diff --git a/backend-services/feed-service/app/utils/MongoConnection.scala b/backend-services/feed-service/app/utils/MongoConnection.scala
index 39caedb80c63b68cb573ce00e052067552f8800f..04ca348a8010d87e0ee83621819b28d8a6b3b3ab 100644
--- a/backend-services/feed-service/app/utils/MongoConnection.scala
+++ b/backend-services/feed-service/app/utils/MongoConnection.scala
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 package utils
 
 import org.mongodb.scala.{MongoClient, MongoDatabase, MongoCollection}
-import org.mongodb.scala.model.{Filters, Projections, Sorts}
+import org.mongodb.scala.model.{Filters, Sorts}
 import com.mongodb.client.result.{InsertOneResult, UpdateResult}
 
 import org.bson.conversions.Bson
@@ -63,13 +63,17 @@ object MongoConnection {
     def find[T: ClassTag](
         collection: MongoCollection[T], 
         filter: Bson = Filters.empty(), 
-        projection: Bson = Projections.excludeId(),
-        sort: Bson = Sorts.ascending("_id")
+        sort: Bson = Sorts.ascending("_id"),
+        projection: Option[Bson] = None
     ): Future[Seq[T]] = {
-        collection.find[T](filter)
-        .projection(projection)
-        .sort(sort)
-        .toFuture()
+        var result = collection.find[T](filter).sort(sort)
+
+        result = if (projection.isDefined == true)
+            result.projection(projection.get)
+        else
+            result
+        
+        result.toFuture()
     }
 
     /**