diff --git a/app/assets/javascripts/angular-new/issues/issues_controller.js.coffee b/app/assets/javascripts/angular-new/issues/issues_controller.js.coffee
index 76830cda7..9d4097b00 100644
--- a/app/assets/javascripts/angular-new/issues/issues_controller.js.coffee
+++ b/app/assets/javascripts/angular-new/issues/issues_controller.js.coffee
@@ -78,9 +78,7 @@ IssuesController = (dataservice, $http, $location, Issue, $rootScope) ->
 
   init = (dataservice) ->
     vm.project = dataservice.project
-    vm.issues  = dataservice.issues
     vm.filter  = dataservice.filter
-
     vm.labels  = dataservice.labels
 
     vm.filter[dataservice.filter.filter] = true
@@ -91,6 +89,7 @@ IssuesController = (dataservice, $http, $location, Issue, $rootScope) ->
       vm.filter.status_open   = true
 
     setSortClass()
+    getIssues()
 
   init(dataservice)
   true
diff --git a/app/controllers/projects/issues_controller.rb b/app/controllers/projects/issues_controller.rb
index b0d99df32..3b4ab2660 100644
--- a/app/controllers/projects/issues_controller.rb
+++ b/app/controllers/projects/issues_controller.rb
@@ -10,53 +10,58 @@ class Projects::IssuesController < Projects::BaseController
   layout false, only: [:update, :search_collaborators]
 
   def index
-    params[:kind]   ||= 'issues'
-    params[:filter] ||= 'all'
-    params[:sort]   ||= :updated
-
-    if params[:kind] == 'pull_requests'
-      all_issues = @project.issues.joins(:pull_request)
-    else
-      all_issues = @project.issues.without_pull_requests
-    end
-
-    @all_issues        = all_issues
-    if current_user
-      @created_issues  = all_issues.where(user_id: current_user)
-      @assigned_issues = all_issues.where(assignee_id: current_user)
-    end
-
-    case params[:filter]
-    when 'created'
-      @issues = @created_issues
-    when 'assigned'
-      @issues = @assigned_issues
-    else
-      @issues = all_issues
-    end
-
-    if params[:labels].is_a?(Array) && params[:labels].present?
-      @issues = @issues.joins(:labels).where(labels: {name: params[:labels]})
-    else
+    params[:kind]      = params[:kind] == 'issues' ? 'issues' : 'pull_requests'
+    params[:filter]    = params[:filter].in?(['created', 'assigned']) ? params[:filter] : 'all'
+    params[:sort]      = params[:sort] == 'submitted' ? 'submitted' : 'updated'
+    params[:direction] = params[:direction] == 'asc' ? :asc : :desc
+    params[:status]    = params[:status] == 'closed' ? :closed : :open
+    if !params[:labels].is_a?(Array) || params[:labels].blank?
       params[:labels] = []
     end
 
-    @opened_issues, @closed_issues = @issues.not_closed_or_merged, @issues.closed_or_merged
+    respond_to do |format|
+      format.html { render 'index' }
+      format.json do
+        if params[:kind] == 'pull_requests'
+          all_issues = @project.issues.joins(:pull_request)
+        else
+          all_issues = @project.issues.without_pull_requests
+        end
 
-    params[:status] = params[:status] == 'closed' ? :closed : :open
-    @issues = @issues.send( params[:status] == :closed ? :closed_or_merged : :not_closed_or_merged )
+        @all_issues        = all_issues
+        if current_user
+          @created_issues  = all_issues.where(user_id: current_user)
+          @assigned_issues = all_issues.where(assignee_id: current_user)
+        end
 
-    params[:direction] = params[:direction] == 'asc' ? :asc : :desc
-    if params[:sort] == 'submitted'
-      @issues = @issues.order(created_at: params[:direction])
-    else
-      @issues = @issues.order(updated_at: params[:direction])
+        case params[:filter]
+        when 'created'
+          @issues = @created_issues
+        when 'assigned'
+          @issues = @assigned_issues
+        else
+          @issues = all_issues
+        end
+
+        if params[:labels].is_a?(Array) && params[:labels].present?
+          @issues = @issues.joins(:labels).where(labels: {name: params[:labels]})
+        end
+
+        @opened_issues, @closed_issues = @issues.not_closed_or_merged, @issues.closed_or_merged
+        @issues = @issues.send( params[:status] == :closed ? :closed_or_merged : :not_closed_or_merged )
+
+        if params[:sort] == 'submitted'
+          @issues = @issues.order(created_at: params[:direction])
+        else
+          @issues = @issues.order(updated_at: params[:direction])
+        end
+
+        @issues = @issues.includes(:assignee, :user, :pull_request).uniq
+                         .paginate(page: current_page)
+
+        render 'index'
+      end
     end
-
-    @issues = @issues.includes(:assignee, :user, :pull_request).uniq
-                     .paginate(page: current_page)
-
-    render 'index'
   end
 
   def pull_requests
diff --git a/app/views/projects/issues/_init_service.js.erb b/app/views/projects/issues/_init_service.js.erb
index 40bd49a76..b829ac604 100644
--- a/app/views/projects/issues/_init_service.js.erb
+++ b/app/views/projects/issues/_init_service.js.erb
@@ -3,10 +3,7 @@
     angular.module('RosaABF').service('IssuesInitializer', function(){
       return {
         project: '<%= @project.name_with_owner %>',
-        <% all_issue_ids = @all_issues.not_closed_or_merged.pluck(:id) %>
-        labels: <%= render('labels.json', project: @project, all_issue_ids: all_issue_ids).html_safe %>,
-        filter: <%= render('filter.json', all_issues: @all_issues, params: params).html_safe %>,
-        issues: <%= render('issues.json', issues: @issues).html_safe %>
+        filter: <%= render('filter.json', all_issues: @all_issues, params: params).html_safe %>
       };
     });
   <% elsif action_name.in?(['new', 'create']) %>