diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 73742830..f54aa0e8 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -37,6 +37,7 @@
     "geojson": "^0.2.0",
     "geojson-extent": "^0.3.1",
     "geopipes-elasticsearch-backend": "git://github.com/geopipes/elasticsearch-backend#sort-scoring-function",
+    "pelias-model": "git://github.com/pelias/model#multiplier",
     "is-object": "^1.0.1",
     "pelias-esclient": "0.0.25",
     "toobusy": "^0.2.4"
diff --git a/query/reverse.js b/query/reverse.js
index 3ada51be..35b86ade 100644
--- a/query/reverse.js
+++ b/query/reverse.js
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 
 var logger = require('../src/logger'),
-    queries = require('geopipes-elasticsearch-backend').queries;
+    queries = require('geopipes-elasticsearch-backend').queries,
+    sort = require('../query/sort');
 
 function generate( params ){
 
@@ -9,7 +10,10 @@ function generate( params ){
     lon: params.lon
   };
 
-  return queries.distance( centroid, { size: params.size || 1 } );
+  var query  =  queries.distance( centroid, { size: params.size || 1 } );
+  query.sort = query.sort.concat(sort);
+
+  return query;
 }
 
 module.exports = generate;
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/query/search.js b/query/search.js
index 524db577..9d9916d3 100644
--- a/query/search.js
+++ b/query/search.js
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 
 var logger = require('../src/logger'),
-    queries = require('geopipes-elasticsearch-backend').queries;
+    queries = require('geopipes-elasticsearch-backend').queries,
+    sort = require('../query/sort');
 
 function generate( params ){
 
@@ -28,6 +29,8 @@ function generate( params ){
     }
   };
 
+  query.sort = query.sort.concat(sort);
+
   return query;
 }
 
diff --git a/query/sort.js b/query/sort.js
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..90eb265b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/query/sort.js
@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+var population = 'population';
+var weights = require('pelias-model').weights;
+
+module.exports = [
+  {
+    '_script': {
+      'script': 'if (doc.containsKey(\''+ population + '\'))' +
+                ' { return doc[\'' + population + '\'].value }' +
+                ' else { return 0 }',
+      'type': 'number',
+      'order': 'desc'
+    }
+  },
+  {
+    '_script': {
+      'params': {
+        'weights': weights
+      },
+      'script': 'if (doc.containsKey(\'_type\')) { '+
+                'type=doc[\'_type\'].value; '+
+                'return ( type in weights ) ? weights[ type ] : 0 }' +
+                'else { return 0 }',
+      'type': 'number',
+      'order': 'desc'
+    }
+  }
+];
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/test/unit/query/reverse.js b/test/unit/query/reverse.js
index b04a3368..fb423895 100644
--- a/test/unit/query/reverse.js
+++ b/test/unit/query/reverse.js
@@ -11,7 +11,6 @@ module.exports.tests.interface = function(test, common) {
 };
 
 var sort = [
-  '_score',
   {
     '_script': {
       'script': 'if (doc.containsKey(\'population\')) { return doc[\'population\'].value } else { return 0 }',
@@ -78,7 +77,8 @@ module.exports.tests.query = function(test, common) {
           }
         }
       },
-      'sort': sort.concat([
+      'sort': [
+        '_score',
         {
           '_geo_distance': {
             'center_point': {
@@ -89,7 +89,7 @@ module.exports.tests.query = function(test, common) {
             'unit': 'km'
           }
         }
-      ]),
+      ].concat(sort),
       'size': 1,
       'track_scores': true
     };
diff --git a/test/unit/query/search.js b/test/unit/query/search.js
index f7042139..dc1f504e 100644
--- a/test/unit/query/search.js
+++ b/test/unit/query/search.js
@@ -225,7 +225,8 @@ module.exports.tests.query = function(test, common) {
            }
         }
       },
-      'sort': sort.concat([
+      'sort': [
+        '_score',
         {
           '_geo_distance': {
             'center_point': {
@@ -236,7 +237,7 @@ module.exports.tests.query = function(test, common) {
             'unit': 'km'
           }
         }
-      ]),
+      ].concat(sort.slice(1)),
       'size': 10,
       'track_scores': true
     };