diff --git a/app/controllers/admin/budget_investments_controller.rb b/app/controllers/admin/budget_investments_controller.rb
index 259945c8e..71c92aee9 100644
--- a/app/controllers/admin/budget_investments_controller.rb
+++ b/app/controllers/admin/budget_investments_controller.rb
@@ -76,11 +76,9 @@ class Admin::BudgetInvestmentsController < Admin::BaseController
     end
 
     def load_investments
-      params[:direction].present? ? params[:direction] : params[:direction] = "asc"
       @investments = Budget::Investment.scoped_filter(params, @current_filter)
-                                       .order_filter(params[:sort_by], params[:direction])
+                                       .order_filter(params)
 
-      @investments = Budget::Investment.by_budget(@budget).all
       @investments = @investments.page(params[:page]) unless request.format.csv?
     end
 
@@ -136,5 +134,4 @@ class Admin::BudgetInvestmentsController < Admin::BaseController
         end
       end
     end
-
 end
diff --git a/app/models/budget/investment.rb b/app/models/budget/investment.rb
index 0c90369be..e10070592 100644
--- a/app/models/budget/investment.rb
+++ b/app/models/budget/investment.rb
@@ -139,16 +139,15 @@ class Budget
       results.where("budget_investments.id IN (?)", ids)
     end
 
-    def self.order_filter(sorting_param, direction)
-      sorting_key = sorting_param.to_sym if sorting_param
-      allowed_sort_option = SORTING_OPTIONS.select { |sp| sp[sorting_key]}.reduce
+    def self.order_filter(params)
+      sorting_key = params[:sort_by].to_sym if params[:sort_by]
+      allowed_sort_option = SORTING_OPTIONS.select { |so| so[sorting_key]}.reduce
 
-      if allowed_sort_option.present? then
-        direction = %w[asc desc].include?(direction) ? direction : "asc"
-        order("#{allowed_sort_option[sorting_key]} #{direction}")
-      else
-        order(cached_votes_up: :desc).order(id: :desc)
+      if allowed_sort_option.present?
+        direction = %w[asc desc].include?(params[:direction]) ? params[:direction] : "asc"
+        return order("#{allowed_sort_option[sorting_key]} #{direction}")
       end
+      order(cached_votes_up: :desc).order(id: :desc)
     end
 
     def self.limit_results(budget, params, results)