diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 271f48896..718d12197 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -11,3 +11,4 @@ db.sqlite
 coverage
 .umi
 /uploads
+.env.test
diff --git a/packages/database/src/options-parser.ts b/packages/database/src/options-parser.ts
index 9c0de4790..06f6c1c74 100644
--- a/packages/database/src/options-parser.ts
+++ b/packages/database/src/options-parser.ts
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
-import { Appends, Except, FindOptions } from './repository';
-import FilterParser from './filter-parser';
 import { FindAttributeOptions, ModelCtor, Op } from 'sequelize';
-import { Database } from './database';
 import { Collection } from './collection';
+import { Database } from './database';
+import FilterParser from './filter-parser';
+import { Appends, Except, FindOptions } from './repository';
 
 const debug = require('debug')('noco-database');
 
@@ -61,8 +61,10 @@ export class OptionsParser {
    * @protected
    */
   protected parseSort(filterParams) {
-    const sort = this.options?.sort || [];
-
+    let sort = this.options?.sort || [];
+    if (typeof sort === 'string') {
+      sort = sort.split(',');
+    }
     const orderParams = sort.map((sortKey: string) => {
       const direction = sortKey.startsWith('-') ? 'DESC' : 'ASC';
       const sortField: Array<any> = sortKey.replace('-', '').split('.');
diff --git a/packages/database/src/repository.ts b/packages/database/src/repository.ts
index 5ce1e43d5..d09d1b03f 100644
--- a/packages/database/src/repository.ts
+++ b/packages/database/src/repository.ts
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ export type Filter = any;
 export type Appends = string[];
 export type Except = string[];
 export type Fields = string[];
-export type Sort = string[];
+export type Sort = string[] | string;
 
 export type WhiteList = string[];
 export type BlackList = string[];