diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index a5cfdcc..f9e11ef 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -158,6 +158,7 @@ Team.findAll({order: ['name']})
 ```js
 // returns the teams ordered by the name column, descending
 // GET /teams?order[0]=name&order[0]=DESC
+// GET /teams?order=name%20DESC
 
 // results in a Sequelize query:
 Team.findAll({order: [['name', 'DESC']]})
diff --git a/src/crud-destroy.integration.test.js b/src/crud-destroy.integration.test.js
index 702f640..75aa965 100644
--- a/src/crud-destroy.integration.test.js
+++ b/src/crud-destroy.integration.test.js
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ import setup from '../test/integration-setup.js';
 
 const STATUS_OK = 200;
 const STATUS_NOT_FOUND = 404;
+const STATUS_BAD_REQUEST = 400;
 
 setup(test);
 
@@ -112,3 +113,65 @@ test('not found /notamodel', async (t) => {
   const { statusCode } = await server.inject({ url, method });
   t.is(statusCode, STATUS_NOT_FOUND);
 });
+
+test('destroyScope /players/returnsOne', async (t) => {
+  const { server, instances, sequelize: { models: { Player } } } = t.context;
+  const { player1, player2 } = instances;
+  // this doesn't exist in our fixtures
+  const url = '/players/returnsOne';
+  const method = 'DELETE';
+
+  const presentPlayers = await Player.findAll();
+  const playerIds = presentPlayers.map(({ id }) => id);
+  t.truthy(playerIds.includes(player1.id));
+  t.truthy(playerIds.includes(player2.id));
+
+  const { result, statusCode } = await server.inject({ url, method });
+  t.is(statusCode, STATUS_OK);
+  t.is(result.id, player1.id);
+
+  const nonDeletedPlayers = await Player.findAll();
+  t.is(nonDeletedPlayers.length, presentPlayers.length - 1);
+});
+
+test('destroyScope /players/returnsNone', async (t) => {
+  const { server, instances, sequelize: { models: { Player } } } = t.context;
+  const { player1, player2 } = instances;
+  // this doesn't exist in our fixtures
+  const url = '/players/returnsNone';
+  const method = 'DELETE';
+
+  const presentPlayers = await Player.findAll();
+  const playerIds = presentPlayers.map(({ id }) => id);
+  t.truthy(playerIds.includes(player1.id));
+  t.truthy(playerIds.includes(player2.id));
+
+  const { statusCode } = await server.inject({ url, method });
+  t.is(statusCode, STATUS_NOT_FOUND);
+
+  const nonDeletedPlayers = await Player.findAll();
+  const nonDeletedPlayerIds = nonDeletedPlayers.map(({ id }) => id);
+  t.truthy(nonDeletedPlayerIds.includes(player1.id));
+  t.truthy(nonDeletedPlayerIds.includes(player2.id));
+});
+
+test('destroyScope invalid scope /players/invalid', async (t) => {
+  const { server, instances, sequelize: { models: { Player } } } = t.context;
+  const { player1, player2 } = instances;
+  // this doesn't exist in our fixtures
+  const url = '/players/invalid';
+  const method = 'DELETE';
+
+  const presentPlayers = await Player.findAll();
+  const playerIds = presentPlayers.map(({ id }) => id);
+  t.truthy(playerIds.includes(player1.id));
+  t.truthy(playerIds.includes(player2.id));
+
+  const { statusCode } = await server.inject({ url, method });
+  t.is(statusCode, STATUS_BAD_REQUEST);
+
+  const nonDeletedPlayers = await Player.findAll();
+  const nonDeletedPlayerIds = nonDeletedPlayers.map(({ id }) => id);
+  t.truthy(nonDeletedPlayerIds.includes(player1.id));
+  t.truthy(nonDeletedPlayerIds.includes(player2.id));
+});
diff --git a/src/crud-list-order.integration.test.js b/src/crud-list-order.integration.test.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..daba5dc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/crud-list-order.integration.test.js
@@ -0,0 +1,83 @@
+import test from 'ava';
+import 'sinon-bluebird';
+import setup from '../test/integration-setup.js';
+
+const STATUS_OK = 200;
+const STATUS_BAD_QUERY = 502;
+
+setup(test);
+
+test('/players?order=name', async (t) => {
+  const { server, instances } = t.context;
+  const { player1, player2 } = instances;
+  const url = '/players?order=name';
+  const method = 'GET';
