diff --git a/djangocms_blog/cms_app.py b/djangocms_blog/cms_app.py
index cefe215..fd9a38d 100644
--- a/djangocms_blog/cms_app.py
+++ b/djangocms_blog/cms_app.py
@@ -1,34 +1,10 @@
 # -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
 from cms.app_base import CMSApp
 from cms.apphook_pool import apphook_pool
-from cms.menu_bases import CMSAttachMenu
-from menus.base import NavigationNode
-from menus.menu_pool import menu_pool
-from django.core.urlresolvers import reverse
 from django.utils.translation import ugettext_lazy as _, get_language
-from .models import BlogCategory
+from .menu import BlogCategoryMenu
 
 
-class BlogCategoryMenu(CMSAttachMenu):
-    name = _('Blog Category menu')
-
-    def get_nodes(self, request):
-        nodes = []
-        qs = BlogCategory.objects.translated(get_language())
-        qs = qs.order_by('parent_id', 'translations__name')
-        for category in qs:
-            kwargs = { 'category': category.slug }
-            node = NavigationNode(
-                category.name,
-                category.get_absolute_url(),
-                category.pk,
-                category.parent_id
-            )
-            nodes.append(node)
-        return nodes
-
-menu_pool.register_menu(BlogCategoryMenu)
-
 class BlogApp(CMSApp):
     name = _('Blog')
     urls = ['djangocms_blog.urls']
diff --git a/djangocms_blog/menu.py b/djangocms_blog/menu.py
index 9764691..f1760c4 100644
--- a/djangocms_blog/menu.py
+++ b/djangocms_blog/menu.py
@@ -1,8 +1,7 @@
 # -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
 from cms.menu_bases import CMSAttachMenu
-from menus.base import Modifier, NavigationNode
+from menus.base import NavigationNode
 from menus.menu_pool import menu_pool
-from django.db.models.signals import post_save, post_delete
 from django.utils.translation import ugettext_lazy as _, get_language
 from .models import BlogCategory
 
@@ -13,7 +12,7 @@ class BlogCategoryMenu(CMSAttachMenu):
     def get_nodes(self, request):
         nodes = []
         qs = BlogCategory.objects.translated(get_language())
-        qs = qs.order_by('parent__id', 'translations__name')
+        qs = qs.order_by('parent_id', 'translations__name')
         for category in qs:
             kwargs = { 'category': category.slug }
             node = NavigationNode(
@@ -27,38 +26,3 @@ class BlogCategoryMenu(CMSAttachMenu):
 
 menu_pool.register_menu(BlogCategoryMenu)
 
-
-class BlogNavModifier(Modifier):
-    """
-    This navigation modifier makes sure that when 
-    a particular blog post is viewed, 
-    a corresponding category is selected in menu
-    """
-    def modify(self, request, nodes, namespace, root_id, post_cut, breadcrumb):
-        if not post_cut: return nodes
-        if not hasattr(request, 'toolbar'):
-            return nodes
-        models = ('djangocms_blog.post', 'djangocms_blog.blogcategory')
-        model = request.toolbar.get_object_model()
-        if model not in models:
-            return nodes
-        if model == 'djangocms_blog.blogcategory':
-            cat = request.toolbar.obj
-        else:
-            cat = request.toolbar.obj.categories.first()
-        if not cat: return nodes
-
-        for node in nodes:
-            if (node.namespace == BlogCategoryMenu.__name__ and
-                    cat.pk == node.id):
-                node.selected = True
-                break
-        return nodes
-
-menu_pool.register_modifier(BlogNavModifier)
-
-def clear_menu_cache(**kwargs):
-    menu_pool.clear(all=True)
-
-post_save.connect(clear_menu_cache, sender=BlogCategory)
-post_delete.connect(clear_menu_cache, sender=BlogCategory)