diff --git a/ruby/lib/jam_ruby/models/search.rb b/ruby/lib/jam_ruby/models/search.rb
index b9745984a..5ec766695 100644
--- a/ruby/lib/jam_ruby/models/search.rb
+++ b/ruby/lib/jam_ruby/models/search.rb
@@ -123,16 +123,16 @@ module JamRuby
     # produce a list of musicians (users where musician is true)
     # params:
     #   instrument - instrument to search for or blank
-    #   score_limit - score must be <= this to be included in the result
+    #   score_limit - score must be <= this to be included in the result (this is a test against the raw score)
     #   handled by relation_pagination:
     #     page - page number to fetch (origin 1)
     #     per_page - number of entries per page
     #   handled by order_param:
-    #     orderby - ??? (followed, plays, playing)
-    #   handled by where_latlng:
-    #     distance - defunct
-    #     city - defunct
-    #     remote_ip - defunct
+    #     orderby - what sort of search, also defines order (followed, plays, playing)
+    #   previously handled by where_latlng:
+    #     distance - defunct!
+    #     city - defunct!
+    #     remote_ip - defunct!
     def self.musician_filter(params={}, user=nil, conn=nil)
       # puts "================ params #{params.inspect}"
       # puts "================ user #{user.inspect}"
@@ -178,10 +178,10 @@ module JamRuby
       case ordering
         when :plays  # FIXME:  double counting?
           # sel_str = "COUNT(records)+COUNT(sessions) AS play_count, #{sel_str}"
-          rel = rel.select('COUNT(records.id)+COUNT(sessions.id) AS play_count')
+          rel = rel.select('COUNT(records.id)+COUNT(sessions.id) AS search_play_count')
           rel = rel.joins("LEFT JOIN music_sessions AS sessions ON sessions.user_id = users.id")
           rel = rel.joins("LEFT JOIN recordings AS records ON records.owner_id = users.id")
-          rel = rel.order("play_count DESC")
+          rel = rel.order("search_play_count DESC")
         when :followed
           rel = rel.joins('left outer join follows on follows.followable_id = users.id')
           rel = rel.select('count(follows.user_id) as search_follow_count')
@@ -201,9 +201,13 @@ module JamRuby
       rel, page = self.relation_pagination(rel, params)
       rel = rel.includes([:instruments, :followings, :friends])
 
+      # puts "======================== sql #{rel.to_sql}"
       objs = rel.all
-
       # puts "======================== objs #{objs.inspect}"
+      # if objs.length > 0
+      #   puts "======================== attributes #{objs[0].attributes}"
+      #   puts "======================== score #{objs[0].score}"
+      # end
 
       srch = Search.new
       srch.search_type = :musicians_filter
diff --git a/ruby/lib/jam_ruby/models/user.rb b/ruby/lib/jam_ruby/models/user.rb
index 0ed32cc68..59b34c405 100644
--- a/ruby/lib/jam_ruby/models/user.rb
+++ b/ruby/lib/jam_ruby/models/user.rb
@@ -290,6 +290,11 @@ module JamRuby
       self.music_sessions.size
     end
 
+    def joined_score
+      nil unless has_attribute?(:score)
+      read_attribute(:score).to_i
+    end
+
     # mods comes back as text; so give ourselves a parsed version
     def mods_json
       @mods_json ||= mods ? JSON.parse(mods, symbolize_names: true) : {}
diff --git a/web/app/views/api_search/index.rabl b/web/app/views/api_search/index.rabl
index 16c1f85fc..fd53ba9c2 100644
--- a/web/app/views/api_search/index.rabl
+++ b/web/app/views/api_search/index.rabl
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ if @search.musicians_filter_search?
   end
          
   child(:results => :musicians) {
-      attributes :id, :first_name, :last_name, :name, :city, :state, :country, :email, :online, :musician, :photo_url, :biography
+      attributes :id, :first_name, :last_name, :name, :city, :state, :country, :email, :online, :musician, :photo_url, :biography, :joined_score
 
       node :is_friend do |musician|
         @search.is_friend?(musician)
diff --git a/web/spec/requests/musician_search_api_spec.rb b/web/spec/requests/musician_search_api_spec.rb
index 975712b0b..88b0eec3d 100644
--- a/web/spec/requests/musician_search_api_spec.rb
+++ b/web/spec/requests/musician_search_api_spec.rb
@@ -45,6 +45,8 @@ describe "Musician Search API", :type => :api do
       get_query
       good_response
       expect(json['musicians'].count).to be [Search::M_PER_PAGE, User.musicians_geocoded.count].min
+      puts json.inspect
+
     end
 
     context 'score filtering' do