diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index d0cb40f..f83c242 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -4,6 +4,14 @@ 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).
 
+## [unreleased]
+
+### Fixed
+* Data column sorting not working.
+
+
+
+
 ## [0.4.0] - 2023-08-18
 
 ### Added
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index b7fdcea..c53da18 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@
 [![Code style: black](https://img.shields.io/badge/code%20style-black-000000.svg)](https://github.com/psf/black)
 [![PyPI version](https://badge.fury.io/py/icat-iml.svg)](https://badge.fury.io/py/icat-iml)
 [![tests](https://github.com/ORNL/icat/actions/workflows/tests.yml/badge.svg?branch=main)](https://github.com/ORNL/icat/actions/workflows/tests.yml)
+[![License](https://img.shields.io/pypi/l/curifactory)](https://github.com/ORNL/curifactory/blob/main/LICENSE)
 
 
 
diff --git a/icat/data.py b/icat/data.py
index f76e833..1147507 100644
--- a/icat/data.py
+++ b/icat/data.py
@@ -451,6 +451,15 @@ def _set_page_contents(self, options):
         if "itemsPerPage" in options:
             count = options["itemsPerPage"]
 
+        # sort the dataframe if requested (has to be done here since data external to JS)
+        if "sortBy" in options and len(options["sortBy"]) > 0:
+            if options["sortBy"][0] == "index":
+                df = df.sort_index(ascending=(not options["sortDesc"][0]))
+            else:
+                df = df.sort_values(
+                    by=options["sortBy"][0], ascending=(not options["sortDesc"][0])
+                )
+
         # calculate the range in the dataframe based on current page
         total_len = df.shape[0]
         end_index = page_num * count
diff --git a/icat/table.py b/icat/table.py
index 8ebc24c..9f6e6f3 100644
--- a/icat/table.py
+++ b/icat/table.py
@@ -132,7 +132,7 @@ def _template(self):
                 <tbody :width="width">
                     <tr v-for="item in items" :key="item.id" @click="selectPoint(item.id)" @mouseover="hoverPoint(item.id)">
                         <td class="break-word" v-html="item.text" style="padding-left: 2px; padding-right: 2px;" />
-                        <td style='vertical-align: top; padding-left: 2px; padding-right: 2px;' style="color: grey;">{{ item.id }}</td>
+                        <td style="vertical-align: top; padding-left: 2px; padding-right: 2px; color: grey;">{{ item.id }}</td>
                         <td style="vertical-align: top; padding-bottom: 5px; padding-left: 2px;">
                             <v-btn x-small class="orange darken-1" @click.stop="applyAbsoluteLabelUninteresting(item.id)">
                                 U
diff --git a/notebooks/archive/Example3-Model.ipynb b/notebooks/archive/Example3-Model.ipynb
index 178818a..27164c3 100644
--- a/notebooks/archive/Example3-Model.ipynb
+++ b/notebooks/archive/Example3-Model.ipynb
@@ -84,6 +84,18 @@
     "model.view"
    ]
   },
+  {
+   "cell_type": "code",
+   "execution_count": null,
+   "id": "c5002157-64d9-4643-a2bd-a1b14e402712",
+   "metadata": {
+    "tags": []
+   },
+   "outputs": [],
+   "source": [
+    "model.data.filtered_df.sort_index(ascending=False)"
+   ]
+  },
   {
    "cell_type": "code",
    "execution_count": null,