diff --git a/pages/search/+onBeforeRender.js b/pages/search/+onBeforeRender.js
index 3ea908d..d7bd9f9 100644
--- a/pages/search/+onBeforeRender.js
+++ b/pages/search/+onBeforeRender.js
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ export async function onBeforeRender(pageContext) {
 
 	return {
 		pageContext: {
-			title: `Search '${pageContext.urlParsed.search.q}'`,
+			title: `Search '${pageContext.urlParsed.search.q || ''}'`,
 			pageProps: {
 				scenes,
 				aggActors,
diff --git a/src/cache.js b/src/cache.js
index 501bd49..01656d4 100644
--- a/src/cache.js
+++ b/src/cache.js
@@ -6,9 +6,11 @@ export async function getIdsBySlug(slugs, domain) {
 			return null;
 		}
 
+		/* this, naturally, fails if the slug is 69 etc.
 		if (Number(slug)) {
 			return Number(slug); // already an ID or missing
 		}
+		*/
 
 		const id = await redis.hGet(`traxxx:${domain}:id_by_slug`, slug);
 
diff --git a/src/movies.js b/src/movies.js
index d51f864..9781f99 100644
--- a/src/movies.js
+++ b/src/movies.js
@@ -532,9 +532,9 @@ export async function fetchMovies(filters, rawOptions, reqUser) {
 	const channelCounts = options.aggregateChannels && countAggregations(result.aggregations?.channelIds);
 
 	const [aggActors, aggTags, aggChannels] = await Promise.all([
-		options.aggregateActors ? fetchActorsById(result.aggregations.actorIds.map((bucket) => bucket.key), { order: ['name', 'asc'], append: actorCounts }) : [],
-		options.aggregateTags ? fetchTagsById(result.aggregations.tagIds.map((bucket) => bucket.key), { order: ['name', 'asc'], append: tagCounts }) : [],
-		options.aggregateChannels ? fetchEntitiesById(result.aggregations.channelIds.map((bucket) => bucket.key), { order: ['name', 'asc'], append: channelCounts }) : [],
+		options.aggregateActors ? fetchActorsById(result.aggregations.actorIds.map((bucket) => bucket.key), { order: ['slug', 'asc'], append: actorCounts }) : [],
+		options.aggregateTags ? fetchTagsById(result.aggregations.tagIds.map((bucket) => bucket.key), { order: [knex.raw('lower(name)'), 'asc'], append: tagCounts }) : [],
+		options.aggregateChannels ? fetchEntitiesById(result.aggregations.channelIds.map((bucket) => bucket.key), { order: ['slug', 'asc'], append: channelCounts }) : [],
 	]);
 
 	const movieIds = result.movies.map((movie) => Number(movie.id));
diff --git a/src/scenes.js b/src/scenes.js
index a00562e..40aa14e 100644
--- a/src/scenes.js
+++ b/src/scenes.js
@@ -574,9 +574,9 @@ export async function fetchScenes(filters, rawOptions, reqUser) {
 	console.time('fetch aggregations');
 
 	const [aggActors, aggTags, aggChannels] = await Promise.all([
-		options.aggregateActors ? fetchActorsById(result.aggregations.actorIds.map((bucket) => bucket.key), { order: ['name', 'asc'], append: actorCounts }) : [],
-		options.aggregateTags ? fetchTagsById(result.aggregations.tagIds.map((bucket) => bucket.key), { order: ['name', 'asc'], append: tagCounts }) : [],
-		options.aggregateChannels ? fetchEntitiesById(result.aggregations.channelIds.map((bucket) => bucket.key), { order: ['name', 'asc'], append: channelCounts }) : [],
+		options.aggregateActors ? fetchActorsById(result.aggregations.actorIds.map((bucket) => bucket.key), { order: ['slug', 'asc'], append: actorCounts }) : [],
+		options.aggregateTags ? fetchTagsById(result.aggregations.tagIds.map((bucket) => bucket.key), { order: [knex.raw('lower(name)'), 'asc'], append: tagCounts }) : [],
+		options.aggregateChannels ? fetchEntitiesById(result.aggregations.channelIds.map((bucket) => bucket.key), { order: ['slug', 'asc'], append: channelCounts }) : [],
 	]);
 
 	console.timeEnd('fetch aggregations');