diff --git a/zulia-server/src/main/java/io/zulia/server/index/ShardReader.java b/zulia-server/src/main/java/io/zulia/server/index/ShardReader.java
index 817514e9..a7047395 100644
--- a/zulia-server/src/main/java/io/zulia/server/index/ShardReader.java
+++ b/zulia-server/src/main/java/io/zulia/server/index/ShardReader.java
@@ -574,6 +574,7 @@ private void handleSortValues(ZuliaQuery.SortRequest sortRequest, ScoreDoc score
 		for (Object o : result.fields) {
 			if (o == null) {
 				sortValues.addSortValue(ZuliaQuery.SortValue.newBuilder().setExists(false));
+				c++;
 				continue;
 			}
 
@@ -581,7 +582,8 @@ private void handleSortValues(ZuliaQuery.SortRequest sortRequest, ScoreDoc score
 			String sortField = fieldSort.getSortField();
 
 			if (ZuliaConstants.SCORE_FIELD.equals(sortField)) {
-				sortValues.addSortValue(ZuliaQuery.SortValue.newBuilder().setExists(false));
+				sortValues.addSortValue(ZuliaQuery.SortValue.newBuilder().setFloatValue(scoreDoc.score));
+				c++;
 				continue;
 			}
 
diff --git a/zulia-server/src/main/java/io/zulia/server/index/ZuliaIndex.java b/zulia-server/src/main/java/io/zulia/server/index/ZuliaIndex.java
index 0cb7df8f..91f857cb 100644
--- a/zulia-server/src/main/java/io/zulia/server/index/ZuliaIndex.java
+++ b/zulia-server/src/main/java/io/zulia/server/index/ZuliaIndex.java
@@ -532,7 +532,10 @@ public IndexShardResponse internalQuery(Query query, final InternalQueryRequest
 
 							ZuliaQuery.SortValue sortValue = sortValues.getSortValue(sortTermsIndex);
 
-							if (sortValue.getExists()) {
+							if (ZuliaConstants.SCORE_FIELD.equals(sortField)) {
+								sortTerms[sortTermsIndex] = sortValue.getFloatValue();
+							}
+							else if (sortValue.getExists()) {
 								if (FieldTypeUtil.isNumericOrDateFieldType(sortType)) {
 									if (FieldTypeUtil.isNumericIntFieldType(sortType)) {
 										sortTerms[sortTermsIndex] = sortValue.getIntegerValue();