestController extends AbstractController {
 		$this->view->assign('newsMetaData', $newsMetaData);
 	}
 }
-
-?>
diff --git a/Classes/Domain/Repository/NewsRepository.php b/Classes/Domain/Repository/NewsRepository.php
index 867e94c0baad9f91e3f5e21a5acccde5b8bd6e0a..0bd357817f269df33b252d82f7eb38f582c4f874 100644
--- a/Classes/Domain/Repository/NewsRepository.php
+++ b/Classes/Domain/Repository/NewsRepository.php
@@ -99,7 +99,7 @@ class NewsRepository extends AbstractRepository {
 	) {
 		$query = $this->createQuery();
 		$constraints = NULL;
-		if ($categoryIds !== NULL && is_array($categoryIds)) {
+		if ($categoryIds !== NULL && count($categoryIds)) {
 			$constraints[] = $query->in('pid', $categoryIds);
 		}
 
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 46c32ff5eedb2cd85c426995c5f154bf19a027f6..01608cecdafcf859283c7ac054c2b41fc24c8bbc 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ extension itself provides two new doktypes, we can simply add a switch case to o
 to provide different rendering paths. Please look at the example below:
 
 ```
+lib.pageTemplate.default >
 lib.pageTemplate.default = FLUIDTEMPLATE
 lib.pageTemplate.default {
 	file = EXT:project_theme/Resources/Private/Templates/Default.html
@@ -19,6 +20,12 @@ lib.pageTemplate.default {
 			116 = TEXT
 			116.value =
 
+			117 = COA
+			117 {
+				10 < tt_content.list.20.sgnews_latest
+				20 < styles.content.col0
+			}
+
 			# just show the content
 			default < styles.content.col0
 		}
@@ -31,7 +38,11 @@ lib.pageTemplate.default {
 			116 < tt_content.list.20.sgnews_singleview
 
 			# show the category view of the news if the page type matches
-			117 < tt_content.list.20.sgnews_listbycategory
+			117 = COA
+			117 {
+				10 < tt_content.list.20.sgnews_listbycategory
+				20 < styles.content.col1
+			}
 
 			# just show the content
 			default < styles.content.col1
diff --git a/Resources/Private/Templates/ListByCategory/Index.html b/Resources/Private/Templates/ListByCategory/Index.html
index 172ef2adab597699d93a0e5b1e284140dc9bd917..35795fd47bed58aceb061e5afe021603118c8655 100644
--- a/Resources/Private/Templates/ListByCategory/Index.html
+++ b/Resources/Private/Templates/ListByCategory/Index.html
@@ -3,7 +3,15 @@
 {namespace sg=SGalinski\SgNews\ViewHelpers}
 
 <f:section name="main">
-	<section class="content light-bg ">
+	<section class="content light-bg">
+		<div class="container">
+			<f:for each="{categories}" as="category">
+				<h2 class="tx-sgnews-category-title">{category.subtitleWithFallbackToTitle}</h2>
+			</f:for>
+		</div>
+	</section>
+
+	<section class="content light-bg">
 		<div class="container tx-sgnews-categories">
 			<ul class="tx-sgnews-list row">
 				<f:for each="{newsMetaData}" as="newsMetaDataEntry">