diff --git a/src/components/users.js b/src/components/users.js
index e66eb44..416dd86 100644
--- a/src/components/users.js
+++ b/src/components/users.js
@@ -419,6 +419,7 @@ export const UserEdit = props => {
             addLabel={false}
             pagination={<UserPagination />}
             perPage={50}
+            sort={{ field: "created_ts", order: "DESC" }}
           >
             <Datagrid style={{ width: "100%" }}>
               <DateField
@@ -432,7 +433,6 @@ export const UserEdit = props => {
                   minute: "2-digit",
                   second: "2-digit",
                 }}
-                sortable={false}
               />
               <DateField
                 source="last_access_ts"
@@ -445,14 +445,13 @@ export const UserEdit = props => {
                   minute: "2-digit",
                   second: "2-digit",
                 }}
-                sortable={false}
               />
-              <TextField source="media_id" sortable={false} />
-              <NumberField source="media_length" sortable={false} />
-              <TextField source="media_type" sortable={false} />
-              <TextField source="upload_name" sortable={false} />
-              <TextField source="quarantined_by" sortable={false} />
-              <BooleanField source="safe_from_quarantine" sortable={false} />
+              <TextField source="media_id" />
+              <NumberField source="media_length" />
+              <TextField source="media_type" />
+              <TextField source="upload_name" />
+              <TextField source="quarantined_by" />
+              <BooleanField source="safe_from_quarantine" />
               <DeleteButton undoable={false} redirect={false} />
             </Datagrid>
           </ReferenceManyField>
diff --git a/src/synapse/dataProvider.js b/src/synapse/dataProvider.js
index d928462..dcaf8b1 100644
--- a/src/synapse/dataProvider.js
+++ b/src/synapse/dataProvider.js
@@ -267,10 +267,13 @@ const dataProvider = {
   getManyReference: (resource, params) => {
     console.log("getManyReference " + resource);
     const { page, perPage } = params.pagination;
+    const { field, order } = params.sort;
     const from = (page - 1) * perPage;
     const query = {
       from: from,
       limit: perPage,
+      order_by: field,
+      dir: getSearchOrder(order),
     };
 
     const homeserver = localStorage.getItem("base_url");