diff --git a/app/rest/api/rest.go b/app/rest/api/rest.go
index 0c3f4f9d..426d636b 100644
--- a/app/rest/api/rest.go
+++ b/app/rest/api/rest.go
@@ -216,7 +216,10 @@ func (s *Rest) updateCommentCtrl(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
 func (s *Rest) findCommentsCtrl(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
 	locator := store.Locator{SiteID: r.URL.Query().Get("site"), URL: r.URL.Query().Get("url")}
 	sort := r.URL.Query().Get("sort")
-	log.Printf("[DEBUG] get comments for %+v, sort %s", locator, sort)
+	if strings.HasPrefix(sort, " ") { // restore + replaced by " "
+		sort = "+" + sort[1:]
+	}
+	log.Printf("[DEBUG] get comments for %+v, sort %s, format %s", locator, sort, r.URL.Query().Get("format"))
 
 	data, err := s.Cache.Get(rest.URLKey(r), time.Hour, func() ([]byte, error) {
 		comments, e := s.DataService.Find(locator, sort)
diff --git a/remark.rest b/remark.rest
index b49a1df0..ecc1b601 100644
--- a/remark.rest
+++ b/remark.rest
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 
 ### find request with tree
-GET {{host}}/api/v1/find?site=remark&sort=-score&format=tree&url=https://radio-t.com/p/2017/12/16/podcast-576/
+GET {{host}}/api/v1/find?site=remark&sort=+score&format=tree&url=https://radio-t.com/p/2017/12/16/podcast-576/
 
 ### find request with plain
 GET {{host}}/api/v1/find?site=remark&sort=-score&format=plain&url=https://radio-t.com/p/2017/12/16/podcast-576/