diff --git a/app/controllers/concerns/paginator.rb b/app/controllers/concerns/paginator.rb
index 6e8305d33e52f6f21953991762ed150ff54e02bf..fa68416d0d8a1dd4133f497a78d9ac84162b2e7c 100644
--- a/app/controllers/concerns/paginator.rb
+++ b/app/controllers/concerns/paginator.rb
@@ -21,8 +21,9 @@ module Paginator
   extend ActiveSupport::Concern
 
   def paginate(model)
+    model = params_actions(model)
     total_count model
-    return params_actions(model.limit(limit).offset(offset)) if model.respond_to?('limit')
+    return model.limit(limit).offset(offset) if model.respond_to?('limit')
     return model[offset..limit]
   end
 
@@ -52,8 +53,8 @@ module Paginator
       end
 
       # ordering
-      model = model.order("#{params[:sort]} ASC") if !params[:sort].blank? and params[:order] == 'ASC'
-      model = model.order("#{params[:sort]} DESC") if !params[:sort].blank? and params[:order] == 'DESC'
+      to_sort = JSON.parse params[:sort] if !params[:sort].blank?
+      model = model.order("#{to_sort[0]} #{to_sort[1]}") if !to_sort.blank?
 
       return model
     end
diff --git a/app/controllers/v1/collections_controller.rb b/app/controllers/v1/collections_controller.rb
index ebc014ece39db5de8338479767905ac500ae8c01..06ada88cbcd805788e67ff35ca1a3d9bb372c7db 100644
--- a/app/controllers/v1/collections_controller.rb
+++ b/app/controllers/v1/collections_controller.rb
@@ -80,7 +80,8 @@ class V1::CollectionsController < ApplicationController
       @collection.delete_items(items)
     end
     @collection.destroy
-    render status: :ok
+    response = { 'status': 'deleted' }
+    render status: :ok, json: response
   end
 
   # POST /v1/collections/1/items
diff --git a/app/controllers/v1/institutions_controller.rb b/app/controllers/v1/institutions_controller.rb
index 06186a9c5dc116b346a33de7f536fd7cffd2e094..1d5c4739cbfc8b1da38f92f871bb2654d4352b3a 100644
--- a/app/controllers/v1/institutions_controller.rb
+++ b/app/controllers/v1/institutions_controller.rb
@@ -66,7 +66,8 @@ class V1::InstitutionsController < ApplicationController
   # DELETE v1/institutions/1.json
   def destroy
     @institution.destroy
-    render status: :ok
+    response = { 'status': 'deleted' }
+    render status: :ok, json: response
   end
 
   def users
diff --git a/app/controllers/v1/languages_controller.rb b/app/controllers/v1/languages_controller.rb
index f3c4744158817fe3b841253501b272a576aa4929..ce098797e3cdc5f9f6def8dfa12cb43889f53705 100644
--- a/app/controllers/v1/languages_controller.rb
+++ b/app/controllers/v1/languages_controller.rb
@@ -62,7 +62,8 @@ class V1::LanguagesController < ApplicationController
   # DELETE /languages/1.json
   def destroy
     @language.destroy
-    render status: :ok
+    response = { 'status': 'deleted' }
+    render status: :ok, json: response
   end
 
   private
diff --git a/app/controllers/v1/learning_objects_controller.rb b/app/controllers/v1/learning_objects_controller.rb
index ed62d375753834f4b230efb7cee71bcedc1f8736..1a9913e88f2727c3e3e25fab942b5b8d935c4fdd 100644
--- a/app/controllers/v1/learning_objects_controller.rb
+++ b/app/controllers/v1/learning_objects_controller.rb
@@ -89,7 +89,8 @@ class V1::LearningObjectsController < ApplicationController
   # DELETE /learning_objects/1.json
   def destroy
     @learning_object.destroy
-    render status: :ok
+    response = { 'status': 'deleted' }
+    render status: :ok, json: response
   end
 
   # GET /v1/learning_objects/magnetlink/:magnetlink
diff --git a/app/controllers/v1/mime_types_controller.rb b/app/controllers/v1/mime_types_controller.rb
index d551dc4da29b3709454812d2dc2b29ccea73d732..6bd8f10f7ed4385582d15c89c019e789eba42edc 100644
--- a/app/controllers/v1/mime_types_controller.rb
+++ b/app/controllers/v1/mime_types_controller.rb
@@ -64,7 +64,8 @@ class V1::MimeTypesController < ApplicationController
   # DELETE /mime_types/1.json
   def destroy
     @mime_type.destroy
-    render status: :ok
+    response = { 'status': 'deleted' }
+    render status: :ok, json: response
   end
 
   private
diff --git a/app/controllers/v1/ratings_controller.rb b/app/controllers/v1/ratings_controller.rb
index a2928122205f9c2c7ceff5df0074500156632350..33ddcfda6f79e635d7d265ab61be642eeba18927 100644
--- a/app/controllers/v1/ratings_controller.rb
+++ b/app/controllers/v1/ratings_controller.rb
@@ -65,7 +65,8 @@ class V1::RatingsController < ApplicationController
   # DELETE v1/ratings/1.json
   def destroy
     @rating.destroy
-    render nothing: true, status: :ok
+    response = { 'status': 'deleted' }
+    render nothing: true, status: :ok, json: response
   end
 
   private
diff --git a/app/controllers/v1/roles_controller.rb b/app/controllers/v1/roles_controller.rb
index 108103916502ca0e5bd5b48bfd1be7666b99c166..4509fbf9a92b51bc68218cc25d54e7a51a0698cf 100644
--- a/app/controllers/v1/roles_controller.rb
+++ b/app/controllers/v1/roles_controller.rb
@@ -64,7 +64,8 @@ class V1::RolesController < ApplicationController
   # DELETE /roles/1.json
   def destroy
     @role.destroy
-    render status: :ok
+    response = { 'status': 'deleted' }
+    render status: :ok, json: response
   end
 
   private
diff --git a/app/controllers/v1/scores_controller.rb b/app/controllers/v1/scores_controller.rb
index 2d866c3b4b0288ee2d2650f1d8d4b9e60543b166..578d2d5024feb88dde0752178c1c273763f768f2 100644
--- a/app/controllers/v1/scores_controller.rb
+++ b/app/controllers/v1/scores_controller.rb
@@ -26,7 +26,8 @@ class V1::ScoresController < ApplicationController
   # GET v1/scores
   # GET v1/scores.json
   def index
-    scores = paginate Score.order("name ASC").all
+    params[:sort] = '["name","ASC"]' if params[:sort].blank?
+    scores = paginate Score
     render json: scores
   end