From c770d08b7f28e53d095a72b3fbe28184972ba083 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: George Suntres <gsuntres@pm.me>
Date: Sat, 25 Apr 2026 12:44:55 -0400
Subject: [PATCH] Fix when sort is nil

---
 pipeline.go | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/pipeline.go b/pipeline.go
index e4ba149..06d462f 100644
--- a/pipeline.go
+++ b/pipeline.go
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ func BuildPaginationPipeline(skip, limit int64, filter bson.M, sort bson.D) mong
   }
 
   // 2. GLOBAL SORT: Sort here so both 'total' and 'data' facets use the same order
-  if sort != nil {
+  if sort != nil && len(sort) > 0 {
     pipe = append(pipe, bson.D{{Key: "$sort", Value: sort}})
   }