diff --git a/content/edweb-api.xql b/content/edweb-api.xql
index 8b836d1..344016c 100644
--- a/content/edweb-api.xql
+++ b/content/edweb-api.xql
@@ -1139,7 +1139,10 @@ declare function edwebapi:order-items(
 ) as map(*)*
 {
     if (not($order eq 'label'))
-    then $list
+    then
+        for $item in $list
+        order by $item?filter?($order)
+        return $item
     else
         let $long-list :=
             for $item in $list
diff --git a/views/api/object-list.xql b/views/api/object-list.xql
index daa0923..315371b 100644
--- a/views/api/object-list.xql
+++ b/views/api/object-list.xql
@@ -107,7 +107,7 @@ return
                 )
             else $result
         let $array := $result?list?*
-        let $array := edwebapi:order-items($array, $order)
+        let $array := if ($order||"" != "") then edwebapi:order-items($array, $order) else $array
         let $array := edwebapi:filter-list($array, $result?filter, $filter-params)
         return 
             if ($page)