diff --git a/modules/chat/src/utils/index.ts b/modules/chat/src/utils/index.ts
index 75bb7ca43..a00927a10 100644
--- a/modules/chat/src/utils/index.ts
+++ b/modules/chat/src/utils/index.ts
@@ -7,8 +7,8 @@ import { v4 as uuid } from 'uuid';
 export async function validateUsersInput(grpcSdk: ConduitGrpcSdk, users: any[]) {
   const uniqueUsers = Array.from(new Set(users));
   let errorMessage: string | null = null;
-  const usersToBeAdded = (await grpcSdk
-    .databaseProvider!.findMany('User', { _id: { $in: uniqueUsers } })
+  const usersToBeAdded = (await User.getInstance()
+    .findMany({ _id: { $in: uniqueUsers } })
     .catch((e: Error) => {
       errorMessage = e.message;
     })) as any[];
diff --git a/modules/database/src/Database.ts b/modules/database/src/Database.ts
index 1f6759196..de39007a6 100644
--- a/modules/database/src/Database.ts
+++ b/modules/database/src/Database.ts
@@ -330,7 +330,9 @@ export default class DatabaseModule extends ManagedModule<void> {
       const skip = call.request.skip;
       const limit = call.request.limit;
       const select = call.request.select;
-      const sort = call.request.sort ? JSON.parse(call.request.sort) : null;
+      const sort: { [key: string]: number } = call.request.sort
+        ? JSON.parse(call.request.sort)
+        : null;
       const populate = call.request.populate;
 
       const schemaAdapter = this._activeAdapter.getSchemaModel(call.request.schemaName);
diff --git a/modules/database/src/adapters/mongoose-adapter/MongooseSchema.ts b/modules/database/src/adapters/mongoose-adapter/MongooseSchema.ts
index 5631422ac..e002bce78 100644
--- a/modules/database/src/adapters/mongoose-adapter/MongooseSchema.ts
+++ b/modules/database/src/adapters/mongoose-adapter/MongooseSchema.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-import { Model, Mongoose, Schema } from 'mongoose';
+import { Model, Mongoose, Schema, SortOrder } from 'mongoose';
 import {
   MultiDocQuery,
   ParsedQuery,
@@ -166,7 +166,7 @@ export class MongooseSchema implements SchemaAdapter<Model<any>> {
     skip?: number,
     limit?: number,
     select?: string,
-    sort?: string,
+    sort?: { [key: string]: number },
     populate?: string[],
   ) {
     let parsedQuery: ParsedQuery | ParsedQuery[];
@@ -176,17 +176,17 @@ export class MongooseSchema implements SchemaAdapter<Model<any>> {
       parsedQuery = query;
     }
     let finalQuery = this.model.find(this.parseQuery(parsedQuery), select);
-    if (skip !== null) {
+    if (!isNil(skip)) {
       finalQuery = finalQuery.skip(skip!);
     }
-    if (limit !== null) {
+    if (!isNil(limit)) {
       finalQuery = finalQuery.limit(limit!);
     }
-    if (populate != null) {
+    if (!isNil(populate)) {
       finalQuery = this.calculatePopulates(finalQuery, populate);
     }
-    if (sort !== null) {
-      finalQuery = finalQuery.sort(sort);
+    if (!isNil(sort)) {
+      finalQuery = finalQuery.sort(this.parseSort(sort));
     }
     // } else {
     //   finalQuery = finalQuery.sort({ createdAt: -1 });
@@ -235,4 +235,8 @@ export class MongooseSchema implements SchemaAdapter<Model<any>> {
 
     return parsed;
   }
+
+  private parseSort(sort: { [key: string]: number }): { [p: string]: SortOrder } {
+    return sort as { [p: string]: SortOrder };
+  }
 }
diff --git a/modules/database/src/adapters/sequelize-adapter/SequelizeSchema.ts b/modules/database/src/adapters/sequelize-adapter/SequelizeSchema.ts
index 3a206d992..79b4f5ce2 100644
--- a/modules/database/src/adapters/sequelize-adapter/SequelizeSchema.ts
+++ b/modules/database/src/adapters/sequelize-adapter/SequelizeSchema.ts
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ import {
   FindOptions,
   ModelCtor,
   Sequelize,
+  Order,
   OrderItem,
 } from 'sequelize';
 import {
@@ -179,7 +180,7 @@ export class SequelizeSchema implements SchemaAdapter<ModelCtor<any>> {
     skip?: number,
     limit?: number,
     select?: string,
-    sort?: string,
+    sort?: { [key: string]: number },
     populate?: string[],
     relations?: Indexable,
   ): Promise<any> {
@@ -491,18 +492,15 @@ export class SequelizeSchema implements SchemaAdapter<ModelCtor<any>> {
     return { exclude };
   }
 
