diff --git a/core/client/adapters/application.js b/core/client/adapters/application.js
index 954d6fc349..ff4a09c8c7 100644
--- a/core/client/adapters/application.js
+++ b/core/client/adapters/application.js
@@ -9,6 +9,17 @@ var ApplicationAdapter = DS.RESTAdapter.extend({
         'X-CSRF-Token': $('meta[name="csrf-param"]').attr('content')
     },
 
+    findQuery: function (store, type, query) {
+        var id;
+
+        if (query.id) {
+            id = query.id;
+            delete query.id;
+        }
+
+        return this.ajax(this.buildURL(type.typeKey, id), 'GET', { data: query });
+    },
+
     buildURL: function (type, id) {
         // Ensure trailing slashes
         var url = this._super(type, id);
diff --git a/core/client/controllers/posts.js b/core/client/controllers/posts.js
index a24e98712c..4ec82c5c02 100644
--- a/core/client/controllers/posts.js
+++ b/core/client/controllers/posts.js
@@ -1,6 +1,47 @@
 import { getRequestErrorMessage } from 'ghost/utils/ajax';
 
 var PostsController = Ember.ArrayController.extend({
+    // this will cause the list to re-sort when any of these properties change on any of the models
+    sortProperties: ['status', 'published_at', 'updated_at'],
+
+    // override Ember.SortableMixin
+    //
+    // this function will keep the posts list sorted when loading individual/bulk
+    // models from the server, even if records in between haven't been loaded.
+    // this can happen when reloading the page on the Editor or PostsPost routes.
+    //
+    // a custom sort function is needed in order to sort the posts list the same way the server would:
+    //     status: ASC
+    //     published_at: DESC
+    //     updated_at: DESC
+    orderBy: function (item1, item2) {
+        var status1 = item1.get('status'),
+            status2 = item2.get('status'),
+
+            updatedAt1, updatedAt2,
+            publishedAt1, publishedAt2;
+
+        if (status1 === status2) {
+            if (status1 === 'draft') {
+                updatedAt1 = item1.get('updated_at');
+                updatedAt2 = item2.get('updated_at');
+
+                return (new Date(updatedAt1)) < (new Date(updatedAt2)) ? 1 : -1;
+            } else {
+                publishedAt1 = item1.get('published_at');
+                publishedAt2 = item2.get('published_at');
+
+                return (new Date(publishedAt1)) < new Date(publishedAt2) ? 1 : -1;
+            }
+        }
+
+        if (status2 === 'draft') {
+            return 1;
+        }
+
+        return -1;
+    },
+
     // set from PostsRoute
     paginationSettings: null,
 
diff --git a/core/client/models/post.js b/core/client/models/post.js
index cb6316bed6..4b84baf892 100644
--- a/core/client/models/post.js
+++ b/core/client/models/post.js
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ var Post = DS.Model.extend({
     published_at: DS.attr('moment-date'),
     published_by: DS.belongsTo('user', { async: true }),
     tags: DS.hasMany('tag', { async: true }),
-    
+
     //## Computed post properties
     isPublished: Ember.computed.equal('status', 'published'),
     isDraft: Ember.computed.equal('status', 'draft'),
diff --git a/core/client/routes/editor/edit.js b/core/client/routes/editor/edit.js
index 173c61eea3..db08f2dcbb 100644
--- a/core/client/routes/editor/edit.js
+++ b/core/client/routes/editor/edit.js
@@ -21,9 +21,10 @@ var EditorEditRoute = AuthenticatedRoute.extend(styleBody, {
             return post;
         }
 
-        return this.store.filter('post', { status: 'all', staticPages: 'all' }, function (post) {
-            //post.get('id') returns a string, so compare with params.post_id
-            return post.get('id') === params.post_id;
+        return this.store.find('post', {
+            id: params.post_id,
+            status: 'all',
+            staticPages: 'all'
         }).then(function (records) {
             var post = records.get('firstObject');
 
diff --git a/core/client/routes/posts/index.js b/core/client/routes/posts/index.js
index c7d62cfa4f..532d35218d 100644
--- a/core/client/routes/posts/index.js
+++ b/core/client/routes/posts/index.js
@@ -2,12 +2,16 @@ import AuthenticatedRoute from 'ghost/routes/authenticated';
 
 var PostsIndexRoute = AuthenticatedRoute.extend({
     // redirect to first post subroute
-    redirect: function () {
-        var firstPost = (this.modelFor('posts') || []).get('firstObject');
+    beforeModel: function () {
+        var self = this;
 
-        if (firstPost) {
-            this.transitionTo('posts.post', firstPost);
-        }
+        return this.store.find('post', {
+            status: 'all',
+            staticPages: 'all'
+        }).then(function (records) {
+            var post = records.get('firstObject');
+            return self.transitionTo('posts.post', post);
+        });
     }
 });
 
diff --git a/core/client/routes/posts/post.js b/core/client/routes/posts/post.js
index df3a41263f..f02bc873b6 100644
--- a/core/client/routes/posts/post.js
+++ b/core/client/routes/posts/post.js
@@ -2,14 +2,36 @@ import AuthenticatedRoute from 'ghost/routes/authenticated';
 
 var PostsPostRoute = AuthenticatedRoute.extend({
     model: function (params) {
-        var post = this.modelFor('posts').findBy('id', params.post_id);
+        var self = this,
+            post,
+            postId;
 
-        if (!post) {
+        postId = Number(params.post_id);
+
+        if (!Number.isInteger(postId) || !Number.isFinite(postId) || postId <= 0) {
             this.transitionTo('posts.index');
         }
 
-        return post;
-    }
+        post = this.store.getById('post', postId);
+
+        if (post) {
+            return post;
+        }
+
+        return this.store.find('post', {
+            id: params.post_id,
+            status: 'all',
+            staticPages: 'all'
+        }).then(function (records) {
+            var post = records.get('firstObject');
+
+            if (post) {
+                return post;
+            }
+
+            return self.transitionTo('posts.index');
+        });
+    },
 });
 
 export default PostsPostRoute;