+
+  const { result, statusCode } = await server.inject({ url, method });
+  t.is(statusCode, STATUS_OK);
+  // this is the order we'd expect the names to be in
+  t.is(result[0].name, player1.name);
+  t.is(result[1].name, player2.name);
+});
+
+test('/players?order=name%20ASC', async (t) => {
+  const { server, instances } = t.context;
+  const { player1, player2 } = instances;
+  const url = '/players?order=name%20ASC';
+  const method = 'GET';
+
+  const { result, statusCode } = await server.inject({ url, method });
+  t.is(statusCode, STATUS_OK);
+  // this is the order we'd expect the names to be in
+  t.is(result[0].name, player1.name);
+  t.is(result[1].name, player2.name);
+});
+
+test('/players?order=name%20DESC', async (t) => {
+  const { server, instances } = t.context;
+  const { player1, player2 } = instances;
+  const url = '/players?order=name%20DESC';
+  const method = 'GET';
+
+  const { result, statusCode } = await server.inject({ url, method });
+  t.is(statusCode, STATUS_OK);
+  // this is the order we'd expect the names to be in
+  t.is(result[0].name, player2.name);
+  t.is(result[1].name, player1.name);
+});
+
+test('/players?order[]=name', async (t) => {
+  const { server, instances } = t.context;
+  const { player1, player2 } = instances;
+  const url = '/players?order[]=name';
+  const method = 'GET';
+
+  const { result, statusCode } = await server.inject({ url, method });
+  t.is(statusCode, STATUS_OK);
+  // this is the order we'd expect the names to be in
+  t.is(result[0].name, player1.name);
+  t.is(result[1].name, player2.name);
+});
+
+test('/players?order[0]=name&order[0]=DESC', async (t) => {
+  const { server, instances } = t.context;
+  const { player1, player2 } = instances;
+  const url = '/players?order[0]=name&order[0]=DESC';
+  const method = 'GET';
+
+  const { result, statusCode } = await server.inject({ url, method });
+  t.is(statusCode, STATUS_OK);
+  // this is the order we'd expect the names to be in
+  t.is(result[0].name, player2.name);
+  t.is(result[1].name, player1.name);
+});
+
+test('invalid column /players?order[0]=invalid', async (t) => {
+  const { server } = t.context;
+  const url = '/players?order[]=invalid';
+  const method = 'GET';
+
+  const { statusCode, result } = await server.inject({ url, method });
+  t.is(statusCode, STATUS_BAD_QUERY);
+  t.truthy(result.message.includes('invalid'));
+});
diff --git a/src/crud-scope.integration.test.js b/src/crud-scope.integration.test.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..f8c575a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/crud-scope.integration.test.js
@@ -0,0 +1,40 @@
+import test from 'ava';
+import 'sinon-bluebird';
+import setup from '../test/integration-setup.js';
+
+const STATUS_OK = 200;
+const STATUS_NOT_FOUND = 404;
+const STATUS_BAD_REQUEST = 400;
+
+setup(test);
+
+test('/players/returnsOne', async (t) => {
+  const { server, instances } = t.context;
+  const { player1 } = instances;
+  const url = '/players/returnsOne';
+  const method = 'GET';
+
+  const { result, statusCode } = await server.inject({ url, method });
+  t.is(statusCode, STATUS_OK);
+  t.is(result.length, 1);
+  t.truthy(result[0].id, player1.id);
+});
+
+test('/players/returnsNone', async (t) => {
+  const { server } = t.context;
+  const url = '/players/returnsNone';
+  const method = 'GET';
+
+  const { statusCode } = await server.inject({ url, method });
+  t.is(statusCode, STATUS_NOT_FOUND);
+});
+
+test('invalid scope /players/invalid', async (t) => {
+  const { server } = t.context;
+  // this doesn't exist in our fixtures
+  const url = '/players/invalid';
+  const method = 'GET';
+
+  const { statusCode } = await server.inject({ url, method });
+  t.is(statusCode, STATUS_BAD_REQUEST);
+});
diff --git a/src/crud.js b/src/crud.js
index be9bcd1..1f02710 100644
--- a/src/crud.js
+++ b/src/crud.js
@@ -214,6 +214,8 @@ export const scope = ({ server, model, prefix = '/', config }) => {
         include, where, limit, offset, order,
       });
 
