diff --git a/static/js/pandora.js b/static/js/pandora.js
index 49ef65d7..3e8b4b43 100644
--- a/static/js/pandora.js
+++ b/static/js/pandora.js
@@ -51,6 +51,19 @@ Ox.load({
                     site: data.site,
                     user: data.user.level == 'guest' ? Ox.clone(data.site.user) : data.user
                 });
+                // ---- fixme: remove, server sends wrong data
+                pandora.site.user.ui.lists = {
+                    "": {
+                        "columns": ["title", "director", "country", "year", "language", "runtime", "genre"],
+                        "columnWidth": {},
+                        "listView": "grid",
+                        "selected": [],
+                        "sort": [
+                            {"key": "director", "operator": ""}
+                        ]
+                    }
+                };
+                // ----
                 Ox.print("USER.UI.LISTS", data.user.ui.lists, "SITE.USER.UI.LISTS", data.site.user.ui.lists)
                 Ox.extend(pandora.site, {
                     findKeys: Ox.map(data.site.itemKeys, function(key) {
diff --git a/static/js/pandora/Query.js b/static/js/pandora/Query.js
index 0db63cb7..61824adc 100644
--- a/static/js/pandora/Query.js
+++ b/static/js/pandora/Query.js
@@ -230,6 +230,13 @@ pandora.Query = (function() {
             !pandora.user.ui.lists[data.list] && pandora.UI.set(
                 'lists|' + data.list, pandora.site.user.ui.lists['']
             );
+            /*
+            // ---- fixme: remove, server sends wrong data
+            !pandora.user.ui.lists[data.list].sort && pandora.UI.set(
+                'lists|' + data.list, pandora.site.user.ui.lists['']
+            );
+            // ----
+            */
             Ox.print('@@@@@', data.lists, pandora.user.ui.lists[data.list])
             pandora.UI.set({list: data.list});
             pandora.user.ui.find = data.find;