diff --git a/web/src/app/administration/access-items-management/access-items-management.component.html b/web/src/app/administration/access-items-management/access-items-management.component.html
index d5cdc79fd..3063cd638 100644
--- a/web/src/app/administration/access-items-management/access-items-management.component.html
+++ b/web/src/app/administration/access-items-management/access-items-management.component.html
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 <div class="panel panel-default">
   <div class="panel-heading">
-    <h4 class="panel-header">Acces items management</h4>
+    <h4 class="panel-header">Access items management</h4>
   </div>
   <div class="panel-body">
     <div class="col-md-6 col-md-offset-3 margin">
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@
           <thead>
             <tr>
               <th>
-                <taskana-sort [sortingFields]="sortingFields" (performSorting)="sorting($event)" menuPosition="left" [defaultSortBy]="'workbasket-key'"></taskana-sort>
+                <taskana-sort [sortingFields]="sortingFields" (performSorting)="sorting($event)" menuPosition="left" [defaultSortBy]="accessItemDefaultSortBy"></taskana-sort>
               </th>
               <th class="text-align min-width">Workbasket Key</th>
               <th colspan="2" class="text-align">Access Id</th>
diff --git a/web/src/app/administration/access-items-management/access-items-management.component.ts b/web/src/app/administration/access-items-management/access-items-management.component.ts
index 09f9684ac..9ea4441e5 100644
--- a/web/src/app/administration/access-items-management/access-items-management.component.ts
+++ b/web/src/app/administration/access-items-management/access-items-management.component.ts
@@ -34,7 +34,8 @@ export class AccessItemsManagementComponent implements OnInit, OnDestroy {
   accessIdsWithGroups: Array<AccessIdDefinition>;
   belongingGroups: Array<AccessIdDefinition>;
   sortingFields = new Map([['workbasket-key', 'Workbasket Key'], ['access-id', 'Access id']]);
-  sortModel: SortingModel;
+  accessItemDefaultSortBy: string = 'workbasket-key';
+  sortModel: SortingModel = new SortingModel(this.accessItemDefaultSortBy);
   isGroup: boolean;
   groupsKey = 'ou=groups';
 
