diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 2f3b8dd..03475c5 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -5,9 +5,14 @@ All notable changes to this project will be documented in this file.
 The format is based on [Keep a Changelog](https://keepachangelog.com/en/1.0.0/),
 and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0.html).
 
+## [1.4.3] - 2014-04-12
+### Fixes
+- fixed close issue when it fails to build prepareStmt (#33)
+- improved `OrderByBuilder` for api input (#34)
+  
 ## [1.4.2] - 2014-04-10
 ### Added
-- added `OrderByBuilder` to prevent sql injection (#32)
+- added `OrderByBuilder` to prevent sql injection (#32, #33)
 
 ## [1.4.1] - 2014-04-09
 ### Added
diff --git a/sqlbuilder_orderby.go b/sqlbuilder_orderby.go
index 5691a56..771ecd8 100644
--- a/sqlbuilder_orderby.go
+++ b/sqlbuilder_orderby.go
@@ -11,8 +11,8 @@ type OrderByBuilder struct {
 	allowedColumns []string
 }
 
-// OrderBy create an OrderByBuilder with allowed columns to prevent sql injection. NB: any input is allowed if it is not provided
-func (b *Builder) OrderBy(allowedColumns ...string) *OrderByBuilder {
+// Order create an OrderByBuilder with allowed columns to prevent sql injection. NB: any input is allowed if it is not provided
+func (b *Builder) Order(allowedColumns ...string) *OrderByBuilder {
 	ob := &OrderByBuilder{
 		Builder:        b,
 		allowedColumns: allowedColumns,
@@ -34,8 +34,35 @@ func (ob *OrderByBuilder) isAllowed(col string) bool {
 	})
 }
 
-// Asc order by ASC with columns
-func (ob *OrderByBuilder) Asc(columns ...string) *OrderByBuilder {
+// By order by raw sql. eg By("a asc, b desc")
+func (ob *OrderByBuilder) By(raw string) *OrderByBuilder {
+	cols := strings.Split(raw, ",")
+
+	var n int
+	var items []string
+	var by string
+	for _, col := range cols {
+		items = strings.Split(strings.TrimSpace(col), " ")
+		n = len(items)
+		switch n {
+		case 1:
+			ob.ByAsc(strings.TrimSpace(col))
+		case 2:
+			by = strings.TrimSpace(items[1])
+			if strings.EqualFold(by, "ASC") {
+				ob.ByAsc(strings.TrimSpace(items[0]))
+			} else if strings.EqualFold(by, "DESC") {
+				ob.ByDesc(strings.TrimSpace(items[0]))
+			}
+		}
+	}
+
+	return ob
+
+}
+
+// ByAsc order by ascending with columns
+func (ob *OrderByBuilder) ByAsc(columns ...string) *OrderByBuilder {
 	for _, c := range columns {
 		if ob.isAllowed(c) {
 			if ob.isWritten {
@@ -49,8 +76,8 @@ func (ob *OrderByBuilder) Asc(columns ...string) *OrderByBuilder {
 	return ob
 }
 
-// Desc order by desc with columns
-func (ob *OrderByBuilder) Desc(columns ...string) *OrderByBuilder {
+// ByDesc order by descending with columns
+func (ob *OrderByBuilder) ByDesc(columns ...string) *OrderByBuilder {
 	for _, c := range columns {
 		if ob.isAllowed(c) {
 			if ob.isWritten {
diff --git a/sqlbuilder_orderby_test.go b/sqlbuilder_orderby_test.go
index 2857d57..e3c31f1 100644
--- a/sqlbuilder_orderby_test.go
+++ b/sqlbuilder_orderby_test.go
@@ -16,10 +16,10 @@ func TestOrderByBuilder(t *testing.T) {
 			name: "no_safe_columns_should_work",
 			build: func() *Builder {
 				b := New("SELECT * FROM users")
-				b.OrderBy().
-					Desc("created_at").
-					Asc("id", "name").
-					Asc("updated_at")
+				b.Order().
+					ByDesc("created_at").
+					ByAsc("id", "name").
+					ByAsc("updated_at")
 
 				return b
 			},
@@ -29,15 +29,26 @@ func TestOrderByBuilder(t *testing.T) {
 			name: "safe_columns_should_work",
 			build: func() *Builder {
 				b := New("SELECT * FROM users")
-				b.OrderBy("id", "created_at", "updated_at").
-					Asc("id", "name").
-					Desc("created_at", "unsafe_input").
-					Asc("updated_at")
+				b.Order("id", "created_at", "updated_at").
+					ByAsc("id", "name").
+					ByDesc("created_at", "unsafe_input").
+					ByAsc("updated_at")
 
 				return b
 			},
 			wanted: "SELECT * FROM users ORDER BY id ASC, created_at DESC, updated_at ASC",
 		},
+		{
+			name: "order_by_raw_sql_should_work",
+			build: func() *Builder {
+				b := New("SELECT * FROM users")
+				b.Order("id", "created_at", "updated_at", "age").
+					By("created_at desc, id, name asc, updated_at asc, age invalid_by,  unsafe_asc, unsafe_desc desc")
+
+				return b
+			},
+			wanted: "SELECT * FROM users ORDER BY created_at DESC, id ASC, updated_at ASC",
+		},
 	}
 
 	for _, test := range tests {