diff --git a/app/base/database.py b/app/base/database.py
index 1e0a2df..c76e1d7 100755
--- a/app/base/database.py
+++ b/app/base/database.py
@@ -90,7 +90,7 @@ class Molecule(db.Model, Serializer):
 
     smi = Column(PickleType) # pickled smiles string
     mol = Column(PickleType) # pickled molblock
-    score = Column(Float)
+    score = Column(Float, index=True)
     ifp = Column(PickleType)
     inters = Column(JSON)
     meta = Column(JSON)
diff --git a/app/base/molecule_utils.py b/app/base/molecule_utils.py
index b359cc5..48db4e7 100644
--- a/app/base/molecule_utils.py
+++ b/app/base/molecule_utils.py
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
 import json
 import numpy as np
 
-from sqlalchemy import desc, and_, or_
+from sqlalchemy import desc, and_, or_, func
 from sqlalchemy.sql import exists, false
 from sqlalchemy.orm.exc import NoResultFound
 
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ def get_molecule_by_id(mol_id, return_grade = False, return_pred = False, party_
 def get_ordered_molecules(screen_id, party_id, name = None, orderby = "score", mode = "annotate", modetime = None,
 		limit = None, offset = None):
 
-	all_mols = db.session.query(Molecule).all()
+	# all_mols = db.session.query(Molecule).all()
 
 	"""
 	Return molecules that do NOT already have grades, sorted by requested method
@@ -82,12 +82,13 @@ def get_ordered_molecules(screen_id, party_id, name = None, orderby = "score", m
 		query = query.outerjoin(Prediction
 			).filter(Prediction.hp_settings_id == party_id)
 
-	unordered_mols = query.offset(offset).limit(limit).all()
+	# unordered_mols = query.offset(offset).limit(limit).all()
 	
 	# decide ordering - either score, uncertainty, prediction, or disagreement(error)
 	if orderby != 'name':
 		query = query.order_by(*orderby_dict[orderby])
-	total = query.count()
+	total = db.session.query(func.count(Molecule.id)).filter(Molecule.run_id == screen_id).filter(~exclude).scalar()
+
 
 	mols = query.offset(offset).limit(limit).all()