diff --git a/source/Ox.UI/js/List/Chart.js b/source/Ox.UI/js/List/Chart.js
index 54382a3b..84a565f6 100644
--- a/source/Ox.UI/js/List/Chart.js
+++ b/source/Ox.UI/js/List/Chart.js
@@ -58,8 +58,6 @@ Ox.Chart = function(options, self) {
         self.subData = {};
     }
 
-    // fixme: a lot of the sorting is unneeded, since it happens in the list
-
     self.sort = {};
     self.totals = {};
     Ox.forEach(self.options.data, function(value, key) {
@@ -87,8 +85,6 @@ Ox.Chart = function(options, self) {
                 bValue = self.subData[b];
             return a === '' ? 1
                 : b === '' ? -1
-                //: aValue < bValue ? 1
-                //: aValue > bValue ? -1 
                 : self.sort[a] < self.sort[b] ? -1
                 : self.sort[a] > self.sort[b] ? 1
                 : 0;
@@ -96,23 +92,22 @@ Ox.Chart = function(options, self) {
     }
 
     self.items = self.keys.map(function(key) {
-            return {key: key, value: self.options.data[key]};
-        })
-        .sort(function(a, b) {
-            var key = self.options.sort.key,
-                aValue = key == 'key' ? self.sort[a.key]
-                    : self.subData ? self.totals[a.key] : a.value,
-                bValue = key == 'key' ? self.sort[b.key]
-                    : self.subData ? self.totals[b.key] : b.value;
-            return aValue < bValue ? (self.options.sort.operator == '+' ? -1 : 1)
-                : aValue > bValue ? (self.options.sort.operator == '+' ? 1 : -1)
-                : key == 'value' && self.sort[a.key] < self.sort[b.key] ? -1
-                : key == 'value' && self.sort[a.key] > self.sort[b.key] ? 1
-                : 0;
-        });
+        var sort = self.sort[key],
+            value = self.options.data[key];
+        if (self.options.sort.key == 'value') {
+            sort = Ox.pad(self.subData ? self.totals[key] : value, 64) + sort;
+        }
+        return {key: key, value: value, sort: sort};
+    });
     if (self.options.limit) {
-        self.items = self.items.slice(0, self.options.limit);
+        self.items = Ox.sortBy(
+            self.items, {key: 'sort', operator: self.options.sort.operator}
+        ).slice(0, self.options.limit);
+        self.max = Ox.max(self.items.map(function(item) {
+            return self.subData ? Ox.sum(item.value) : item.value;
+        }));
     }
+    self.max = self.max || 1;
 
     if (self.options.rows == 2) {
         self.row = 0;
@@ -179,7 +174,7 @@ Ox.Chart = function(options, self) {
                 max: 0,
                 min: 0,
                 pageLength: self.items.length,
-                sort: [self.options.sort],
+                sort: [{key: 'sort', operator: self.options.sort.operator}],
                 width: self.options.width,
                 unique: 'key'
             })