diff --git a/app/models/budget/investment.rb b/app/models/budget/investment.rb
index c7357ee52..30203bd04 100644
--- a/app/models/budget/investment.rb
+++ b/app/models/budget/investment.rb
@@ -145,9 +145,10 @@ class Budget
 
       if allowed_sort_option.present?
         direction = params[:direction] == "desc" ? "desc" : "asc"
-        return order("#{allowed_sort_option} #{direction}")
+        order("#{allowed_sort_option} #{direction}")
+      else
+        order(cached_votes_up: :desc).order(id: :desc)
       end
-      order(cached_votes_up: :desc).order(id: :desc)
     end
 
     def self.limit_results(budget, params, results)