diff --git a/packages/core/database/src/__tests__/repository/find.test.ts b/packages/core/database/src/__tests__/repository/find.test.ts
index ee7c30355..816d819b6 100644
--- a/packages/core/database/src/__tests__/repository/find.test.ts
+++ b/packages/core/database/src/__tests__/repository/find.test.ts
@@ -163,6 +163,16 @@ describe('repository find', () => {
       expect(users[1]).toEqual(2);
     });
 
+    test('find with empty or', async () => {
+      const usersCount = await User.repository.count({
+        filter: {
+          $or: [],
+        },
+      });
+
+      expect(usersCount).toEqual(await User.repository.count());
+    });
+
     test('find with fields', async () => {
       let user = await User.repository.findOne({
         fields: ['name'],
diff --git a/packages/core/database/src/filter-parser.ts b/packages/core/database/src/filter-parser.ts
index 6162a2602..dcb1ea1e4 100644
--- a/packages/core/database/src/filter-parser.ts
+++ b/packages/core/database/src/filter-parser.ts
@@ -78,7 +78,6 @@ export default class FilterParser {
 
     const include = {};
     const where = {};
-    const filter2 = lodash.cloneDeep(flattenedFilter);
 
     let skipPrefix = null;
     const associations = model.associations;
@@ -91,6 +90,11 @@ export default class FilterParser {
         continue;
       }
 
+      // skip empty logic operator value
+      if ((key == '$or' || key == '$and') && Array.isArray(value) && value.length == 0) {
+        continue;
+      }
+
       debug('handle filter key "%s: "%s"', key, value);
       let keys = key.split('.');
 
diff --git a/packages/core/database/src/options-parser.ts b/packages/core/database/src/options-parser.ts
index 0582d6367..96ad6cb6a 100644
--- a/packages/core/database/src/options-parser.ts
+++ b/packages/core/database/src/options-parser.ts
@@ -70,6 +70,7 @@ export class OptionsParser {
     if (typeof sort === 'string') {
       sort = sort.split(',');
     }
+
     const orderParams = [];
     for (const sortKey of sort) {
       let direction = sortKey.startsWith('-') ? 'DESC' : 'ASC';
diff --git a/packages/core/database/src/repository.ts b/packages/core/database/src/repository.ts
index 903e8c6ef..224c22f54 100644
--- a/packages/core/database/src/repository.ts
+++ b/packages/core/database/src/repository.ts
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ import {
   ModelCtor,
   Op,
   Transactionable,
-  UpdateOptions as SequelizeUpdateOptions
+  UpdateOptions as SequelizeUpdateOptions,
 } from 'sequelize';
 import { WhereOperators } from 'sequelize/types/lib/model';
 import { Collection } from './collection';