diff --git a/commons/src/main/java/fr/free/nrw/commons/upload/MwVolleyApi.java b/commons/src/main/java/fr/free/nrw/commons/upload/MwVolleyApi.java
index d8617ed7e..a0886a154 100644
--- a/commons/src/main/java/fr/free/nrw/commons/upload/MwVolleyApi.java
+++ b/commons/src/main/java/fr/free/nrw/commons/upload/MwVolleyApi.java
@@ -50,7 +50,8 @@ public class MwVolleyApi {
     }
 
     public static void setGpsCat(List cachedList) {
-        categoryList = new ArrayList<String>(cachedList);
+        categoryList = new ArrayList<String>();
+        categoryList.addAll(cachedList);
         Log.d("Cache", "Setting GPS cats from cache: " + categoryList.toString());
     }
 
@@ -85,7 +86,7 @@ public class MwVolleyApi {
                 .appendQueryParameter("codistancefrompoint", coords)
                 .appendQueryParameter("generator", "geosearch")
                 .appendQueryParameter("ggscoord", coords)
-                .appendQueryParameter("ggsradius", "100")
+                .appendQueryParameter("ggsradius", "1000")
                 .appendQueryParameter("ggslimit", "10")
                 .appendQueryParameter("ggsnamespace", "6")
                 .appendQueryParameter("ggsprop", "type|name|dim|country|region|globe")
diff --git a/commons/src/main/java/fr/free/nrw/commons/upload/ShareActivity.java b/commons/src/main/java/fr/free/nrw/commons/upload/ShareActivity.java
index 8186036bf..601ea3c2f 100644
--- a/commons/src/main/java/fr/free/nrw/commons/upload/ShareActivity.java
+++ b/commons/src/main/java/fr/free/nrw/commons/upload/ShareActivity.java
@@ -217,8 +217,9 @@ public  class       ShareActivity
                     Log.d("Cache", "displayCatList size 0, calling MWAPI" + displayCatList.toString());
                 } else {
                     //TODO: Set categoryList in MwVolleyApi. Not filling up right. Maybe do global singleton for MwVolleyApi? Can't do that, we want new cats for each upload, so new instance of mwapi
-                    MwVolleyApi.setGpsCat(displayCatList);
+
                     Log.d("Cache", "Cache found, setting categoryList in MwVolleyApi to " + displayCatList.toString());
+                    MwVolleyApi.setGpsCat(displayCatList);
                 }
 
             }