diff --git a/demo-shell/src/app/components/files/files.component.ts b/demo-shell/src/app/components/files/files.component.ts
index 6c408c7b1f..c727dc8447 100644
--- a/demo-shell/src/app/components/files/files.component.ts
+++ b/demo-shell/src/app/components/files/files.component.ts
@@ -89,7 +89,7 @@ export class FilesComponent implements OnInit, OnChanges, OnDestroy {
     processId;
 
     @Input()
-    sorting = ['name', 'asc'];
+    sorting = ['nodeType', 'DESC'];
 
     @Input()
     sortingMode = 'server';
diff --git a/lib/content-services/src/lib/document-list/components/document-list.component.ts b/lib/content-services/src/lib/document-list/components/document-list.component.ts
index 9041abf6d5..0b38ba2344 100644
--- a/lib/content-services/src/lib/document-list/components/document-list.component.ts
+++ b/lib/content-services/src/lib/document-list/components/document-list.component.ts
@@ -182,7 +182,7 @@ export class DocumentListComponent implements OnInit, OnChanges, OnDestroy, Afte
      * override the default sorting detected by the component based on columns.
      */
     @Input()
-    sorting = ['name', 'asc'];
+    sorting = ['nodeType', 'DESC'];
 
     /** Defines sorting mode. Can be either `client` (items in the list
      * are sorted client-side) or `server` (the ordering supplied by the
@@ -671,7 +671,10 @@ export class DocumentListComponent implements OnInit, OnChanges, OnDestroy, Afte
     }
 
     onSortingChanged(event: CustomEvent) {
-        this.orderBy = [''.concat(event.detail.key, ' ' , event.detail.direction)];
+        const flattenExtraSortingOption = this.sorting.join(' ');
+        const orderArray = [flattenExtraSortingOption];
+        orderArray.push(''.concat(event.detail.key, ' ', event.detail.direction));
+        this.orderBy = orderArray;
         this.reload();
     }