diff --git a/routers/search.go b/routers/search.go
index 1dc2fb57f..2fdd89b75 100644
--- a/routers/search.go
+++ b/routers/search.go
@@ -343,24 +343,17 @@ func sortRepo(Result []map[string]interface{}, SortBy string, ascending bool) {
 		orderBy = "num_watches"
 	}
 	sort.Slice(Result, func(i, j int) bool {
-		return getInt(Result[i][orderBy]) < getInt(Result[j][orderBy])
+		return getInt(Result[i][orderBy], orderBy) < getInt(Result[j][orderBy], orderBy)
 	})
 }
 
-func getInt(tmp interface{}) int64 {
-	switch tmp.(type) {
-	case string:
-		timeInt, err := strconv.ParseInt(tmp.(string), 10, 64)
-		if err == nil {
-			return timeInt
-		}
-	case int:
-		return int64(tmp.(int))
-
-	case int64:
-		return int64(tmp.(int64))
+func getInt(tmp interface{}, orderBy string) int64 {
+	timeInt, err := strconv.ParseInt(fmt.Sprint(tmp), 10, 64)
+	if err == nil {
+		return timeInt
+	} else {
+		log.Info("convert " + orderBy + " error type=" + fmt.Sprint(tmp))
 	}
-	log.Info("convert err type=" + fmt.Sprint(tmp))
 	return -1
 }