diff --git a/public/js/directives/directives.js b/public/js/directives/directives.js
index be8982f076..467395752f 100644
--- a/public/js/directives/directives.js
+++ b/public/js/directives/directives.js
@@ -55,8 +55,7 @@ habitrpg.directive('habitrpgSortable', ['User', function(User) {
         var taskType = angular.element(ui.item[0]).scope().task.type + 's';
         var startIndex = ui.item.data('startIndex');
         var task = User.user[taskType][startIndex];
-        // FIXME - this is a really inconsistent way of API handling. we need to fix the batch-update route
-        User.log({op: 'sortTask', data: _.defaults({from: startIndex, to: ui.item.index()}, task)});
+        User.user.ops.sortTask({params:{id:task.id},query:{from:startIndex, to:ui.item.index()}});
       }
     });
   }
diff --git a/src/controllers/user.js b/src/controllers/user.js
index c66d3ff29e..23c5130e51 100644
--- a/src/controllers/user.js
+++ b/src/controllers/user.js
@@ -153,21 +153,8 @@ api.deleteTask = function(req, res, next) {
 */
 
 // api.updateTask // handled in Shared.ops
-
 // api.addTask // handled in Shared.ops
-
-api.sortTask = function(req, res, next) {
-  api.verifyTaskExists(req, res, function(){
-    var id = req.params.id;
-    var to = req.body.to, from = req.body.from, type = req.body.type;
-    var user = res.locals.user;
-    user[type+'s'].splice(to, 0, user[type+'s'].splice(from, 1)[0]);
-    user.save(function(err, saved) {
-      if (err) return res.json(500, {err: err});
-      return res.json(200, saved.toJSON()[type+'s']);
-    });
-  })
-};
+// api.sortTask // handled in Shared.ops #TODO updated api, mention in docs
 
 /*
   ------------------------------------------------------------------------