diff --git a/client/components/main/myCards.jade b/client/components/main/myCards.jade
index e721c281c..8f2fcac5c 100644
--- a/client/components/main/myCards.jade
+++ b/client/components/main/myCards.jade
@@ -6,16 +6,6 @@ template(name="myCardsHeaderBar")
       i.fa.fa-list
       | {{_ 'my-cards'}}
 
-    .board-header-btns.left
-      a.board-header-btn.js-toggle-my-cards-choose-sort(title="{{_ 'myCardsSortChange-title'}}")
-        i.fa.fa-caret-down
-        if $eq myCardsSort 'board'
-          i.fa.fa-th-large
-          | {{_ 'myCardsSortChange-choice-board'}}
-        if $eq myCardsSort 'dueAt'
-          i.fa.fa-calendar
-          | {{_ 'myCardsSortChange-choice-dueat'}}
-
 template(name="myCardsModalTitle")
   if currentUser
     h2
@@ -28,46 +18,22 @@ template(name="myCards")
       +spinner
     else
       .wrapper
-        if $eq myCardsSort 'board'
-          each board in myCardsList
-            .my-cards-board-wrapper
-              .my-cards-board-title(class=board.colorClass, id="header")
-                a(href=board.originRelativeUrl)
-                  +viewer
-                    = board.title
-              each swimlane in board.mySwimlanes
-                .my-cards-swimlane-title(class="{{#if swimlane.colorClass}}{{ swimlane.colorClass }}{{else}}swimlane-default-color{{/if}}")
-                  +viewer
-                    = swimlane.title
-                each list in swimlane.myLists
-                  .my-cards-list-wrapper
-                    .my-cards-list-title(class=list.colorClass)
-                      +viewer
-                        = list.title
-                    each card in list.myCards
-                      .my-cards-card-wrapper
-                        a.minicard-wrapper(href=card.originRelativeUrl)
-                          +minicard(card)
-        else
-          .my-cards-dueat-list-wrapper
-            each card in myDueCardsList
-              +resultCard(card)
-
-template(name="myCardsSortChangePopup")
-  if currentUser
-    ul.pop-over-list
-      li
-        with "my-cards-sort-board"
-          a.js-my-cards-sort-board
-            i.fa.fa-th-large.colorful
-            | {{_ 'myCardsSortChange-choice-board'}}
-            if $eq Utils.myCardsSort "board"
-              i.fa.fa-check
-      hr
-      li
-        with "my-cards-sort-dueat"
-          a.js-my-cards-sort-dueat
-            i.fa.fa-calendar.colorful
-            | {{_ 'myCardsSortChange-choice-dueat'}}
-            if $eq Utils.myCardsSort "dueAt"
-              i.fa.fa-check
+        each board in myCardsList
+          .my-cards-board-wrapper
+            .my-cards-board-title(class=board.colorClass, id="header")
+              a(href=board.originRelativeUrl)
+                +viewer
+                  = board.title
+            each swimlane in board.mySwimlanes
+              .my-cards-swimlane-title(class="{{#if swimlane.colorClass}}{{ swimlane.colorClass }}{{else}}swimlane-default-color{{/if}}")
+                +viewer
+                  = swimlane.title
+              each list in swimlane.myLists
+                .my-cards-list-wrapper
+                  .my-cards-list-title(class=list.colorClass)
+                    +viewer
+                      = list.title
+                  each card in list.myCards
+                    .my-cards-card-wrapper
+                      a.minicard-wrapper(href=card.originRelativeUrl)
+                        +minicard(card)
diff --git a/client/components/main/myCards.js b/client/components/main/myCards.js
index 3f79e0f26..07171dc07 100644
--- a/client/components/main/myCards.js
+++ b/client/components/main/myCards.js
@@ -1,14 +1,4 @@
 import { CardSearchPagedComponent } from '../../lib/cardSearch';
-import { QueryParams } from '../../../config/query-classes';
-import {
-  OPERATOR_LIMIT,
-  OPERATOR_SORT,
-  OPERATOR_USER,
-  ORDER_DESCENDING,
-  PREDICATE_DUE_AT,
-} from '../../../config/search-const';
-
-// const subManager = new SubsManager();
 
 BlazeComponent.extendComponent({
   myCardsSort() {
@@ -34,48 +24,21 @@ Template.myCards.helpers({
   },
 });
 
-BlazeComponent.extendComponent({
-  events() {
-    return [
-      {
-        'click .js-my-cards-sort-board'() {
-          Utils.setMyCardsSort('board');
-          Popup.close();
-        },
-
-        'click .js-my-cards-sort-dueat'() {
-          Utils.setMyCardsSort('dueAt');
-          Popup.close();
-        },
-      },
-    ];
-  },
-}).register('myCardsSortChangePopup');
-
 class MyCardsComponent extends CardSearchPagedComponent {
   onCreated() {
     super.onCreated();
 
