diff --git a/packages/api/src/resolvers/subscriptions/index.ts b/packages/api/src/resolvers/subscriptions/index.ts
index 0e8a41e94..67c2fe978 100644
--- a/packages/api/src/resolvers/subscriptions/index.ts
+++ b/packages/api/src/resolvers/subscriptions/index.ts
@@ -50,13 +50,15 @@ export const subscriptionsResolver = authorized<
       }
     }
 
-    const subscriptions = await getRepository(Subscription).find({
-      where: { user: { id: uid }, status: SubscriptionStatus.Active },
-      order: {
-        [sortBy]: sortOrder,
-      },
-      relations: ['newsletterEmail'],
-    })
+    const subscriptions = await getRepository(Subscription)
+      .createQueryBuilder('subscription')
+      .innerJoinAndSelect('subscription.newsletterEmail', 'newsletterEmail')
+      .where({
+        user: { id: uid },
+        status: SubscriptionStatus.Active,
+      })
+      .orderBy('subscription.' + sortBy, sortOrder)
+      .getMany()
 
     return {
       subscriptions: subscriptions.map((s) => ({
diff --git a/packages/api/test/db.ts b/packages/api/test/db.ts
index aa6f859fa..b861acf3d 100644
--- a/packages/api/test/db.ts
+++ b/packages/api/test/db.ts
@@ -197,15 +197,16 @@ export const createTestLabel = async (
 export const createTestSubscription = async (
   user: User,
   name: string,
-  newsletterEmail: NewsletterEmail,
+  newsletterEmail?: NewsletterEmail,
   status = SubscriptionStatus.Active
 ): Promise<Subscription> => {
-  return getRepository(Subscription).save({
-    user,
-    name,
-    status,
-    newsletterEmail: { id: newsletterEmail.id },
-  })
+  const subscription = new Subscription()
+  subscription.user = user
+  subscription.name = name
+  newsletterEmail && (subscription.newsletterEmail = newsletterEmail)
+  subscription.status = status
+
+  return getRepository(Subscription).save(subscription)
 }
 
 export const deleteTestLabels = async (
diff --git a/packages/api/test/resolvers/subscriptions.test.ts b/packages/api/test/resolvers/subscriptions.test.ts
index c0a2a7631..962b97f16 100644
--- a/packages/api/test/resolvers/subscriptions.test.ts
+++ b/packages/api/test/resolvers/subscriptions.test.ts
@@ -32,12 +32,15 @@ describe('Subscriptions API', () => {
     //  create testing subscriptions
     const sub1 = await createTestSubscription(user, 'sub_1', newsletterEmail)
     const sub2 = await createTestSubscription(user, 'sub_2', newsletterEmail)
+    // create a unsubscribed subscription
     await createTestSubscription(
       user,
       'sub_3',
       newsletterEmail,
       SubscriptionStatus.Unsubscribed
     )
+    // create a subscription without a newsletter email
+    await createTestSubscription(user, 'sub_4')
     subscriptions = [sub2, sub1]
   })