diff --git a/cursortoken/direction.go b/cursortoken/direction.go
index 9ed91bc..bb42ef1 100644
--- a/cursortoken/direction.go
+++ b/cursortoken/direction.go
@@ -6,3 +6,13 @@ const (
 	SortASC  SortDirection = "ASC"
 	SortDESC SortDirection = "DESC"
 )
+
+func (sd SortDirection) ToMongo() int {
+	if sd == SortASC {
+		return 1
+	} else if sd == SortDESC {
+		return -1
+	} else {
+		return 0
+	}
+}
diff --git a/goextVersion.go b/goextVersion.go
index 15c03de..bfb6a3e 100644
--- a/goextVersion.go
+++ b/goextVersion.go
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 package goext
 
-const GoextVersion = "0.0.547"
+const GoextVersion = "0.0.548"
 
-const GoextVersionTimestamp = "2024-12-08T18:04:04+0100"
+const GoextVersionTimestamp = "2024-12-09T17:39:35+0100"