diff --git a/demo-shell-ng2/tsconfig.json b/demo-shell-ng2/tsconfig.json
index 0cd78ac35d..0f3a0a2ed1 100644
--- a/demo-shell-ng2/tsconfig.json
+++ b/demo-shell-ng2/tsconfig.json
@@ -14,5 +14,6 @@
     "node_modules",
     "typings/main",
     "typings/main.d.ts"
-  ]
+  ],
+  "compileOnSave": true
 }
diff --git a/ng2-components/ng2-alfresco-datatable/src/data/object-datatable-adapter.ts b/ng2-components/ng2-alfresco-datatable/src/data/object-datatable-adapter.ts
index 6e6d83a38f..08d76586ee 100644
--- a/ng2-components/ng2-alfresco-datatable/src/data/object-datatable-adapter.ts
+++ b/ng2-components/ng2-alfresco-datatable/src/data/object-datatable-adapter.ts
@@ -70,11 +70,6 @@ export class ObjectDataTableAdapter implements DataTableAdapter {
         return this._sorting;
     }
 
-    getColumnByKey(key: string) {
-        let columns = this._columns.filter(col => col.key === key);
-        return columns.length > 0 ? columns[0] : null;
-    }
-
     setSorting(sorting: DataSorting): void {
         this._sorting = sorting;