+      if (!list.length) return void reply(notFound('Nothing found.'));
+
       reply(list.map((item) => item.toJSON()));
     },
     config,
@@ -309,6 +311,8 @@ export const destroyScope = ({ server, model, prefix = '/', config }) => {
 
       const list = await model.scope(request.params.scope).findAll({ include, where });
 
+      if (!list.length) return void reply(notFound('Nothing found.'));
+
       await Promise.all(list.map(instance => instance.destroy()));
 
       const listAsJSON = list.map((item) => item.toJSON());
diff --git a/src/crud.test.js b/src/crud.test.js
index 0856451..362f65f 100644
--- a/src/crud.test.js
+++ b/src/crud.test.js
@@ -225,7 +225,7 @@ test('crud#list handler with order', async (t) => {
 
   t.deepEqual(
     findAllArgs.order,
-    [request.query.order],
+    [[request.query.order]],
     'queries with the order as an array b/c that\'s what sequelize wants'
   );
 });
diff --git a/src/get-config-for-method.js b/src/get-config-for-method.js
index a87a43e..d6bc661 100644
--- a/src/get-config-for-method.js
+++ b/src/get-config-for-method.js
@@ -144,7 +144,7 @@ export default ({
       .keys({
         limit: joi.number().min(0).integer(),
         offset: joi.number().min(0).integer(),
-        order: joi.array(),
+        order: [joi.array(), joi.string()],
       }),
       get(methodConfig, 'validate.query')
     );
diff --git a/src/utils.js b/src/utils.js
index bc19051..dae90c0 100644
--- a/src/utils.js
+++ b/src/utils.js
@@ -70,7 +70,7 @@ export const parseOrder = (request) => {
 
   // transform to an array so sequelize will escape the input for us and
   // maintain security. See http://docs.sequelizejs.com/en/latest/docs/querying/#ordering
-  if (isString(order)) return order.split(' ');
+  if (isString(order)) return [order.split(' ')];
 
   for (const key of Object.keys(order)) {
     try {
@@ -80,7 +80,7 @@ export const parseOrder = (request) => {
     }
   }
 
-  return order;
+  return [order];
 };
 
 export const getMethod = (model, association, plural = true, method = 'get') => {
diff --git a/src/utils.test.js b/src/utils.test.js
index 43eb29e..bd91198 100644
--- a/src/utils.test.js
+++ b/src/utils.test.js
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@ test('parseOrder returns order when a string', (t) => {
 
   t.deepEqual(
     parseOrder(request)
-    , [order]
+    , [[order]]
   );
 });
 
@@ -69,7 +69,7 @@ test('parseOrder returns order when json', (t) => {
 
   t.deepEqual(
     parseOrder(request)
-    , order
+    , [order]
   );
 });
 
diff --git a/test/fixtures/models/player.js b/test/fixtures/models/player.js
index 0f678b3..9753bb5 100644
--- a/test/fixtures/models/player.js
+++ b/test/fixtures/models/player.js
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ export default (sequelize, DataTypes) => {
     },
     name: DataTypes.STRING,
     teamId: DataTypes.INTEGER,
+    active: DataTypes.BOOLEAN,
   }, {
     classMethods: {
       associate: (models) => {
@@ -15,5 +16,17 @@ export default (sequelize, DataTypes) => {
         });
       },
     },
+    scopes: {
+      returnsOne: {
+        where: {
+          active: true,
+        },
+      },
+      returnsNone: {
+        where: {
+          name: 'notaname',
+        },
+      },
+    },
   });
 };
diff --git a/test/integration-setup.js b/test/integration-setup.js
index f5ae745..c895343 100644
--- a/test/integration-setup.js
+++ b/test/integration-setup.js
@@ -58,7 +58,9 @@ export default (test) => {
     const { Player, Team, City } = t.context.sequelize.models;
     const city1 = await City.create({ name: 'Healdsburg' });
     const team1 = await Team.create({ name: 'Baseballs', cityId: city1.id });
-    const player1 = await Player.create({ name: 'Pinot', teamId: team1.id });
+    const player1 = await Player.create({
+      name: 'Pinot', teamId: team1.id, active: true,
+    });
     const player2 = await Player.create({ name: 'Syrah', teamId: team1.id });
     t.context.instances = { city1, team1, player1, player2 };
   });