diff --git a/pymongo_wrapper/pipeline.py b/pymongo_wrapper/pipeline.py
index c9dd7ff..d18ca9f 100644
--- a/pymongo_wrapper/pipeline.py
+++ b/pymongo_wrapper/pipeline.py
@@ -62,9 +62,7 @@ def group(self, groupby: List[Union[str, Dict[str, Any]]], **kwargs) -> 'Pipelin
     def sort(self, sortby: Union[List[Tuple[str, int]], Tuple[str, int]]) -> 'PipelineBuilder':
         if isinstance(sortby, tuple):
             sortby = [sortby]
-        sort_dict = {}
-        for field, direction in sortby:
-            sort_dict[field] = direction
+        sort_dict = dict(sortby)
         self.pipeline.append({'$sort': sort_dict})
         return self