diff --git a/app/controllers/issues_controller.rb b/app/controllers/issues_controller.rb
index 68d3c94f7..a598ac8f5 100644
--- a/app/controllers/issues_controller.rb
+++ b/app/controllers/issues_controller.rb
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@ class IssuesController < ApplicationController
   def index
     retrieve_query
     sort_init(@query.sort_criteria.empty? ? [['id', 'desc']] : @query.sort_criteria)
-    sort_update({'id' => "#{Issue.table_name}.id"}.merge(@query.available_columns.inject({}) {|h, c| h[c.name.to_s] = c.sortable; h}))
+    sort_update(@query.sortable_columns)
     
     if @query.valid?
       limit = case params[:format]
@@ -94,7 +94,7 @@ class IssuesController < ApplicationController
   def changes
     retrieve_query
     sort_init 'id', 'desc'
-    sort_update({'id' => "#{Issue.table_name}.id"}.merge(@query.available_columns.inject({}) {|h, c| h[c.name.to_s] = c.sortable; h}))
+    sort_update(@query.sortable_columns)
     
     if @query.valid?
       @journals = @query.journals(:order => "#{Journal.table_name}.created_on DESC", 
diff --git a/app/models/query.rb b/app/models/query.rb
index b54d94237..c223654f1 100644
--- a/app/models/query.rb
+++ b/app/models/query.rb
@@ -270,6 +270,14 @@ class Query < ActiveRecord::Base
   def groupable_columns
     available_columns.select {|c| c.groupable}
   end
+
+  # Returns a Hash of columns and the key for sorting
+  def sortable_columns
+    {'id' => "#{Issue.table_name}.id"}.merge(available_columns.inject({}) {|h, column|
+                                               h[column.name.to_s] = column.sortable
+                                               h
+                                             })
+  end
   
   def columns
     if has_default_columns?