-    const queryParams = new QueryParams();
-    queryParams.addPredicate(OPERATOR_USER, Meteor.user().username);
-    queryParams.addPredicate(OPERATOR_SORT, {
-      name: PREDICATE_DUE_AT,
-      order: ORDER_DESCENDING,
-    });
-    queryParams.addPredicate(OPERATOR_LIMIT, 100);
-
-    this.runGlobalSearch(queryParams);
+    this.runGlobalSearch(null);
     Meteor.subscribe('setting');
   }
 
-  myCardsSort() {
-    // eslint-disable-next-line no-console
-    //console.log('sort:', Utils.myCardsSort());
-    return Utils.myCardsSort();
-  }
-
-  sortByBoard() {
-    return this.myCardsSort() === 'board';
+  // eslint-disable-next-line no-unused-vars
+  getSubscription(queryParams) {
+    return Meteor.subscribe(
+      'myCards',
+      this.sessionId,
+      this.subscriptionCallbacks,
+    );
   }
 
   myCardsList() {
@@ -87,35 +50,9 @@ class MyCardsComponent extends CardSearchPagedComponent {
     const cursor = this.getResults();
 
     if (cursor) {
-      let newBoard = false;
-      let newSwimlane = false;
-      let newList = false;
-
       cursor.forEach(card => {
         // eslint-disable-next-line no-console
         // console.log('card:', card.title);
-        if (list === null || card.listId !== list._id) {
-          // eslint-disable-next-line no-console
-          // console.log('new list');
-          list = card.getList();
-          if (list.archived) {
-            list = null;
-            return;
-          }
-          list.myCards = [card];
-          newList = true;
-        }
-        if (swimlane === null || card.swimlaneId !== swimlane._id) {
-          // eslint-disable-next-line no-console
-          // console.log('new swimlane');
-          swimlane = card.getSwimlane();
-          if (swimlane.archived) {
-            swimlane = null;
-            return;
-          }
-          swimlane.myLists = [list];
-          newSwimlane = true;
-        }
         if (board === null || card.boardId !== board._id) {
           // eslint-disable-next-line no-console
           // console.log('new board');
@@ -126,23 +63,38 @@ class MyCardsComponent extends CardSearchPagedComponent {
           }
           // eslint-disable-next-line no-console
           // console.log('board:', b, b._id, b.title);
-          board.mySwimlanes = [swimlane];
-          newBoard = true;
-        }
-
-        if (newBoard) {
           boards.push(board);
-        } else if (newSwimlane) {
-          board.mySwimlanes.push(swimlane);
-        } else if (newList) {
-          swimlane.myLists.push(list);
-        } else {
-          list.myCards.push(card);
+          board.mySwimlanes = [];
+          swimlane = null;
+          list = null;
         }
 
-        newBoard = false;
-        newSwimlane = false;
-        newList = false;
+        if (swimlane === null || card.swimlaneId !== swimlane._id) {
+          // eslint-disable-next-line no-console
+          // console.log('new swimlane');
+          swimlane = card.getSwimlane();
+          if (swimlane.archived) {
+            swimlane = null;
+            return;
+          }
+          board.mySwimlanes.push(swimlane);
+          swimlane.myLists = [];
+          list = null;
+        }
+
+        if (list === null || card.listId !== list._id) {
+          // eslint-disable-next-line no-console
+          // console.log('new list');
+          list = card.getList();
+          if (list.archived) {
+            list = null;
+            return;
+          }
+          swimlane.myLists.push(list);
+          list.myCards = [];
+        }
+
+        list.myCards.push(card);
       });
 
       // sort the data structure
@@ -182,27 +134,5 @@ class MyCardsComponent extends CardSearchPagedComponent {
 
     return [];
   }
-
-  myDueCardsList() {
-    const cursor = this.getResults();
-    const cards = [];
-    cursor.forEach(card => {
-      cards.push(card);
-    });
-
-    cards.sort((a, b) => {
-      const x = a.dueAt === null ? new Date('2100-12-31') : a.dueAt;
-      const y = b.dueAt === null ? new Date('2100-12-31') : b.dueAt;
-
-      if (x > y) return 1;
-      else if (x < y) return -1;
-
-      return 0;
-    });
-
-    // eslint-disable-next-line no-console
-    // console.log('cursor:', cards);
-    return cards;
-  }
 }
 MyCardsComponent.register('myCards');
diff --git a/client/lib/cardSearch.js b/client/lib/cardSearch.js
index 9d89f2447..1b895b95e 100644
--- a/client/lib/cardSearch.js
+++ b/client/lib/cardSearch.js
@@ -62,7 +62,6 @@ export class CardSearchPagedComponent extends BlazeComponent {
     // console.log('getting results');
     const sessionData = this.getSessionData();
     // eslint-disable-next-line no-console
-    // console.log('selector:', sessionData.getSelector());
     console.log('session data:', sessionData);
     const cards = [];
     sessionData.cards.forEach(cardId => {
@@ -99,10 +98,8 @@ export class CardSearchPagedComponent extends BlazeComponent {
     }
   }
 
