diff --git a/ckan/controllers/package.py b/ckan/controllers/package.py
index a2ff70206b2..8f136cde269 100644
--- a/ckan/controllers/package.py
+++ b/ckan/controllers/package.py
@@ -1286,7 +1286,7 @@ def followers(self, id=None):
     def groups(self, id):
         context = {'model': model, 'session': model.Session,
                    'user': c.user or c.author, 'for_view': True,
-                   'auth_user_obj': c.userobj}
+                   'auth_user_obj': c.userobj, 'use_cache': False}
         data_dict = {'id': id}
         try:
             c.pkg_dict = get_action('package_show')(context, data_dict)
@@ -1335,11 +1335,8 @@ def groups(self, id):
                            group['id'] not in pkg_group_ids]
 
         for group in c.pkg_dict.get('groups', []):
-            ## this could be pushed back to package dictize
-            group['display_name'] = group.get('titile') or group.get('name')
             group['user_member'] = (group['id'] in user_group_ids)
 
-
         return render('package/group_list.html')
 
     def activity(self, id):
diff --git a/ckan/lib/dictization/model_dictize.py b/ckan/lib/dictization/model_dictize.py
index 610aeaeb41e..fedfd90a8d3 100644
--- a/ckan/lib/dictization/model_dictize.py
+++ b/ckan/lib/dictization/model_dictize.py
@@ -15,18 +15,18 @@
 ## package save
 
 def group_list_dictize(obj_list, context,
-                       sort_key=lambda x:x['display_name'], reverse=False):
+                       sort_key=lambda x:x['display_name'], reverse=False,
+                       with_package_counts=True):
 
     active = context.get('active', True)
     with_private = context.get('include_private_packages', False)
 
-    query = search.PackageSearchQuery()
-
-    q = {'q': '+capacity:public' if not with_private else '*:*',
-         'fl': 'groups', 'facet.field': ['groups', 'owner_org'],
-         'facet.limit': -1, 'rows': 1}
-
-    query.run(q)
+    if with_package_counts:
+        query = search.PackageSearchQuery()
+        q = {'q': '+capacity:public' if not with_private else '*:*',
+             'fl': 'groups', 'facet.field': ['groups', 'owner_org'],
+             'facet.limit': -1, 'rows': 1}
+        query.run(q)
 
     result_list = []
 
@@ -40,7 +40,8 @@ def group_list_dictize(obj_list, context,
         if active and obj.state not in ('active', 'pending'):
             continue
 
-        group_dict['display_name'] = obj.display_name
+        group_dict['display_name'] = (group_dict.get('title') or
+                                      group_dict.get('name'))
 
         image_url = group_dict.get('image_url')
         group_dict['image_display_url'] = image_url
@@ -49,13 +50,16 @@ def group_list_dictize(obj_list, context,
             #of potential vulnerability of dodgy api input
             image_url = munge.munge_filename(image_url)
             group_dict['image_display_url'] = h.url_for_static(
-                'uploads/group/%s' % group_dict.get('image_url')
+                'uploads/group/%s' % group_dict.get('image_url'),
+                qualified=True
             )
 
-        if obj.is_organization:
-            group_dict['packages'] = query.facets['owner_org'].get(obj.id, 0)
-        else:
-            group_dict['packages'] = query.facets['groups'].get(obj.name, 0)
+        if with_package_counts:
+            facets = query.facets
+            if obj.is_organization:
+                group_dict['packages'] = facets['owner_org'].get(obj.id, 0)
+            else:
+                group_dict['packages'] = facets['groups'].get(obj.name, 0)
 
         if context.get('for_view'):
             if group_dict['is_organization']:
@@ -259,7 +263,11 @@ def package_dictize(pkg, context):
                 .where(member_rev.c.state == 'active') \
                 .where(group.c.is_organization == False)
     result = _execute_with_revision(q, member_rev, context)
-    result_dict["groups"] = d.obj_list_dictize(result, context)
+    context['with_capacity'] = False
+    ## no package counts as cannot fetch from search index at the same
+    ## time as indexing to it.
+    result_dict["groups"] = group_list_dictize(result, context,
+                                               with_package_counts=False)
     #owning organization
     group_rev = model.group_revision_table
     q = select([group_rev]
diff --git a/ckan/logic/schema.py b/ckan/logic/schema.py
index a54c243357a..c4910c8b6db 100644
--- a/ckan/logic/schema.py
+++ b/ckan/logic/schema.py
@@ -223,6 +223,7 @@ def default_show_package_schema():
 
     schema['groups'].update({
         'description': [ignore_missing],
+        'image_display_url': [ignore_missing],
         })
 
     # Remove validators for several keys from the schema so validation doesn't
diff --git a/ckan/tests/lib/test_dictization.py b/ckan/tests/lib/test_dictization.py
index a1a94fc2b21..de720731261 100644
--- a/ckan/tests/lib/test_dictization.py
+++ b/ckan/tests/lib/test_dictization.py
@@ -48,6 +48,8 @@ def setup_class(cls):
                         'name': u'david',
                         'capacity': 'public',
                         'image_url': u'',
+                        'image_display_url': u'',
+                        'display_name': u"Dave's books",
                         'type': u'group',
                         'state': u'active',
                         'is_organization': False,
@@ -57,6 +59,8 @@ def setup_class(cls):
                         'name': u'roger',
                         'capacity': 'public',
                         'image_url': u'',
+                        'image_display_url': u'',
+                        'display_name': u"Roger's books",
                         'type': u'group',
                         'state': u'active',
                         'is_organization': False,