diff --git a/lib/typesense/helper.rb b/lib/typesense/helper.rb
index a8880fe..7a15452 100644
--- a/lib/typesense/helper.rb
+++ b/lib/typesense/helper.rb
@@ -34,6 +34,11 @@ def create
           type: 'geopoint',
           facet: false,
           optional: true
+        }, {
+          name: 'name',
+          type: 'string',
+          sort: true,
+          optional: true
         }, {
           name: '.*_facet',
           type: 'auto',