diff --git a/forge-gui/src/main/java/forge/gui/toolbox/itemmanager/views/ItemColumn.java b/forge-gui/src/main/java/forge/gui/toolbox/itemmanager/views/ItemColumn.java
index 38d0ebb7b92..1a09bf3164c 100644
--- a/forge-gui/src/main/java/forge/gui/toolbox/itemmanager/views/ItemColumn.java
+++ b/forge-gui/src/main/java/forge/gui/toolbox/itemmanager/views/ItemColumn.java
@@ -118,11 +118,12 @@ public class ItemColumn extends TableColumn {
     }
 
     public void setSortPriority(final int sortPriority0) {
+        int oldSortPriority = this.sortPriority;
         this.sortPriority = sortPriority0;
         if (sortPriority0 == 0) {
             this.sortState = SortState.NONE;
         }
-        else {
+        else if (oldSortPriority == 0) {
             this.sortState = def.sortState;
         }
     }
diff --git a/forge-gui/src/main/java/forge/gui/toolbox/itemmanager/views/ItemListView.java b/forge-gui/src/main/java/forge/gui/toolbox/itemmanager/views/ItemListView.java
index 7ea78212334..87b7d92fbbf 100644
--- a/forge-gui/src/main/java/forge/gui/toolbox/itemmanager/views/ItemListView.java
+++ b/forge-gui/src/main/java/forge/gui/toolbox/itemmanager/views/ItemListView.java
@@ -628,7 +628,6 @@ public final class ItemListView<T extends InventoryItem> extends ItemView<T> {
 
                 //unset and remove boundary columns.
                 if (this.colsToSort.size() > maxSortDepth) {
-                    this.colsToSort.get(maxSortDepth).setSortState(SortState.NONE);
                     this.colsToSort.get(maxSortDepth).setSortPriority(0);
                     this.colsToSort.remove(maxSortDepth);
                 }