diff --git a/ckanext/wet_boew/templates/wet_boew/snippets/search_form.html b/ckanext/wet_boew/templates/wet_boew/snippets/search_form.html
index dd02fb7..2462f44 100644
--- a/ckanext/wet_boew/templates/wet_boew/snippets/search_form.html
+++ b/ckanext/wet_boew/templates/wet_boew/snippets/search_form.html
@@ -4,7 +4,6 @@
 {% set placeholder = placeholder if placeholder else _('Search...') %}
 {% set sorting = sorting if sorting else [(_('Name Ascending'), 'name asc'), (_('Name Descending'), 'name desc')] %}
 {% set search_class = search_class if search_class else 'search-giant' %}
-{% set sort_arg = request.params.get('sort') %}
 
 <form class="form-inline mrgn-bttm-lg mrgn-tp-md" role="form" method="get" data-module="select-switch">
 {% block search_input %}
@@ -48,7 +47,7 @@
         <strong>{% snippet 'snippets/search_result_text.html', query=query, count=count, type=type %}</strong>
     </div>
      <div class="col-md-6 text-left">
-      {% snippet "snippets/sort_by.html", sort=sort_arg %}
+      {% snippet "snippets/sort_by.html", sort=c.sort_by_selected %}
     </div>
 
     {% endif %}