diff --git a/.dockerignore b/.dockerignore
index 4c49bd7..0311a10 100644
--- a/.dockerignore
+++ b/.dockerignore
@@ -1 +1,2 @@
 .env
+!.git
diff --git a/app.py b/app.py
index 6cc73c5..ab6b96f 100644
--- a/app.py
+++ b/app.py
@@ -90,9 +90,13 @@ async def get_issues():
               type: string
     """
     try:
+      # Get year from query parameters
+      year = request.args.get('year')
+      year = int(year) if year and year.isdigit() else None
+      
       # Fetch all issues with their details 
-      print('inside get all issues')           
-      data = await DmpAPIQueries.get_issue_query(async_session)
+      print(f'inside get all issues for year: {year}' if year else 'inside get all issues (all years)')
+      data = await DmpAPIQueries.get_issue_query(async_session, year=year)
       response = []
       
       for result in data:
@@ -101,7 +105,8 @@ async def get_issues():
             'org_name': result.org_name,
             'issues': result.issues
         })
-                                  
+      # Sort response by org_name alphabetically
+      response.sort(key=lambda x: x['org_name'].lower())
       return jsonify({"issues": response})
       
     except Exception as e:
diff --git a/shared_migrations b/shared_migrations
index ec465a2..f22bad9 160000
--- a/shared_migrations
+++ b/shared_migrations
@@ -1 +1 @@
-Subproject commit ec465a29357edf78b2727d31e50a6f6d3b4d57dc
+Subproject commit f22bad965438497715d4ac0959a135f5af161cf7