-  runGlobalSearch(queryParams) {
-    this.searching.set(true);
-    this.stopSubscription();
-    this.subscriptionHandle = Meteor.subscribe(
+  getSubscription(queryParams) {
+    return Meteor.subscribe(
       'globalSearch',
       this.sessionId,
       queryParams.params,
@@ -111,6 +108,12 @@ export class CardSearchPagedComponent extends BlazeComponent {
     );
   }
 
+  runGlobalSearch(queryParams) {
+    this.searching.set(true);
+    this.stopSubscription();
+    this.subscriptionHandle = this.getSubscription(queryParams);
+  }
+
   queryErrorMessages() {
     const messages = [];
 
diff --git a/config/query-classes.js b/config/query-classes.js
index 2c8a49ee0..42b06c5f7 100644
--- a/config/query-classes.js
+++ b/config/query-classes.js
@@ -52,7 +52,9 @@ export class QueryParams {
 
   hasOperator(operator) {
     return (
-      this.params[operator] !== undefined && this.params[operator].length > 0
+      this.params[operator] !== undefined &&
+      (this.params[operator].length === undefined ||
+        this.params[operator].length > 0)
     );
   }
 
@@ -68,7 +70,11 @@ export class QueryParams {
   }
 
   getPredicate(operator) {
-    return this.params[operator][0];
+    if (typeof this.params[operator] === 'object') {
+      return this.params[operator][0];
+    } else {
+      return this.params[operator];
+    }
   }
 
   getPredicates(operator) {
@@ -196,6 +202,10 @@ export class Query {
     return this.queryParams;
   }
 
+  setQueryParams(queryParams) {
+    this.queryParams = queryParams;
+  }
+
   addPredicate(operator, predicate) {
     this.queryParams.addPredicate(operator, predicate);
   }
diff --git a/server/publications/cards.js b/server/publications/cards.js
index 33314ef30..8c5c805ac 100644
--- a/server/publications/cards.js
+++ b/server/publications/cards.js
@@ -53,10 +53,20 @@ Meteor.publish('card', cardId => {
 });
 
 Meteor.publish('myCards', function(sessionId) {
+  check(sessionId, String);
+
   const queryParams = new QueryParams();
   queryParams.addPredicate(OPERATOR_USER, Meteor.user().username);
+  queryParams.setPredicate(OPERATOR_LIMIT, 200);
 
-  return findCards(sessionId, buildQuery(queryParams));
+  const query = buildQuery(queryParams);
+  query.projection.sort = {
+    boardId: 1,
+    swimlaneId: 1,
+    listId: 1,
+  };
+
+  return findCards(sessionId, query);
 });
 
 // Meteor.publish('dueCards', function(sessionId, allUsers = false) {
@@ -449,16 +459,18 @@ function buildSelector(queryParams) {
 
   const query = new Query();
   query.selector = selector;
-  query.params = queryParams;
+  query.setQueryParams(queryParams);
   query._errors = errors;
 
   return query;
 }
 
 function buildProjection(query) {
+  // eslint-disable-next-line no-console
+  // console.log('query:', query);
   let skip = 0;
-  if (query.params.skip) {
-    skip = query.params.skip;
+  if (query.getQueryParams().skip) {
+    skip = query.getQueryParams().skip;
   }
   let limit = DEFAULT_LIMIT;
   const configLimit = parseInt(process.env.RESULTS_PER_PAGE, 10);
@@ -466,8 +478,8 @@ function buildProjection(query) {
     limit = configLimit;
   }
 
-  if (query.params.hasOperator(OPERATOR_LIMIT)) {
-    limit = query.params.getPredicate(OPERATOR_LIMIT);
+  if (query.getQueryParams().hasOperator(OPERATOR_LIMIT)) {
+    limit = query.getQueryParams().getPredicate(OPERATOR_LIMIT);
   }
 
   const projection = {
@@ -499,12 +511,13 @@ function buildProjection(query) {
     limit,
   };
 
-  if (query.params.hasOperator(OPERATOR_SORT)) {
+  if (query.getQueryParams().hasOperator(OPERATOR_SORT)) {
     const order =
-      query.params.getPredicate(OPERATOR_SORT).order === ORDER_ASCENDING
+      query.getQueryParams().getPredicate(OPERATOR_SORT).order ===
+      ORDER_ASCENDING
         ? 1
         : -1;
-    switch (query.params.getPredicate(OPERATOR_SORT).name) {
+    switch (query.getQueryParams().getPredicate(OPERATOR_SORT).name) {
       case PREDICATE_DUE_AT:
         projection.sort = {
           dueAt: order,
@@ -633,6 +646,12 @@ function findCards(sessionId, query) {
     update.$set.resultsCount = update.$set.cards.length;
   }
 
+  // eslint-disable-next-line no-console
+  // console.log('sessionId:', sessionId);
+  // eslint-disable-next-line no-console
+  // console.log('userId:', userId);
+  // eslint-disable-next-line no-console
+  // console.log('update:', update);
   SessionData.upsert({ userId, sessionId }, update);
 
   // remove old session data