diff --git a/web/src/app/administration/workbasket/master/workbasket-list-toolbar/workbasket-list-toolbar.component.html b/web/src/app/administration/workbasket/master/workbasket-list-toolbar/workbasket-list-toolbar.component.html
index c11d7c537..d959ee10a 100644
--- a/web/src/app/administration/workbasket/master/workbasket-list-toolbar/workbasket-list-toolbar.component.html
+++ b/web/src/app/administration/workbasket/master/workbasket-list-toolbar/workbasket-list-toolbar.component.html
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
       <taskana-import-export-component class="btn-group" [currentSelection]="selectionToImport"></taskana-import-export-component>
     </div>
     <div class="margin-right pull-right btn-group">
-      <taskana-sort [sortingFields]="sortingFields" (performSorting)="sorting($event)" class="btn-group"></taskana-sort>
+      <taskana-sort [sortingFields]="sortingFields" (performSorting)="sorting($event)" class="btn-group" [defaultSortBy]="workbasketDefaultSortBy"></taskana-sort>
       <button class="btn btn-default collapsed" type="button" id="collapsedMenufilterWb" aria-expanded="false" (click)="toolbarState=!toolbarState"
         data-toggle="tooltip" title="Filter">
         <span class="material-icons md-20 blue">{{!toolbarState? 'search' : 'expand_less'}}</span>
diff --git a/web/src/app/administration/workbasket/master/workbasket-list-toolbar/workbasket-list-toolbar.component.ts b/web/src/app/administration/workbasket/master/workbasket-list-toolbar/workbasket-list-toolbar.component.ts
index 1ea0ecfdb..969132cca 100644
--- a/web/src/app/administration/workbasket/master/workbasket-list-toolbar/workbasket-list-toolbar.component.ts
+++ b/web/src/app/administration/workbasket/master/workbasket-list-toolbar/workbasket-list-toolbar.component.ts
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ import { ERROR_TYPES } from '../../../../services/general-modal/errors';
 })
 export class WorkbasketListToolbarComponent implements OnInit {
   @Input() workbaskets: Array<WorkbasketSummary>;
+  @Input() workbasketDefaultSortBy: string;
   @Output() performSorting = new EventEmitter<SortingModel>();
   @Output() performFilter = new EventEmitter<FilterModel>();
   workbasketServiceSubscription: Subscription;
diff --git a/web/src/app/administration/workbasket/master/workbasket-list.component.html b/web/src/app/administration/workbasket/master/workbasket-list.component.html
index 48deb44eb..3f1223bde 100644
--- a/web/src/app/administration/workbasket/master/workbasket-list.component.html
+++ b/web/src/app/administration/workbasket/master/workbasket-list.component.html
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 <div class="footer-space-pagination-list">
   <div #wbToolbar>
     <taskana-workbasket-list-toolbar [workbaskets]="workbaskets" (performFilter)="performFilter($event)"
-      (performSorting)="performSorting($event)" (importSucessful)="refreshWorkbasketList()"></taskana-workbasket-list-toolbar>
+      (performSorting)="performSorting($event)" (importSucessful)="refreshWorkbasketList()" [workbasketDefaultSortBy]="workbasketDefaultSortBy"></taskana-workbasket-list-toolbar>
   </div>
   <div *ngIf="(workbaskets && workbaskets.length > 0) else empty_workbaskets">
     <ul #wbList id="wb-list-container" class="list-group">
diff --git a/web/src/app/administration/workbasket/master/workbasket-list.component.spec.ts b/web/src/app/administration/workbasket/master/workbasket-list.component.spec.ts
index 766cba8bc..155b8ccf7 100644
--- a/web/src/app/administration/workbasket/master/workbasket-list.component.spec.ts
+++ b/web/src/app/administration/workbasket/master/workbasket-list.component.spec.ts
@@ -171,7 +171,7 @@ describe('WorkbasketListComponent', () => {
     });
     component.performFilter(filter);
 
-    expect(workbasketSummarySpy.calls.all()[1].args).toEqual([true, 'key', 'asc',
+    expect(workbasketSummarySpy.calls.all()[1].args).toEqual([true, 'name', 'asc',
       '', 'someName', 'someDescription', '', 'someOwner', 'PERSONAL', '', 'someKey', '']);
   }));
 });
diff --git a/web/src/app/administration/workbasket/master/workbasket-list.component.ts b/web/src/app/administration/workbasket/master/workbasket-list.component.ts
index bae54e3dd..54d4e9961 100644
--- a/web/src/app/administration/workbasket/master/workbasket-list.component.ts
+++ b/web/src/app/administration/workbasket/master/workbasket-list.component.ts
@@ -29,7 +29,8 @@ export class WorkbasketListComponent implements OnInit, OnDestroy {
   type = 'workbaskets';
   cards: number = this.pageSize;
 
-  sort: SortingModel = new SortingModel();
+  workbasketDefaultSortBy: string = 'name';
+  sort: SortingModel = new SortingModel(this.workbasketDefaultSortBy);
   filterBy: FilterModel = new FilterModel({ name: '', owner: '', type: '', description: '', key: '' });
 
