diff --git a/src/common/interfaces/common.interface.ts b/src/common/interfaces/common.interface.ts
index 437d643ee..a42da4fca 100644
--- a/src/common/interfaces/common.interface.ts
+++ b/src/common/interfaces/common.interface.ts
@@ -35,9 +35,9 @@ export interface IProposalAcceptedMessage {
 }
 
 export interface ILimitsFilter {
-  limit: number;
-  skip: number;
-  order: string;
+  limit?: number;
+  skip?: number;
+  order?: string;
 }
 
 export interface IFilters<T, Y = null> {
@@ -69,14 +69,17 @@ export interface IDatafileFilter {
   type?: string;
 }
 
-export type IFiltersV4<T, Y = null, Z = null> = IFilters<T, Y> & {
+export type IFiltersV4<T, Y = null, Z = null> = Pick<
+  IFilters<T, Y>,
+  "where"
+> & {
   include?: Z;
   limits?: ILimitsV4<T>;
   fields?: (keyof Y)[];
 };
 
 export interface ILimitsV4<T = null> {
-  limit: number;
-  skip: number;
-  sort: Record<keyof T, "asc" | "desc">;
+  limit?: number;
+  skip?: number;
+  sort?: Record<keyof T, "asc" | "desc">;
 }
diff --git a/src/datasets/datasets.service.ts b/src/datasets/datasets.service.ts
index bdb37064c..86d4ff03d 100644
--- a/src/datasets/datasets.service.ts
+++ b/src/datasets/datasets.service.ts
@@ -332,49 +332,19 @@ export class DatasetsService {
   }
 
   async findOneComplete(
-    filter: FilterQuery<DatasetDocument>,
+    filter: IDatasetFiltersV4<DatasetDocument, IDatasetFields>,
   ): Promise<OutputDatasetDto | null> {
-    const whereFilter: FilterQuery<DatasetDocument> = filter.where ?? {};
-    let fieldsProjection: string[] = filter.fields ?? {};
-
-    const limits: QueryOptions<DatasetDocument> = filter.limits ?? {
+    filter.limits = filter.limits ?? {
       skip: 0,
-      sort: { createdAt: "desc" },
+      sort: { createdAt: "desc" } as Record<
+        keyof DatasetDocument,
+        "asc" | "desc"
+      >,
     };
 
-    const pipeline: PipelineStage[] = [{ $match: whereFilter }];
-    const addedRelations = this.addLookupFields(pipeline, filter.include);
-
-    if (Array.isArray(fieldsProjection)) {
-      fieldsProjection = Array.from(
-        new Set([...fieldsProjection, ...addedRelations]),
-      );
-    }
-
-    if (!isEmpty(fieldsProjection)) {
-      const projection = parsePipelineProjection(fieldsProjection);
-      pipeline.push({ $project: projection });
-    }
+    const [data] = await this.findAllComplete(filter);
 
-    if (!isEmpty(limits.sort)) {
-      const sort = parsePipelineSort(limits.sort);
-      pipeline.push({ $sort: sort });
-    }
-
-    pipeline.push({ $skip: limits.skip || 0 });
-
-    try {
-      const [data] = await this.datasetModel
-        .aggregate<OutputDatasetDto | undefined>(pipeline)
-        .exec();
-
-      return data || null;
-    } catch (error) {
-      if (error instanceof Error) {
-        throw new BadRequestException(error.message);
-      }
-      throw new BadRequestException("An unknown error occurred");
-    }
+    return (data as OutputDatasetDto) || null;
   }
 
   async count(
diff --git a/src/datasets/interfaces/dataset-filters.interface.ts b/src/datasets/interfaces/dataset-filters.interface.ts
index 1a8ad10d5..a9d40d6d5 100644
--- a/src/datasets/interfaces/dataset-filters.interface.ts
+++ b/src/datasets/interfaces/dataset-filters.interface.ts
@@ -55,6 +55,8 @@ export interface IDatasetRelation {
   scope: IDatasetScopes;
 }
 
-export type IDatasetFiltersV4<T, Y = null> = IFiltersV4<T, Y> & {
-  include?: DatasetLookupKeysEnum[] | IDatasetRelation[];
-};
+export type IDatasetFiltersV4<T, Y = null> = IFiltersV4<
+  T,
+  Y,
+  DatasetLookupKeysEnum[] | IDatasetRelation[]
+>;
diff --git a/test/DatasetV4.js b/test/DatasetV4.js
index 58b849b85..739cef888 100644
--- a/test/DatasetV4.js
+++ b/test/DatasetV4.js
@@ -853,6 +853,7 @@ describe("2500: Datasets v4 tests", () => {
           skip: 0,
           sort: {
             datasetName: "asc",
+            createdAt: "asc",
           },
         },
       };