diff --git a/bt/models.py b/bt/models.py
index 4e5562757e51615018faa60f4e3c337e82f2ccad..41cf4c2592ef8947dfd223cc484cb481216b655d 100644
--- a/bt/models.py
+++ b/bt/models.py
@@ -51,10 +51,10 @@ MEDIA = (
     ('mobile', _('Mobile')),
     )
 STATUS = (
+    ('moreinfo', _('Need more info')),
     ('new', _('New')),
-    ('duplicate', _('Duplicate')),
     ('verified', _('Verified')),
-    ('moreinfo', _('Need more info')),
+    ('duplicate', _('Duplicate')),
     ('ooscope', _('Out of scope')),
     ('closed', _('Closed')),
     )
diff --git a/bt/views.py b/bt/views.py
index 0ecf1713fad61f32c0577b0d48c7cd435ab89521..a376dd40ded8f1c00fefbc1d8bed0d26b632e6b6 100644
--- a/bt/views.py
+++ b/bt/views.py
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ from django.contrib import messages
 from django.contrib.auth.models import User
 from django.utils.translation import ugettext_lazy as _
 from django.db.models import Count
-from models import Violation, Attachment, Comment, Confirmation, COUNTRIES
+from models import Violation, Attachment, Comment, Confirmation, COUNTRIES, STATUS
 from tempfile import mkstemp
 from datetime import datetime
 import hashlib, os, re, json, smtplib
@@ -181,7 +181,8 @@ def add(request):
     return render_to_response(
         'index.html',
         { 'form': form,
-          'violations': v_list },
+          'violations': v_list,
+          'status': STATUS },
         context_instance=RequestContext(request))
 
 def ajax(request, country=None, operator=None):
@@ -213,6 +214,7 @@ def index(request):
                      (_('Countries with some confirmed reports'), len([i for i,z in confirms if i>1])),
                      (_('Operators with some confirmed reports'), len([i for i,z in operators if i>1])),
                      ],
+          'status': STATUS,
           'violations': v_list },
         context_instance=RequestContext(request))
 
diff --git a/templates/list.html b/templates/list.html
index 48dad0e00b7c26970967cc2bfafeaa09e678c1c4..bd4223c0fd93e5e362726836ee012617f49ad9ca 100644
--- a/templates/list.html
+++ b/templates/list.html
@@ -27,9 +27,24 @@
         $('#'+key+' path').css('fill', data[key]);
      }
      {% endif %}
+     $.tablesorter.addParser({
+         // set a unique id
+         id: 'stateparser',
+         is: function(s) {
+             // return false so this parser is not auto detected
+             return false;
+         },
+         format: function(s) {
+             // format your data for normalization
+             return s.toLowerCase(){% for s, translation in status %}.replace(/{{translation}}/,{{forloop.counter}}){% endfor %};
+         },
+         // set type, either numeric or text
+         type: 'numeric'
+     });
      $("#sortedlist").tablesorter({
-         headers: { 8: { sorter: false },},
-         sortList: [[1,0],[7,1]],
+         headers: { 8: { sorter: false },
+                    0: { sorter: 'stateparser' }},
+         sortList: [[1,0],[0,0],[7,1]],
      });
      var options = { enableCookies: false };
      $('#sortedlist').tableFilter(options);