   @ViewChild('wbToolbar', { static: true })
diff --git a/web/src/app/workplace/taskmaster/task-list-toolbar/task-list-toolbar.component.html b/web/src/app/workplace/taskmaster/task-list-toolbar/task-list-toolbar.component.html
index ad7c4a1d1..bd48ab226 100644
--- a/web/src/app/workplace/taskmaster/task-list-toolbar/task-list-toolbar.component.html
+++ b/web/src/app/workplace/taskmaster/task-list-toolbar/task-list-toolbar.component.html
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@
         placeholder="Search by value ..." />
     </div>
     <div *ngIf="searched" class="pull-right margin-right btn-group">
-      <taskana-sort [sortingFields]="sortingFields" (performSorting)="sorting($event)" class="btn-group"></taskana-sort>
+      <taskana-sort [sortingFields]="sortingFields" (performSorting)="sorting($event)" class="btn-group" [defaultSortBy] = "taskDefaultSortBy"> </taskana-sort>
       <button class="btn btn-default collapsed" type="button" id="collapsedMenufilterWb" aria-expanded="false" (click)="toolbarState=!toolbarState">
         <span class="material-icons md-20 blue">search</span>
       </button>
diff --git a/web/src/app/workplace/taskmaster/task-list-toolbar/task-list-toolbar.component.ts b/web/src/app/workplace/taskmaster/task-list-toolbar/task-list-toolbar.component.ts
index d75adaa22..8c8730b21 100644
--- a/web/src/app/workplace/taskmaster/task-list-toolbar/task-list-toolbar.component.ts
+++ b/web/src/app/workplace/taskmaster/task-list-toolbar/task-list-toolbar.component.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-import { Component, EventEmitter, OnInit, Output } from '@angular/core';
+import {Component, EventEmitter, Input, OnInit, Output} from '@angular/core';
 import { Task } from 'app/workplace/models/task';
 import { Workbasket } from 'app/models/workbasket';
 import { TaskService } from 'app/workplace/services/task.service';
@@ -22,11 +22,11 @@ export enum Search {
   styleUrls: ['./task-list-toolbar.component.scss']
 })
 export class TaskListToolbarComponent implements OnInit {
+  @Input() taskDefaultSortBy: string;
   @Output() performSorting = new EventEmitter<SortingModel>();
   @Output() performFilter = new EventEmitter<FilterModel>();
   @Output() selectSearchType = new EventEmitter();
 
-
   sortingFields = new Map([['name', 'Name'], ['priority', 'Priority'], ['due', 'Due'], ['planned', 'Planned']]);
   filterParams = { name: '', key: '', owner: '', priority: '', state: '' };
   tasks: Task[] = [];
diff --git a/web/src/app/workplace/taskmaster/task-master.component.html b/web/src/app/workplace/taskmaster/task-master.component.html
index b2f6964b7..938cb7546 100644
--- a/web/src/app/workplace/taskmaster/task-master.component.html
+++ b/web/src/app/workplace/taskmaster/task-master.component.html
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 <div class="footer-space-pagination-list">
   <div #wbToolbar>
     <taskana-task-list-toolbar (performSorting)="performSorting($event)" (performFilter)="performFilter($event)"
-      (selectSearchType)="selectSearchType($event)">
+      (selectSearchType)="selectSearchType($event)" [taskDefaultSortBy]="taskDefaultSortBy">
     </taskana-task-list-toolbar>
   </div>
   <taskana-task-list *ngIf="!requestInProgress" [tasks]="tasks" [(selectedId)]="selectedId"></taskana-task-list>
diff --git a/web/src/app/workplace/taskmaster/task-master.component.ts b/web/src/app/workplace/taskmaster/task-master.component.ts
index f7bc88755..72428595f 100644
--- a/web/src/app/workplace/taskmaster/task-master.component.ts
+++ b/web/src/app/workplace/taskmaster/task-master.component.ts
@@ -26,7 +26,8 @@ export class TaskMasterComponent implements OnInit, OnDestroy {
   type = 'tasks';
   currentBasket: Workbasket;
   selectedId = '';
-  sort: SortingModel = new SortingModel('priority');
+  taskDefaultSortBy: string = 'priority';
+  sort: SortingModel = new SortingModel(this.taskDefaultSortBy);
   filterBy: FilterModel = new FilterModel({
     name: '',
     owner: '',