diff --git a/index.js b/index.js
index 061167f..b26e479 100644
--- a/index.js
+++ b/index.js
@@ -34,6 +34,7 @@ module.exports.view = {
   boundary_rect: require('./view/boundary_rect'),
   boundary_country: require('./view/boundary_country'),
   sort_distance: require('./view/sort_distance'),
+  sort_popularity: require('./view/sort_popularity'),
   sources: require('./view/sources'),
   layers: require('./view/layers'),
   boundary_gid: require('./view/boundary_gid')
diff --git a/view/sort_distance.js b/view/sort_distance.js
index 1f3d049..e1c6f2a 100644
--- a/view/sort_distance.js
+++ b/view/sort_distance.js
@@ -2,7 +2,8 @@
 module.exports = function( vs ){
 
   // validate required params
-  if( !vs.isset('focus:point:lat') ||
+  if( vs.var('sort:field').get() !== 'distance' ||
+      !vs.isset('focus:point:lat') ||
       !vs.isset('focus:point:lon') ||
       !vs.isset('sort:distance:order') ||
       !vs.isset('sort:distance:distance_type') ||
diff --git a/view/sort_popularity.js b/view/sort_popularity.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..458c796
--- /dev/null
+++ b/view/sort_popularity.js
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+
+module.exports = function( vs ){
+  if ( !vs.isset('sort:field') ||
+      vs.var('sort:field').get() !== 'popularity' ) {
+    return null;
+  }
+  // base view
+  var view = {
+    popularity: {
+    order: 'desc',
+    }
+  };
+
+  return view;
+};