diff --git a/frontend-js/src/main/js/GuiConnector.js b/frontend-js/src/main/js/GuiConnector.js
index 9b5189af4a1bba46bca7ace7be2b5af27a6a5027..9dbb207b8d3b6e0f83e942d549fd6e9403bc5a8a 100644
--- a/frontend-js/src/main/js/GuiConnector.js
+++ b/frontend-js/src/main/js/GuiConnector.js
@@ -106,6 +106,13 @@ GuiConnector.prototype.init = function () {
     };
   }
   newUrl = "";
+
+  //sorting of datatable column by input value https://stackoverflow.com/a/29221907/1127920
+  $.fn.dataTable.ext.order['dom-input'] = function (settings, col) {
+    return this.api().column(col, {order: 'index'}).nodes().map(function (td, i) {
+      return $('input', td).val();
+    });
+  }
 };
 
 
diff --git a/frontend-js/src/main/js/gui/admin/CommentsAdminPanel.js b/frontend-js/src/main/js/gui/admin/CommentsAdminPanel.js
index 7fe796baa20e73c56e50ac72ea702a98353d7cf2..a140ba353016950dfb31f29058ebc563530cf667 100644
--- a/frontend-js/src/main/js/gui/admin/CommentsAdminPanel.js
+++ b/frontend-js/src/main/js/gui/admin/CommentsAdminPanel.js
@@ -61,7 +61,8 @@ CommentsAdminPanel.prototype._createGui = function () {
     }, {
       title: 'Content'
     }, {
-      title: 'Removed'
+      title: 'Removed',
+      orderable: false
     }, {
       title: 'Pinned'
     }]
diff --git a/frontend-js/src/main/js/gui/admin/EditProjectDialog.js b/frontend-js/src/main/js/gui/admin/EditProjectDialog.js
index 1f6cc6d1eeb6ab637e1222e3e782d1a1f4451a90..b21faa4fabc51d873cbe8da0acf4068ce4b33486 100644
--- a/frontend-js/src/main/js/gui/admin/EditProjectDialog.js
+++ b/frontend-js/src/main/js/gui/admin/EditProjectDialog.js
@@ -325,13 +325,17 @@ EditProjectDialog.prototype._createMapsTable = function () {
     }, {
       title: 'Name'
     }, {
-      title: 'Default center x'
+      title: 'Default center x',
+      orderable: false
     }, {
-      title: 'Default center y'
+      title: 'Default center y',
+      orderable: false
     }, {
-      title: 'Default zoom level'
+      title: 'Default zoom level',
+      orderable: false
     }, {
-      title: 'Update'
+      title: 'Update',
+      orderable: false
     }]
   });
 
@@ -397,18 +401,31 @@ EditProjectDialog.prototype._createOverlayTable = function () {
     }, {
       title: 'Description'
     }, {
-      title: 'Public'
+      title: 'Public',
+      orderable: false
     }, {
-      title: 'Default'
+      title: 'Default',
+      orderable: false
     }, {
-      title: 'Owner'
+      title: 'Owner',
+      orderable: false
     }, {
-      title: 'Data'
+      title: 'Data',
+      orderable: false
     }, {
-      title: 'Update'
+      title: 'Update',
+      orderable: false
     }, {
-      title: 'Remove'
+      title: 'Remove',
+      orderable: false
     }],
+    columnDefs: [
+      {
+        orderDataType: "dom-input",
+        type: "string",
+        targets: [1, 2]
+      }
+    ],
     dom: '<"minerva-datatable-toolbar">frtip',
     initComplete: function () {
       $("div.minerva-datatable-toolbar", $(result)).html('<button name="addOverlay">Add overlay</button>');
@@ -437,7 +454,7 @@ EditProjectDialog.prototype._createOverlayTable = function () {
     var button = this;
     return self.getServerConnector().getOverlaySourceDownloadUrl({
       overlayId: $(button).attr("data"),
-      projectId:self.getProject().getProjectId()
+      projectId: self.getProject().getProjectId()
     }).then(function (url) {
       return self.downloadFile(url);
     }).then(null, GuiConnector.alert);
@@ -622,7 +639,8 @@ EditProjectDialog.prototype.initUsersTab = function () {
 
   var columns = self.createUserPrivilegeColumns();
   $(usersTable).DataTable({
-    columns: columns
+    columns: columns,
+    ordering: false
   });
   return Promise.resolve();
 };