diff --git a/app/models/forum.rb b/app/models/forum.rb
index 1331234..b402987 100644
--- a/app/models/forum.rb
+++ b/app/models/forum.rb
@@ -19,16 +19,6 @@ class Forum < ActiveRecord::Base
 
   attr_protected :id, :updated_at, :created_at
 
-  scope :available_to,
-    lambda { |user, level| {
-    :select => "forums.*, groupers.user_id AS access, COUNT(f2.id) AS acl, g2.user_id",
-    :joins => "LEFT JOIN forumers ON forumers.forum_id = forums.id AND forumers.access = #{level}
-    LEFT JOIN forumers AS f2 ON forumers.forum_id = forums.id AND f2.access = #{level}
-    LEFT JOIN groups ON forumers.group_id = groups.id
-  LEFT JOIN groupers ON groupers.group_id = groups.id AND groupers.user_id = #{user.id}
-    LEFT JOIN groupers g2 ON g2.group_id = #{Group::ADMINS} AND g2.user_id = #{user.id}",
-    :group => "forums.id",
-    :having => ["access IS NOT NULL OR acl = 0 OR g2.user_id IS NOT NULL", level]} }
   scope :public,
     :select => "forums.*",
     :joins => "LEFT JOIN forumers ON forumers.forum_id = forums.id AND forumers.access = #{Forumer::ACCESS_READ}",
@@ -75,4 +65,19 @@ class Forum < ActiveRecord::Base
   def can_destroy? cuser
     cuser and cuser.admin?
   end
+
+  def self.available_to cuser, level
+  user_has_access =
+    Forum .joins("JOIN forumers ON forumers.forum_id = forums.id
+                           AND forumers.access =  #{level}")
+    .joins("JOIN groups ON forumers.group_id = groups.id")
+    .joins("JOIN groupers ON groupers.group_id = groups.id
+                        AND groupers.user_id = #{cuser.id}")
+
+  is_admin = Grouper.where(user_id: cuser, group_id: Group::ADMINS)
+  Forum.where("EXISTS (#{is_admin.to_sql}) OR
+               id IN (SELECT q.id from (#{user_has_access.to_sql}) q ) OR
+               id IN (SELECT q.id from (#{Forum.public.to_sql}) q )")
+  end
+
 end