diff --git a/src/backend.js b/src/backend.js
index 581311ec..241280be 100644
--- a/src/backend.js
+++ b/src/backend.js
@@ -82,8 +82,7 @@ this.recline.Model = this.recline.Model || {};
         var numRows = queryObj.size;
         var start = queryObj.offset;
         var dfd = $.Deferred();
-        rows = model.backendConfig.data.rows;
-        var results = rows.slice(start, start+numRows);
+        results = model.backendConfig.data.rows;
         // not complete sorting!
         _.each(queryObj.sort, function(item) {
           results = _.sortBy(results, function(row) {
@@ -91,6 +90,7 @@ this.recline.Model = this.recline.Model || {};
             return (item[1] == 'asc') ? _out : -1*_out;
           });
         });
+        var results = results.slice(start, start+numRows);
         dfd.resolve(results);
         return dfd.promise();
       }
diff --git a/src/model.js b/src/model.js
index 5ff36653..601e03a1 100644
--- a/src/model.js
+++ b/src/model.js
@@ -35,12 +35,13 @@ this.recline.Model = this.recline.Model || {};
     // this does not fit very well with Backbone setup. Backbone really expects you to know the ids of objects your are fetching (which you do in classic RESTful ajax-y world). But this paradigm does not fill well with data set up we have here.
     // This also illustrates the limitations of separating the Dataset and the Backend
     query: function(queryObj) {
-      this.actualQuery = queryObj || this.defaultQuery;
-      this.actualQuery = _.extend({size: 100, offset: 0}, this.actualQuery);
+      this.queryState = queryObj || this.defaultQuery;
+      this.queryState = _.extend({size: 100, offset: 0}, this.queryState);
+
       var self = this;
       var backend = my.backends[this.backendConfig.type];
       var dfd = $.Deferred();
-      backend.query(this, this.actualQuery).then(function(rows) {
+      backend.query(this, this.queryState).then(function(rows) {
         var docs = _.map(rows, function(row) {
           var _doc = new my.Document(row);
           _doc.backendConfig = self.backendConfig;
diff --git a/src/util.js b/src/util.js
index 97e5c82d..c2883cf6 100644
--- a/src/util.js
+++ b/src/util.js
@@ -4,6 +4,8 @@ var util = function() {
     , columnActions: ' \
       <li><a data-action="bulkEdit" class="menuAction" href="JavaScript:void(0);">Transform...</a></li> \
       <li><a data-action="deleteColumn" class="menuAction" href="JavaScript:void(0);">Delete this column</a></li> \
+      <li><a data-action="sortAsc" class="menuAction" href="JavaScript:void(0);">Sort ascending</a></li> \
+      <li><a data-action="sortDesc" class="menuAction" href="JavaScript:void(0);">Sort descending</a></li> \
     '
     , rowActions: '<li><a data-action="deleteRow" class="menuAction" href="JavaScript:void(0);">Delete this row</a></li>'
     , cellEditor: ' \
diff --git a/src/view.js b/src/view.js
index d1850d7d..8cf9cce0 100644
--- a/src/view.js
+++ b/src/view.js
@@ -227,6 +227,8 @@ my.DataTable = Backbone.View.extend({
     var actions = {
       bulkEdit: function() { self.showTransformColumnDialog('bulkEdit', {name: self.state.currentColumn}) },
       transform: function() { self.showTransformDialog('transform') },
+      sortAsc: function() { self.setColumnSort('asc') },
+      sortDesc: function() { self.setColumnSort('desc') },
       // TODO: Delete or re-implement ...
       csv: function() { window.location.href = app.csvUrl },
       json: function() { window.location.href = "_rewrite/api/json" },
@@ -290,6 +292,10 @@ my.DataTable = Backbone.View.extend({
     $('.dialog').draggable({ handle: '.dialog-header', cursor: 'move' });
   },
 
+  setColumnSort: function(order) {
+    var query = _.extend(this.model.queryState, {sort: [[this.state.currentColumn, order]]});
+    this.model.query(query);
+  },
 
   // ======================================================
   // Core Templating