diff --git a/app/controllers/soups_controller.rb b/app/controllers/soups_controller.rb
index 47d546e1f..609a4dd93 100644
--- a/app/controllers/soups_controller.rb
+++ b/app/controllers/soups_controller.rb
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ require File.join(Rails.root, 'lib', 'stream', 'soup')
 class SoupsController < ApplicationController
   before_filter :redirect_unless_admin
 
-  def index 
+  def index
     default_stream_action(Stream::Soup)
   end
 end
diff --git a/lib/stream/soup.rb b/lib/stream/soup.rb
index b227d4727..f02a7e12d 100644
--- a/lib/stream/soup.rb
+++ b/lib/stream/soup.rb
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ class Stream::Soup < Stream::Base
   end
 
   def followed_tag_ids
-    StatusMessage.tag_stream(user, tag_array, max_time, order).map{|x| x.id}
+    ids(StatusMessage.tag_stream(user, tag_array, max_time, order))
   end
 
   def mentioned_post_ids
@@ -37,14 +37,14 @@ class Stream::Soup < Stream::Base
 
   #worthless helpers
   def featured_user_ids
-    ids(Person.featured_users)
+    Person.featured_users.select('id').map{|x| x.id}
   end
 
   def tag_array
-    user.followed_tags.map{|x| x.name}
+    user.followed_tags.select('name').map{|x| x.name}
   end
   
   def ids(enumerable)
-    enumerable.map{|x| x.id}
+    Post.connection.select_values(enumerable.select('posts.id').to_sql)
   end
 end