diff --git a/seasoned_api/src/request/request.js b/seasoned_api/src/request/request.js
index a0e944f..abeb9ff 100644
--- a/seasoned_api/src/request/request.js
+++ b/seasoned_api/src/request/request.js
@@ -97,22 +97,13 @@ class RequestRepository {
   }
 
   fetchAll(sort_by=undefined, sort_direction='asc', filter_param=undefined, query=undefined) {
-    if (sort_by !== undefined && ! utils.validSort(sort_by, sort_direction)) {
-      throw new Error('Invalid sort parameters')
-    } else if (filter_param !== undefined && ! utils.validFilter(filter_param)) {
-      throw new Error('Invalid filter parameter')
-    }
-
     return Promise.resolve()
+      .then(() => utils.validSort(sort_by, sort_direction))
+      .then(() => utils.validFilter(filter_param))
       .then(() => this.sortAndFilterToDbQuery(sort_by, sort_direction, filter_param, query))
       .then((dbQuery) => this.database.all(dbQuery))
       .then((rows) => Promise.all(this.mapToTmdbByType(rows)))
-      .catch((err) => { throw new Error(`err ${err}`) })
   }
-
-  //   return Promise.resolve()
-  //     .then(() => this.database.get(this.))
-  // }
 }
 
 module.exports = RequestRepository;
diff --git a/seasoned_api/src/request/utils.js b/seasoned_api/src/request/utils.js
index 5aa4003..0f92156 100644
--- a/seasoned_api/src/request/utils.js
+++ b/seasoned_api/src/request/utils.js
@@ -1,22 +1,34 @@
 // TODO : test title and date are valid matches to columns in the database
-
 const validSortParams = ['title', 'date']
-const validSortDirections = ['asc', 'desc']
+const validSortDirs = ['asc', 'desc']
 const validFilterParams = ['movie', 'show', 'seeding', 'downloading', 'paused', 'finished', 'downloaded']
 
 function validSort(by, direction) {
-   if (! validSortParams.includes(by)) {
-      return false
-   }
-   else if (! validSortDirections.includes(direction)) {
-      return false
-   }
-   
-   return true
+  return new Promise((resolve, reject) => {
+    if (by === undefined) {
+      resolve()
+    }
+
+    if (validSortParams.includes(by) && validSortDirs.includes(direction)) {
+      resolve()
+    } else {
+      reject(new Error(`invalid sort parameter, must be of: ${validSortParams} with optional sort directions: ${validSortDirs} appended with ':'`))
+    }
+  });
 }
 
 function validFilter(filter_param) {
-  return validFilterParams.includes(filter_param)
+  return new Promise((resolve, reject) => {
+     if (filter_param === undefined) {
+      resolve()
+    }
+
+    if (filter_param && validFilterParams.includes(filter_param)) {
+      resolve()
+    } else {
+      reject(new Error(`filter parameteres must be of type: ${validFilterParams}`))
+    }
+  });
 }
 
 module.exports = { validSort, validFilter }
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/seasoned_api/src/tmdb/tmdb.js b/seasoned_api/src/tmdb/tmdb.js
index 7f1a6f7..e1016f8 100644
--- a/seasoned_api/src/tmdb/tmdb.js
+++ b/seasoned_api/src/tmdb/tmdb.js
@@ -141,7 +141,6 @@ class TMDB {
 
 
 
-
   multiSearch(search_query, page=1) {
     const query = { query: search_query, page: page };
     const cacheKey = `${this.cacheTags.multiSearch}:${page}:${search_query}`;
diff --git a/seasoned_api/src/webserver/controllers/request/fetchAllRequests.js b/seasoned_api/src/webserver/controllers/request/fetchAllRequests.js
index 2d98339..b256344 100644
--- a/seasoned_api/src/webserver/controllers/request/fetchAllRequests.js
+++ b/seasoned_api/src/webserver/controllers/request/fetchAllRequests.js
@@ -1,26 +1,6 @@
-const configuration = require('src/config/configuration').getInstance();
-const Cache = require('src/tmdb/cache');
-const TMDB = require('src/tmdb/tmdb');
 const RequestRepository = require('src/request/request');
-const cache = new Cache();
-const tmdb = new TMDB(cache, configuration.get('tmdb', 'apiKey'));
 const request = new RequestRepository();
 
-const requestAsTmdb = (type, id) => {
-  if (type !== undefined) {
-    type = type.toLowerCase();
-
-    if (type === 'movie') {
-      return tmdb.movieInfo(id);
-    } else if (type === 'show') {
-      return tmdb.showInfo(id);
-    } else {
-      throw new Error("Unprocessable Entity: Invalid type for body parameter 'type'. Allowed values: movie|show");
-    }
-  }
-  throw new Error("tmdbType body parameter not defined. Allowed values: movie|show")
-
-}
 /**
  * Controller: Request by id with type param
  * @param {Request} req http request variable
@@ -28,17 +8,15 @@ const requestAsTmdb = (type, id) => {
  * @returns {Callback}
  */
 function requestTmdbIdController(req, res) {
-  const { filter, sort, query } = req.query;
-  let sort_by = sort_direction = undefined;
+  let { filter, sort, query } = req.query;
+  let sort_by = sort;
+  let sort_direction = undefined;
 
   if (sort !== undefined && sort.includes(':')) {
     [sort_by, sort_direction] = sort.split(':')
   }
-  // log, but disregard erroros sort param
-  // non valid sort type, throw from request.fetchAll(sort, filter)
 
   Promise.resolve()
-  // .then(() => requestAsTmdb(type, id))
   .then(() => request.fetchAll(sort_by, sort_direction, filter, query))
   .then((result) => res.send(result))
   .catch((error) => {