diff --git a/spaceweather_processing/app.py b/spaceweather_processing/app.py
index 4f57c7c027baf80e846853bd77bb2bf3d2ec29c5..9970e44e2a2ad6a1570ed9005ec2da3b720d793e 100644
--- a/spaceweather_processing/app.py
+++ b/spaceweather_processing/app.py
@@ -118,19 +118,9 @@ class DataProductDB:
             item = augment_item(item)
         return item
 
-    def get_tasks_distinct_field(self, collection_name, query, select=None, distinct=None):
-
-        n_results = self.db[collection_name].count_documents(query)
-        print(query)
-        selected_fields = {}
-
-        for item in select:
-            selected_fields[item] = 1
-
-        if distinct:
-            results = self.db[collection_name].find(query, selected_fields).distinct(distinct)
-
-        return {'count': n_results, 'results': results}
+    def get_distinct_field(self, collection_name, query, distinct=None):
+        results = self.db[collection_name].find(query,distinct).distinct(distinct)
+        return {'results': results}
 
 
     def get_items(self, collection_name, query, skip=0, limit=100, url=None, select=None, sort=None):
@@ -228,22 +218,20 @@ def get_tasks(collection_name: str, task_id: str, request: Request):
     else:
         raise exceptions.HTTPException(status_code=404, detail=f'Collection {collection_name} does not exist')
 
-@app.get('/{collection_name}/tasks/distinct_field/')
-def get_tasks_distinct_field(collection_name: str, request: Request, filter: Union[str, None] = None, select: Union[str, None] = None, distinct: str = None):
+@app.get('/{collection_name}/distinct_field/')
+def get_tasks_distinct_field(collection_name: str, request: Request, filter: Union[str, None] = None, distinct: str = None):
+    print(filter)
     DB.base_url = from_urlobj_to_url(request.url)
     try:
         if filter:
             query = json.loads(filter)
         else:
             query = {}
-        if select:
-            select = json.loads(select)
-        else:
-            select = []
+
     except:
         raise exceptions.HTTPException(status_code=422, detail='filter syntax invalid')
     if DB.does_collection_exist(collection_name):
-        return DB.get_tasks_distinct_field(collection_name, query=query, select=select, distinct=distinct)
+        return DB.get_distinct_field(collection_name, query=query, distinct=distinct)
     else:
         raise exceptions.HTTPException(status_code=404, detail=f'collection {collection_name} does not exist')