diff --git a/src/Engines/AbstractEngine.php b/src/Engines/AbstractEngine.php
index 786a311..54005a1 100644
--- a/src/Engines/AbstractEngine.php
+++ b/src/Engines/AbstractEngine.php
@@ -23,6 +23,9 @@ abstract class AbstractEngine
 
     protected string $sort = '';
 
+    protected string $sortRaw = '';
+
+
     public function extendQuery(\Closure $callable): self
     {
         $this->queryExtenders[] = $callable;
@@ -96,6 +99,13 @@ public function sort(string $sort): self
         return $this;
     }
 
+    public function sortRaw(string $sort): self
+    {
+        $this->sortRaw = $sort;
+
+        return $this;
+    }
+
     public function query(string $query): AbstractEngine
     {
         $this->query = $query;
diff --git a/src/Engines/TypesenseEngine.php b/src/Engines/TypesenseEngine.php
index 6511b60..e7631d7 100644
--- a/src/Engines/TypesenseEngine.php
+++ b/src/Engines/TypesenseEngine.php
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ public function get(): SearchResults
                 $response = $engine->getMultiSearch()->perform($request, [
                     'collection' => (new $this->modelType)->searchableAs(),
                 ]);
-
+                
                 $completeResults = $response['results'][0];
 
                 unset( $response['results'][0]);
@@ -178,12 +178,20 @@ protected function buildSearch(array $options): array
                 $filters->push($field.':='.collect($values)->join(','));
             }
 
+            $queryBy = $options['query_by'];
+
+            if (!$this->query) {
+                $queryBy = str_replace('embedding,', '', $queryBy);
+            }
+
             $params = [
                 ...$options,
+                'query_by' => $queryBy,
                 'q' => $searchQuery->query,
                 'facet_query' => $facetQuery,
+                'prefix' => false,
                 'max_facet_values' => 50,
-                'sort_by' => $this->sortByIsValid() ? $this->sort : '',
+                'sort_by' => $this->sortRaw ?: ($this->sortByIsValid() ? $this->sort : '_text_match:desc'),
                 'facet_by' => implode(',', $searchQuery->facets),
             ];