diff --git a/src/blackgui/models/listmodelbase.cpp b/src/blackgui/models/listmodelbase.cpp
index b72f97a58..247225ec7 100644
--- a/src/blackgui/models/listmodelbase.cpp
+++ b/src/blackgui/models/listmodelbase.cpp
@@ -97,12 +97,12 @@ namespace BlackGui
          * Update
          */
         template <typename ObjectType, typename ContainerType>
-        int CListModelBase<ObjectType, ContainerType>::update(const ContainerType &container)
+        int CListModelBase<ObjectType, ContainerType>::update(const ContainerType &container, bool sort)
         {
             // KWB remove: qDebug() will be removed soon
             qDebug() << "update" << this->objectName() << "size" << container.size();
             this->beginResetModel();
-            this->m_container = (container.size() > 1 && this->hasValidSortColumn() ?
+            this->m_container = (sort && container.size() > 1 && this->hasValidSortColumn() ?
                                  this->sortListByColumn(container, this->getSortColumn(), this->m_sortOrder) :
                                  container);
             this->endResetModel();
@@ -192,12 +192,8 @@ namespace BlackGui
             Q_ASSERT(!propertyIndex.isEmpty());
             if (propertyIndex.isEmpty()) return list; // at release build do nothing
 
-            // KWB: qDebug() will be removed soon
-            qDebug() << "sort" << this->objectName() << "column" << column << propertyIndex.toQString();
-
             // sort the values
-            return list.sorted
-                   ([ = ](const ObjectType & a, const ObjectType & b) -> bool
+            auto p = [ = ](const ObjectType & a, const ObjectType & b) -> bool
             {
                 QVariant aQv = a.propertyByIndex(propertyIndex);
                 QVariant bQv = b.propertyByIndex(propertyIndex);
@@ -205,8 +201,11 @@ namespace BlackGui
                 BlackMisc::compareQVariants(aQv, bQv) :
                 BlackMisc::compareQVariants(bQv, aQv);
                 return compare < 0;
-            }
-                   ); // sorted
+            };
+
+            // KWB: qDebug() will be removed soon
+            qDebug() << "sort" << this->objectName() << "column" << column << propertyIndex.toQString();
+            return list.sorted(p); // synchronous sorted
         }
 
         /*
diff --git a/src/blackgui/models/listmodelbase.h b/src/blackgui/models/listmodelbase.h
index 3611b7d35..5912a6a93 100644
--- a/src/blackgui/models/listmodelbase.h
+++ b/src/blackgui/models/listmodelbase.h
@@ -92,8 +92,8 @@ namespace BlackGui
             Qt::ItemFlags flags(const QModelIndex &index) const override;
 
             //! Update by new container
-            //! \remarks a sorting is performed if a valid sort column is set
-            virtual int update(const ContainerType &container);
+            //! \remarks a sorting is performed only if a valid sort column is set
+            virtual int update(const ContainerType &container, bool sort = true);
 
             //! Update single element
             virtual void update(const QModelIndex &index, const ObjectType &object);
diff --git a/src/blackgui/views/viewbase.h b/src/blackgui/views/viewbase.h
index ee3ba1aea..6ba7dea64 100644
--- a/src/blackgui/views/viewbase.h
+++ b/src/blackgui/views/viewbase.h
@@ -84,10 +84,10 @@ namespace BlackGui
             virtual void clear() override { Q_ASSERT(this->m_model); this->m_model->clear(); }
 
             //! Update whole container
-            template<class ContainerType> int updateContainer(const ContainerType &container, bool resize = true)
+            template<class ContainerType> int updateContainer(const ContainerType &container, bool sort = true, bool resize = true)
             {
                 Q_ASSERT(this->m_model);
-                int c = this->m_model->update(container);
+                int c = this->m_model->update(container, sort);
                 if (!resize) return c;
                 this->resizeColumnsToContents();
                 this->resizeRowsToContents();