diff --git a/src/blackgui/qss/stdwidget.qss b/src/blackgui/qss/stdwidget.qss
index 189be2e5f..4c3d4be9e 100644
--- a/src/blackgui/qss/stdwidget.qss
+++ b/src/blackgui/qss/stdwidget.qss
@@ -441,6 +441,17 @@ QHeaderView::section {
   margin: 0px;
 }
 
+/* style the sort indicator */
+QHeaderView::down-arrow {
+  image: url(:/diagona/icons/diagona/icons/arrow-270-small.png);
+  subcontrol-position: bottom left;
+}
+
+QHeaderView::up-arrow {
+  image: url(:/diagona/icons/diagona/icons/arrow-090-small.png);
+  subcontrol-position: bottom left;
+}
+
 QTableView, QTreeView {
   border: 1px solid green;
   border-radius: 5px;
diff --git a/src/blackgui/views/aircraftmodelview.cpp b/src/blackgui/views/aircraftmodelview.cpp
index 75a18331c..926decb38 100644
--- a/src/blackgui/views/aircraftmodelview.cpp
+++ b/src/blackgui/views/aircraftmodelview.cpp
@@ -41,12 +41,14 @@ namespace BlackGui
             // default mode
             CAircraftModelListModel::AircraftModelMode mode = derivedModel()->getModelMode();
             this->setAircraftModelMode(mode);
+            this->setSortIndicator();
         }
 
         void CAircraftModelView::setAircraftModelMode(CAircraftModelListModel::AircraftModelMode mode)
         {
             this->setCustomMenu(nullptr, false); // delete everything
             derivedModel()->setAircraftModelMode(mode);
+            this->setSortIndicator();
             switch (mode)
             {
             case CAircraftModelListModel::StashModel:
diff --git a/src/blackgui/views/viewbase.cpp b/src/blackgui/views/viewbase.cpp
index d8d078bae..46fc8c3fa 100644
--- a/src/blackgui/views/viewbase.cpp
+++ b/src/blackgui/views/viewbase.cpp
@@ -45,12 +45,14 @@ namespace BlackGui
             connect(this, &QWidget::customContextMenuRequested, this, &CViewBaseNonTemplate::ps_customMenuRequested);
             connect(this, &QTableView::clicked, this, &CViewBaseNonTemplate::ps_clicked);
             connect(this, &QTableView::doubleClicked, this, &CViewBaseNonTemplate::ps_doubleClicked);
+            this->horizontalHeader()->setSortIndicatorShown(true);
 
             // scroll modes
             this->setVerticalScrollMode(QAbstractItemView::ScrollPerPixel);
             this->setHorizontalScrollMode(QAbstractItemView::ScrollPerPixel);
             this->setWordWrap(true);
 
+            // shortcuts
             QShortcut *filter = new QShortcut(CShortcut::keyDisplayFilter(), this, SLOT(ps_displayFilterDialog()), nullptr, Qt::WidgetShortcut);
             filter->setObjectName("Filter shortcut for " + this->objectName());
             QShortcut *clearSelection = new QShortcut(CShortcut::keyClearSelection(), this, SLOT(clearSelection()), nullptr, Qt::WidgetShortcut);