diff --git a/include/field.h b/include/field.h
index f983e0df..583d278d 100644
--- a/include/field.h
+++ b/include/field.h
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ namespace field_types {
     static const std::string STRING = "string";
     static const std::string INT32 = "int32";
     static const std::string INT64 = "int64";
-    static const std::string FLOAT = "FLOAT";
+    static const std::string FLOAT = "float";
     static const std::string FLOAT_ARRAY = "float[]";
     static const std::string STRING_ARRAY = "string[]";
     static const std::string INT32_ARRAY = "int32[]";
diff --git a/src/collection.cpp b/src/collection.cpp
index 99872114..6d688255 100644
--- a/src/collection.cpp
+++ b/src/collection.cpp
@@ -772,7 +772,7 @@ Option<nlohmann::json> Collection::search(std::string query, const std::vector<s
 
     for(const sort_by & _sort_field: sort_fields) {
         if(sort_index.count(_sort_field.name) == 0) {
-            std::string error = "Could not find a field named `" + _sort_field.name + "` in the schema.";
+            std::string error = "Could not find a field named `" + _sort_field.name + "` in the schema for sorting.";
             return Option<nlohmann::json>(400, error);
         }