diff --git a/api/app/Http/Controllers/NewsController.php b/api/app/Http/Controllers/NewsController.php
index ed1c9b8..b006f55 100644
--- a/api/app/Http/Controllers/NewsController.php
+++ b/api/app/Http/Controllers/NewsController.php
@@ -13,7 +13,8 @@ SELECT `news`.`id`, `content`.`title`, `content`.`content`, `news`.`podcast` AS
        `news`.`creationdt` AS `published`, `content`.`creator`, `news`.`pubupdatedt` AS `edited`,
        `news`.`startdt` AS `starts`, `news`.`enddt` AS `ends`,
        `content`.`showsource` AS `showsource`, `sources`.`title` AS `source`, `sources`.`url` AS `source_url`, 
-       `themes`.`title` AS `theme`, `themes`.`thumbnail` AS `theme_thumbnail`, `regions`.`title` AS `region`, `regions`.`slug` as `region_slug`
+       `themes`.`title` AS `theme`, `themes`.`thumbnail` AS `theme_thumbnail`, `themes`.`slug` AS `theme_slug`,
+       `regions`.`title` AS `region`, `regions`.`slug` as `region_slug`
     FROM `news`    
         LEFT JOIN `news_target_content` AS `content` ON `content`.`news` = `news`.`id`
         LEFT JOIN `news_regions` AS `regions` ON  `regions`.`id` = `news`.`region`
@@ -76,6 +77,10 @@ QUERY;
         return $this->newslist($request, ['`regions`.`slug`' => $region]);
     } 
 
+    public function themelist(Request $request, $theme) {
+        return $this->newslist($request, ['`themes`.`slug`' => $theme]);
+    }
+
     /**
     * Agendaberichten ophalen
     */
diff --git a/api/routes/web.php b/api/routes/web.php
index 1863204..fe7aa4f 100644
--- a/api/routes/web.php
+++ b/api/routes/web.php
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ $app->get('/', function () use ($app) {
 
 $app->get('nieuws/overzicht', 'NewsController@newslist' );
 $app->get('nieuws/regio/{region:[a-z0-9]+}', 'NewsController@regionlist' );
+$app->get('nieuws/thema/{theme:[a-z0-9]+}', 'NewsController@themelist' );
 $app->get('nieuws/populair', 'NewsController@popularNews' );
 $app->get('nieuws/bericht/{id:\d+}', 'NewsController@newsitem' );
 $app->get('nieuws/regionieuws', 'PodcastController@latestNews' );
diff --git a/common/classes/NewsItem.php b/common/classes/NewsItem.php
index aa20c30..1ea5c18 100644
--- a/common/classes/NewsItem.php
+++ b/common/classes/NewsItem.php
@@ -65,6 +65,13 @@ class NewsItem extends Model {
       $this->region = new \Model\NewsRegion($data->region, $data->region_slug);
     }
 
+    if(is_object($data->theme)) { 
+      $this->theme = new \Model\NewsRegion($data->theme->title, $data->theme->slug);
+    } else {
+      $this->theme = new \Model\NewsRegion($data->theme, $data->theme_slug);
+    }
+
+
     $images = ($images != null) ? $images
             : (isset($data->images) ? $data->images : null);
     if($images) {