diff --git a/manage_events/api/filters.py b/manage_events/api/filters.py
index 08e7543..cb88f8c 100644
--- a/manage_events/api/filters.py
+++ b/manage_events/api/filters.py
@@ -31,4 +31,10 @@ class EventFilter(filters.FilterSet):
 
     def filter_category(self, queryset, name, value):
         category = value.split(',')
-        return queryset.filter(category__title__in=category)
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+        return queryset.filter(category__title__in=category)
+
+    # def filter_queryset(self, queryset):
+    #     queryset = super().filter_queryset(queryset)
+    #     if 'price_from' in self.data or 'price_to' in self.data:
+    #         queryset = queryset.order_by('entry_fee')
+    #     return queryset
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diff --git a/manage_events/api/views.py b/manage_events/api/views.py
index 73f71a7..5bfd641 100644
--- a/manage_events/api/views.py
+++ b/manage_events/api/views.py
@@ -1010,31 +1010,28 @@ class EventListView(generics.ListAPIView):
 
     def get_queryset(self):
         # Base queryset filtering active, non-draft, non-deleted events with end date in the future
-        print(f"queryparams is {self.request.query_params}")
+        queryset = Event.objects.filter(
+            active=True,
+            draft=False,
+            deleted=False,
+            end_date__gte=timezone.now().date()
+        )
 
-        if self.request.query_params:
-            queryset = Event.objects.filter(
-                active=True,
-                draft=False,
-                deleted=False,
-                end_date__gte=timezone.now().date()
-            )
-        else:
+        if not self.request.query_params:
             preferences = PrincipalPreference.objects.get(principal=self.request.user)
             preferred_categories_ids = preferences.preferred_categories.values_list(
                 "id", flat=True
             )
-            queryset = Event.objects.filter(
-                active=True,
-                draft=False,
-                deleted=False,
-                end_date__gte=timezone.now().date(),
-                category__in=preferred_categories_ids
-            )
+            queryset = queryset.filter(category__in=preferred_categories_ids).order_by("start_date")
+
+        return queryset
+
+    def filter_queryset(self, queryset):
+        queryset = super().filter_queryset(queryset)
 
         # Get query parameters
-        latitude = self.request.query_params.get("latitude")
-        longitude = self.request.query_params.get("longitude")
+        latitude = self.request.query_params.get("latitude", "")
+        longitude = self.request.query_params.get("longitude", "")
         ordering = self.request.query_params.get("sort", "")
 
         # Handle nearest location sorting
@@ -1042,8 +1039,7 @@ class EventListView(generics.ListAPIView):
             queryset = self.apply_nearest_filter(queryset, latitude, longitude)
 
         # Handle popularity and latest sorting
-        # if ordering:
-        queryset = self.apply_popularity_latest(queryset, ordering)
+        queryset = self.apply_sorting(queryset, ordering)
 
         return queryset
 
@@ -1051,7 +1047,7 @@ class EventListView(generics.ListAPIView):
         gmaps_service = GoogleMapsservice()
         return gmaps_service.get_nearest_events(queryset, float(latitude), float(longitude))
 
-    def apply_popularity_latest(self, queryset, ordering):
+    def apply_sorting(self, queryset, ordering):
         # Split ordering fields and process each field
         ordering_fields = [field.lstrip("-") for field in ordering.split(",")]
 
@@ -1065,7 +1061,11 @@ class EventListView(generics.ListAPIView):
             queryset = queryset.annotate(popularity=Count("interaction_event")).order_by("-popularity")
 
         # order latest record and by default sorting
-        queryset = queryset.order_by("start_date")
+        if "latest" in ordering_fields:
+            queryset = queryset.order_by("start_date")
+
+        if "price" in ordering_fields:
+            queryset = queryset.order_by('entry_fee')
 
         return queryset