-  private parseSort(sort: string) {
-    const fields = sort.split(' ');
-    const order = [];
-    for (const field of fields) {
-      let tmp;
+  private parseSort(sort: { [key: string]: number }): Order {
+    const order: Order = [];
+    Object.keys(sort).forEach(field => {
       if (field[0] === '-') {
-        tmp = [field.slice(1), 'DESC'] as OrderItem;
+        order.push([field.slice(1), 'DESC'] as OrderItem);
       } else {
-        tmp = [field, 'ASC'] as OrderItem;
+        order.push([field, 'ASC'] as OrderItem);
       }
-      order.push(tmp);
-    }
+    });
     return order;
   }
 }
diff --git a/modules/database/src/controllers/cms/schema.controller.ts b/modules/database/src/controllers/cms/schema.controller.ts
index a0648d8f0..b759d485d 100644
--- a/modules/database/src/controllers/cms/schema.controller.ts
+++ b/modules/database/src/controllers/cms/schema.controller.ts
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ import { sortAndConstructRoutes } from './utils';
 import { DatabaseAdapter } from '../../adapters/DatabaseAdapter';
 import { MongooseSchema } from '../../adapters/mongoose-adapter/MongooseSchema';
 import { SequelizeSchema } from '../../adapters/sequelize-adapter/SequelizeSchema';
-import { CmsHandlers } from '../../handlers/cms/handler';
+import { CmsHandlers } from '../../handlers/cms/crud.handler';
 import { ParsedQuery } from '../../interfaces';
 import { status } from '@grpc/grpc-js';
 import { isNil } from 'lodash';
diff --git a/modules/database/src/controllers/cms/utils.ts b/modules/database/src/controllers/cms/utils.ts
index 73c5c7b3f..b661cae10 100644
--- a/modules/database/src/controllers/cms/utils.ts
+++ b/modules/database/src/controllers/cms/utils.ts
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ import {
   RouteBuilder,
   TYPE,
 } from '@conduitplatform/grpc-sdk';
-import { CmsHandlers } from '../../handlers/cms/handler';
+import { CmsHandlers } from '../../handlers/cms/crud.handler';
 import { ConduitBuiltRoute } from '../../interfaces';
 
 export function compareFunction(schemaA: ConduitModel, schemaB: ConduitModel): number {
diff --git a/modules/database/src/handlers/CustomEndpoints/customEndpoint.handler.ts b/modules/database/src/handlers/CustomEndpoints/customEndpoint.handler.ts
index d34802c3e..be6551c31 100644
--- a/modules/database/src/handlers/CustomEndpoints/customEndpoint.handler.ts
+++ b/modules/database/src/handlers/CustomEndpoints/customEndpoint.handler.ts
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ import {
   Indexable,
 } from '@conduitplatform/grpc-sdk';
 import { constructAssignment, constructQuery } from './utils';
+import { constructSortObj } from '../utils';
 import { status } from '@grpc/grpc-js';
 import { ICustomEndpoint, PopulatedCustomEndpoint } from '../../interfaces';
 import { OperationsEnum } from '../../admin/customEndpoints/customEndpoints.admin';
@@ -111,9 +112,9 @@ export class CustomEndpointHandler {
       );
     }
 
-    let sort: string | undefined = undefined;
+    let sort: { [key: string]: number } | undefined = undefined;
     if (endpoint.sorted && params.sort && params.sort.length > 0) {
-      sort = params.sort;
+      sort = constructSortObj(params.sort);
     }
 
     const createObj = this.parseCreateQuery(createString);
diff --git a/modules/database/src/handlers/cms/handler.ts b/modules/database/src/handlers/cms/crud.handler.ts
similarity index 94%
rename from modules/database/src/handlers/cms/handler.ts
rename to modules/database/src/handlers/cms/crud.handler.ts
index 8856e4671..e7ee31d75 100644
--- a/modules/database/src/handlers/cms/handler.ts
+++ b/modules/database/src/handlers/cms/crud.handler.ts
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ import { MongooseSchema } from '../../adapters/mongoose-adapter/MongooseSchema';
 import { SequelizeSchema } from '../../adapters/sequelize-adapter/SequelizeSchema';
 import { Doc } from '../../interfaces';
 import { findSchema, getUpdatedDocument, getUpdatedDocuments } from './utils';
+import { constructSortObj } from '../utils';
 
 export class CmsHandlers {
   constructor(
@@ -31,9 +32,14 @@ export class CmsHandlers {
       limitNumber = Number.parseInt(limit as string);
     }
 
+    let parsedSort: { [key: string]: number } | undefined = undefined;
+    if (sort && sort.length > 0) {
+      parsedSort = constructSortObj(sort);
+    }
+
     const documentsPromise = this.database
       .getSchemaModel(schemaName)
-      .model.findMany({}, skipNumber, limitNumber, undefined, sort, populate);
+      .model.findMany({}, skipNumber, limitNumber, undefined, parsedSort, populate);
     const countPromise = this.database
       .getSchemaModel(schemaName)
       .model.countDocuments({});
diff --git a/modules/database/src/handlers/utils.ts b/modules/database/src/handlers/utils.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..083171f2c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/modules/database/src/handlers/utils.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+export function constructSortObj(sort: string[]) {
+  const sortObj: { [key: string]: number } = {};
+  sort.forEach((sortVal: string) => {
+    sortVal = sortVal.trim();
+    if (sortVal.indexOf('-') !== -1) {
+      sortObj[sortVal.substring(1)] = -1;
+    } else {
+      sortObj[sortVal] = 1;
+    }
+  });
+  return sortObj;
+}
diff --git a/modules/database/src/routes/index.ts b/modules/database/src/routes/index.ts
index fb9b9f6da..d9f7e057b 100644
--- a/modules/database/src/routes/index.ts
+++ b/modules/database/src/routes/index.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-import { CmsHandlers } from '../handlers/cms/handler';
+import { CmsHandlers } from '../handlers/cms/crud.handler';
 import ConduitGrpcSdk, {
   ConduitRouteOptions,
   ConduitRouteReturnDefinition,