diff --git a/src/Jackett.Common/Definitions/theempire.yml b/src/Jackett.Common/Definitions/theempire.yml
index 013f7a360..915e0338d 100644
--- a/src/Jackett.Common/Definitions/theempire.yml
+++ b/src/Jackett.Common/Definitions/theempire.yml
@@ -103,6 +103,8 @@ search:
     titleonly: 1
     # 0 Exact, 1 Fuzzy, 3 Parsed, 4 Simple # 2 Pure is not used
     nonboolean: 0
+    sort: "{{ .Config.sort }}"
+    d: "{{ .Config.type }}"
 
   rows:
     selector: table[border="0"] > tbody > tr.ttable:has(a[href^="browse.php?cat="]):not(:has(font[color="blue"])):not(:contains("*TCG*"))