diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 0eaac5a..3511e3c 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -49,8 +49,7 @@ gfi('golang/dep')
     console.error(error)
   })
 ```
-
-Passing in a custom set of organizations to search:
+Passing in a custom set of organizations to search and using sort and order:
 
 ```js
 const gfi = require('libgfi')
@@ -62,7 +61,9 @@ const options = {
       q: 'org:nodejs is:issue is:open label:"good first issue"', //GitHub search query
       description: "Node.js is a JavaScript runtime built on Chrome's V8 JavaScript engine." // Human readable description
     }
-  }
+  },
+  sort: 'comments',
+  order: 'asc'
 }
 
 let log = async () => {
@@ -71,6 +72,7 @@ let log = async () => {
 
 log()
 ```
+The valid options available in sort and order can be found at [Github's documentation](https://developer.github.com/v3/search/#search-issues-and-pull-requests). Passing any of the allowed parameters as strings should work. 
 
 Passing in GitHub credentials (see Octokit's [authentication documentation](https://octokit.github.io/rest.js/#authentication) for more details) for authentication to exponentially increase the rate limit:
 
diff --git a/examples/node.js b/examples/node.js
index 71fafc8..55e3427 100644
--- a/examples/node.js
+++ b/examples/node.js
@@ -8,7 +8,9 @@ const options = {
       q: 'org:nodejs is:issue is:open label:"good first issue"',
       description: "Node.js is a JavaScript runtime built on Chrome's V8 JavaScript engine."
     }
-  }
+  },
+  sort: 'comments',
+  order: 'asc'
 }
 
 const log = async () => {
diff --git a/index.js b/index.js
index 0588d36..389f46f 100644
--- a/index.js
+++ b/index.js
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ module.exports = (project, options) => {
   }
 
   if (options.projects !== undefined && project in options.projects) {
-    return search(options.projects[project].q, options.auth)
+    return search(options.projects[project].q, options.auth, options.sort, options.order)
   } else {
     return search(`${project.includes('/') ? 'repo' : 'org'}:${project} state:open label:"good first issue"`, options.auth)
   }
diff --git a/lib/search.js b/lib/search.js
index f599547..68e053f 100644
--- a/lib/search.js
+++ b/lib/search.js
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ const PAGE = 1 // page_number is 1-based index
 // MAX_PAGE_ALLOWED = Math.ceil(MAX_RESULTS_POSSIBLE / PER_PAGE)
 const MAX_PAGE_ALLOWED = 34
 
-async function search (q, auth) {
+async function search (q, auth, sort, order) {
   const octokit = auth ? Octokit({ auth }) : Octokit()
 
   const { data } = await octokit.search.issuesAndPullRequests(getSearchParams({ q }))
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ async function search (q, auth) {
     // page_number is 1-based index
     const page = Math.floor(Math.random() * Math.floor(lastPageAllowed)) + 1
 
-    const pageRes = await octokit.search.issuesAndPullRequests(getSearchParams({ q, page }))
+    const pageRes = await octokit.search.issuesAndPullRequests(getSearchParams({ q, page, sort, order }))
     return transform(pageRes.data)
   } else {
     return transform(data)
@@ -34,11 +34,11 @@ async function search (q, auth) {
 
 function getSearchParams (searchParams) {
   return {
-    q: searchParams['q'],
-    sort: searchParams['sort'] || SORT,
-    order: searchParams['order'] || ORDER,
-    per_page: searchParams['per_page'] || PER_PAGE,
-    page: searchParams['page'] || PAGE
+    q: searchParams.q,
+    sort: searchParams.sort || SORT,
+    order: searchParams.order || ORDER,
+    per_page: searchParams.per_page || PER_PAGE,
+    page: searchParams.page || PAGE
   }
 }