# Geo\_distance sort removes scoring -- bug?
**URL:** https://discuss.elastic.co/t/geo-distance-sort-removes-scoring-bug/8957
**Category:** Elasticsearch
**Created:** [September 7, 2012, 6:56pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/geo-distance-sort-removes-scoring-bug/8957 "2012-09-07T18:56:35Z")
**Posts on this page:** 3
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### Author:  [@Allison\_A](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Allison_A)
#### Post date: [September 7, 2012, 6:56pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/geo-distance-sort-removes-scoring-bug/8957/1 "2012-09-07T18:56:35Z")
hi, i'm using the following query:
```
var json = new {
query = new {
query_string = new {
fields = new string[] {
"BusinessName^1.0", "Teaser^0.2",
```
"ReviewText^0.7",
"CategoryMajor^2.0",
"CategoryMinor^0.5",
"State^0.5", "City^0.5"
},
query = "restaurants",
use\_dis\_max = true
}
},
sort = new {
\_geo\_distance = new {
Location = "40.748470,-73.939180",
order = "asc",
unit = "mi"
}
},
from = 0,
size = 5
};
my results have \_score = null
but if i remove the sort, the \_score comes back
is this a bug?
Allison
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### Author:  [@Ivan](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Ivan)
#### Post date: [September 7, 2012, 6:59pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/geo-distance-sort-removes-scoring-bug/8957/2 "2012-09-07T18:59:48Z")
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Ivan
On Fri, Sep 7, 2012 at 11:56 AM, Allison A.
[allisonandrews@feranassociates.com](mailto:allisonandrews@feranassociates.com) wrote:
> hi, i'm using the following query:
>
> ```
> var json = new {
> query = new {
> query_string = new {
> fields = new string[] {
> "BusinessName^1.0", "Teaser^0.2",
>
> ```
>
> "ReviewText^0.7",
> "CategoryMajor^2.0",
> "CategoryMinor^0.5",
> "State^0.5", "City^0.5"
> },
> query = "restaurants",
> use\_dis\_max = true
> }
> },
> sort = new {
> \_geo\_distance = new {
> Location = "40.748470,-73.939180",
> order = "asc",
> unit = "mi"
> }
> },
> from = 0,
> size = 5
> };
>
> my results have \_score = null
>
> but if i remove the sort, the \_score comes back
>
> is this a bug?
>
> Allison
>
> --
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### Author:  [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)
#### Post date: [July 6, 2017, 3:13am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/geo-distance-sort-removes-scoring-bug/8957/3 "2017-07-06T03:13:39Z")