diff --git a/server/AyaNova/biz/PickListFetcher.cs b/server/AyaNova/biz/PickListFetcher.cs
index 24641140..6f8c4bbe 100644
--- a/server/AyaNova/biz/PickListFetcher.cs
+++ b/server/AyaNova/biz/PickListFetcher.cs
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ namespace AyaNova.Biz
                 //ITEMS
                 //add the limit and offset values:               
 
-                cm.CommandText = qItemBase + qCriteria + qSort + $" LIMIT {pagingOptions.Limit} OFFSET {pagingOptions.Offset}";
+                cm.CommandText = qItemBase + qCriteria + " " + qSort + $" LIMIT {pagingOptions.Limit} OFFSET {pagingOptions.Offset}";
                 using (var dr = cm.ExecuteReader())
                 {
                     while (dr.Read())
diff --git a/server/AyaNova/biz/SqlFilterOrderByBuilder.cs b/server/AyaNova/biz/SqlFilterOrderByBuilder.cs
index c836d175..768e76e9 100644
--- a/server/AyaNova/biz/SqlFilterOrderByBuilder.cs
+++ b/server/AyaNova/biz/SqlFilterOrderByBuilder.cs
@@ -14,12 +14,12 @@ namespace AyaNova.Biz
 
         public static string DefaultGetManyOrderBy()
         {
-            return " ORDER BY ID DESC";
+            return "ORDER BY ID DESC";
         }
 
          public static string DefaultPickListOrderBy()
         {
-            return " ORDER BY NAME ASC";
+            return "ORDER BY NAME ASC";
         }
 
         public static string DataFilterToSQLOrderBy(AyaNova.Models.DataFilter dataFilter)
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ namespace AyaNova.Biz
                 }
             }
 
-            return " ORDER BY" + sb.ToString();
+            return "ORDER BY" + sb.ToString();
         }
 
 
diff --git a/server/AyaNova/biz/WidgetBiz.cs b/server/AyaNova/biz/WidgetBiz.cs
index 07b4751e..19f438ee 100644
--- a/server/AyaNova/biz/WidgetBiz.cs
+++ b/server/AyaNova/biz/WidgetBiz.cs
@@ -309,6 +309,7 @@ namespace AyaNova.Biz
                 qWhereAndOrderBy = qWhereAndOrderBy + SqlFilterOrderByBuilder.DefaultGetManyOrderBy();
             }
 
+            //LIMIT AND OFFSET CLAUSE - PAGING
             listOptions.Offset = listOptions.Offset ?? ListOptions.DefaultOffset;
             listOptions.Limit = listOptions.Limit ?? ListOptions.DefaultLimit;
             var qLimitOffset = $"LIMIT {listOptions.Limit} OFFSET {listOptions.Offset}";