diff --git a/lib/MetaCPAN/Web/Controller/Favorite.pm b/lib/MetaCPAN/Web/Controller/Favorite.pm
index acf304f6a5..ccfca5f343 100644
--- a/lib/MetaCPAN/Web/Controller/Favorite.pm
+++ b/lib/MetaCPAN/Web/Controller/Favorite.pm
@@ -4,29 +4,16 @@ BEGIN { extends 'MetaCPAN::Web::Controller' }
 
 sub recent : Local : Args(0) {
     my ( $self, $c ) = @_;
-
     my $page_size = $c->req->get_page_size(100);
-
-    my $data = $c->model('API::Favorite')->recent( $c->req->page, $page_size )
-        ->recv;
-    my @faves    = map { $_->{_source} } @{ $data->{hits}->{hits} };
-    my @user_ids = map { $_->{user} } @faves;
-
-    my $authors = $c->model('API::Author')->by_user( \@user_ids );
-    my %author_for_user_id = map { $_->{user} => $_->{pauseid} } @{$authors};
-
-    foreach my $fave (@faves) {
-        next unless exists $author_for_user_id{ $fave->{user} };
-        $fave->{clicked_by_author} = $author_for_user_id{ $fave->{user} };
-    }
-
+    my $data
+        = $c->model('API::Favorite')->recent( $c->req->page, $page_size );
     $c->stash(
         {
             header          => 1,
-            recent          => \@faves,
             show_clicked_by => 1,
+            recent          => $data->{favorites},
             took            => $data->{took},
-            total           => $data->{hits}->{total},
+            total           => $data->{total},
             page_size       => $page_size,
             template        => 'favorite/recent.html',
         }
diff --git a/lib/MetaCPAN/Web/Model/API/Favorite.pm b/lib/MetaCPAN/Web/Model/API/Favorite.pm
index 08b9706d8f..5f710fd3f2 100644
--- a/lib/MetaCPAN/Web/Model/API/Favorite.pm
+++ b/lib/MetaCPAN/Web/Model/API/Favorite.pm
@@ -86,15 +86,25 @@ sub by_user {
 
 sub recent {
     my ( $self, $page, $page_size ) = @_;
-    $self->request(
-        '/favorite/_search',
-        {
-            size  => $page_size,
-            from  => ( $page - 1 ) * $page_size,
-            query => { match_all => {} },
-            sort  => [ { 'date' => { order => 'desc' } } ]
+    my $data = $self->request( '/favorite/recent',
+        { size => $page_size, page => $page } )->recv;
+
+    my @user_ids = map { $_->{user} } @{ $data->{favorites} };
+    return $data unless @user_ids;
+
+    my $authors
+        = $self->request( '/author/by_user', undef, { user => \@user_ids } )
+        ->recv;
+    if ( $authors and exists $authors->{authors} ) {
+        my %author_for_user_id
+            = map { $_->{user} => $_->{pauseid} } @{ $authors->{authors} };
+        for my $fav ( @{ $data->{favorites} } ) {
+            next unless exists $author_for_user_id{ $fav->{user} };
+            $fav->{clicked_by_author} = $author_for_user_id{ $fav->{user} };
         }
-    );
+    }
+
+    return $data;
 }
 
 sub leaderboard {