diff --git a/app/models/ElasticRetriever.scala b/app/models/ElasticRetriever.scala
index 7051251c..645b0650 100644
--- a/app/models/ElasticRetriever.scala
+++ b/app/models/ElasticRetriever.scala
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ import scala.concurrent.Future
 import scala.util.Try
 import com.sksamuel.elastic4s.requests.searches.sort.FieldSort
 import com.sksamuel.elastic4s.requests.searches.term.TermQuery
+import com.sksamuel.elastic4s.handlers.index.Search
 
 class ElasticRetriever @Inject() (
     client: ElasticClient,
@@ -557,6 +558,27 @@ class ElasticRetriever @Inject() (
     val filterQueries = boolQuery().must() :: Nil
     val fnQueries = boolQuery().should(Seq(fuzzyQueryFn) ++ exactQueryFn) :: Nil
     val mainQuery = boolQuery().must(fnQueries ::: filterQueries)
+    val aggQuery = termsAgg("categories", "category.keyword").size(1000)
+
+    val searchFacetCategories = client
+      .execute {
+        val aggregations = search(esIndices)
+          .aggs(aggQuery)
+          .trackTotalHits(true)
+        logger.trace(client.show(aggregations))
+        aggregations
+      }
+      .map { case (aggregations) =>
+        val aggs = (Json.parse(aggregations.body.get) \ "aggregations" \ "categories" \ "buckets")
+          .validate[Seq[SearchFacetsCategory]] match {
+          case JsSuccess(value, _) => value
+          case JsError(errors) =>
+            logger.error(errors.mkString("", " | ", ""))
+            Seq.empty
+        }
+        aggs
+      }
+      .await
 
     if (qString.nonEmpty) {
       client
@@ -581,10 +603,10 @@ class ElasticRetriever @Inject() (
                 Seq.empty
             }
 
-          SearchFacetsResults(sresults, hits.result.totalHits)
+          SearchFacetsResults(sresults, hits.result.totalHits, searchFacetCategories)
         }
     } else {
-      Future.successful(SearchFacetsResults.empty)
+      Future.successful(SearchFacetsResults(Seq.empty, 0, searchFacetCategories))
     }
   }
 
diff --git a/app/models/GQLSchema.scala b/app/models/GQLSchema.scala
index c90a8ba1..bbeba4dd 100644
--- a/app/models/GQLSchema.scala
+++ b/app/models/GQLSchema.scala
@@ -93,10 +93,11 @@ object GQLSchema {
         "facets",
         searchFacetsResultsGQLImp,
         description = Some("Search facets"),
-        arguments = queryString :: entityNames :: pageArg :: Nil,
+        arguments = optQueryString :: entityNames :: pageArg :: Nil,
         resolve = ctx => {
+          val queryString = ctx.arg(optQueryString).getOrElse("")
           val entities = ctx.arg(entityNames).getOrElse(Seq.empty)
-          ctx.ctx.searchFacets(ctx.arg(queryString), ctx.arg(pageArg), entities)
+          ctx.ctx.searchFacets(queryString, ctx.arg(pageArg), entities)
         }
       ),
       Field(
diff --git a/app/models/entities/SearchFacetsResults.scala b/app/models/entities/SearchFacetsResults.scala
index 23048b62..c0dd4706 100644
--- a/app/models/entities/SearchFacetsResults.scala
+++ b/app/models/entities/SearchFacetsResults.scala
@@ -4,13 +4,7 @@ import play.api.libs.json._
 import play.api.libs.json.Reads._
 import play.api.libs.functional.syntax._
 
-case class SearchFacetsResultAggCategory(name: String, total: Long)
-
-case class SearchFacetsResultAggEntity(
-    name: String,
-    total: Long,
-    categories: Seq[SearchFacetsResultAggCategory]
-)
+case class SearchFacetsCategory(name: String, total: Long)
 
 case class Facet(
     label: String,
@@ -19,8 +13,6 @@ case class Facet(
     datasourceId: Option[String]
 )
 
-case class SearchFacetsResultAggs(total: Long, entities: Seq[SearchFacetsResultAggEntity])
-
 case class SearchFacetsResult(
     id: String,
     label: String,
@@ -33,18 +25,25 @@ case class SearchFacetsResult(
 
 case class SearchFacetsResults(
     hits: Seq[SearchFacetsResult],
-    total: Long
+    total: Long,
+    categories: Seq[SearchFacetsCategory]
 )
 
 object SearchFacetsResults {
-  val empty: SearchFacetsResults = SearchFacetsResults(Seq.empty, 0)
+  implicit val searchFacetsCategoryImpW: OWrites[SearchFacetsCategory] =
+    Json.writes[models.entities.SearchFacetsCategory]
 
-  implicit val FacetF: OFormat[Facet] = Json.format[Facet]
+  implicit val facetF: OFormat[Facet] = Json.format[Facet]
 
-  implicit val SearchFacetsResultImpW: OWrites[SearchFacetsResult] =
+  implicit val searchFacetsResultImpW: OWrites[SearchFacetsResult] =
     Json.writes[models.entities.SearchFacetsResult]
 
-  implicit val SearchFacetsResultImpR: Reads[models.entities.SearchFacetsResult] =
+  implicit val searchFacetsCategoryImpR: Reads[SearchFacetsCategory] = (
+    (__ \ "key").read[String] and
+      (__ \ "doc_count").read[Long]
+  )(SearchFacetsCategory.apply _)
+
+  implicit val searchFacetsResultImpR: Reads[models.entities.SearchFacetsResult] =
     ((__ \ "_id").read[String] and
       (__ \ "_source" \ "label").read[String] and
       (__ \ "_source" \ "category").read[String] and
@@ -59,6 +58,6 @@ object SearchFacetsResults {
         case None => Seq.empty[String]
       })(SearchFacetsResult.apply _)
 
-  implicit val mSearchFacetsResultsImpW: OFormat[SearchFacetsResults] =
+  implicit val searchFacetsResultsImpW: OFormat[SearchFacetsResults] =
     Json.format[models.entities.SearchFacetsResults]
 }
diff --git a/app/models/gql/Objects.scala b/app/models/gql/Objects.scala
index 31527dcb..bf867602 100644
--- a/app/models/gql/Objects.scala
+++ b/app/models/gql/Objects.scala
@@ -1235,6 +1235,9 @@ object Objects extends Logging {
       )
     )
 
+  implicit val searchFacetsCategoryImp: ObjectType[Backend, SearchFacetsCategory] =
+    deriveObjectType[Backend, SearchFacetsCategory]()
+
   val searchResultsGQLImp: ObjectType[Backend, SearchResults] = ObjectType(
     "SearchResults",
     "Search results",
@@ -1275,6 +1278,12 @@ object Objects extends Logging {
         LongType,
         description = Some("Total number or results given a entity filter"),
         resolve = _.value.total
+      ),
+      Field(
+        "categories",
+        ListType(searchFacetsCategoryImp),
+        description = Some("Categories"),
+        resolve = _.value.categories
       )
     )
   )