diff --git a/libreplan-webapp/src/main/java/org/libreplan/web/subcontract/SubcontractedTasksController.java b/libreplan-webapp/src/main/java/org/libreplan/web/subcontract/SubcontractedTasksController.java
index 3face18da..cd5c18c93 100644
--- a/libreplan-webapp/src/main/java/org/libreplan/web/subcontract/SubcontractedTasksController.java
+++ b/libreplan-webapp/src/main/java/org/libreplan/web/subcontract/SubcontractedTasksController.java
@@ -54,8 +54,11 @@ import org.zkoss.zk.ui.event.EventListener;
 import org.zkoss.zk.ui.event.Events;
 import org.zkoss.zk.ui.util.GenericForwardComposer;
 import org.zkoss.zul.Button;
+import org.zkoss.zul.Column;
+import org.zkoss.zul.Grid;
 import org.zkoss.zul.Hbox;
 import org.zkoss.zul.Label;
+import org.zkoss.zul.ListModelExt;
 import org.zkoss.zul.Row;
 import org.zkoss.zul.RowRenderer;
 import org.zkoss.zul.api.Window;
@@ -71,6 +74,10 @@ public class SubcontractedTasksController extends GenericForwardComposer {
 
     private Window window;
 
+    private Column columnBySort;
+
+    private Grid listing;
+
     private Component messagesContainer;
     private IMessagesForUser messagesForUser;
 
@@ -213,7 +220,7 @@ public class SubcontractedTasksController extends GenericForwardComposer {
                     } catch (ValidationException e) {
                         messagesForUser.showInvalidValues(e);
                     }
-                    Util.reloadBindings(window);
+                    reload();
                 }
 
             });
@@ -225,4 +232,23 @@ public class SubcontractedTasksController extends GenericForwardComposer {
 
     }
 
+    public void reload() {
+        Util.reloadBindings(window);
+        forceSortGridSatisfaction();
+    }
+
+    public void forceSortGridSatisfaction() {
+        Column column = (Column) columnBySort;
+        ListModelExt model = (ListModelExt) listing.getModel();
+        if ("ascending".equals(column.getSortDirection())) {
+            model.sort(column.getSortAscending(), true);
+        }
+        if ("descending".equals(column.getSortDirection())) {
+            model.sort(column.getSortDescending(), false);
+        }
+    }
+
+    public void initRender() {
+        forceSortGridSatisfaction();
+    }
 }
diff --git a/libreplan-webapp/src/main/webapp/subcontract/subcontractedTasks.zul b/libreplan-webapp/src/main/webapp/subcontract/subcontractedTasks.zul
index 3bcb1cae6..ace0ba7de 100644
--- a/libreplan-webapp/src/main/webapp/subcontract/subcontractedTasks.zul
+++ b/libreplan-webapp/src/main/webapp/subcontract/subcontractedTasks.zul
@@ -38,10 +38,11 @@
     <grid id="listing"
         model="@{controller.subcontractedTasks}"
         rowRenderer="@{controller.subcontractedTasksRenderer}"
-        mold="paging" pageSize="10" fixedLayout="true">
+        mold="paging" pageSize="10" fixedLayout="true"
+        onInitRender="controller.initRender();">
         <columns>
             <column label="${i18n:_('Subcontracting date')}"
-                    tooltiptext="${i18n:_('Subcontracting date')}" sort="auto(subcontratationDate)" />
+                    tooltiptext="${i18n:_('Subcontracting date')}" sort="auto(subcontratationDate)" width="150px"/>
             <column label="${i18n:_('Communication')}" sort="auto(communicationdate)"
                 tooltiptext="${i18n:_('Communication date')}" />
             <column label="${i18n:_('Company')}" tooltiptext="${i18n:_('External company')}" sort="auto(externalcompany)" />
@@ -50,8 +51,8 @@
             <column label="${i18n:_('Task name')}" tooltiptext="${i18n:_('Task name')}" />
             <column label="${i18n:_('Description')}" tooltiptext="${i18n:_('Work description')}" />
             <column label="${i18n:_('Budget')}" tooltiptext="${i18n:_('Budget')}" />
-            <column label="${i18n:_('State')}" tooltiptext="${i18n:_('State')}" />
-            <column label="${i18n:_('Operations')}" tooltiptext="${i18n:_('Operations')}" width="150px"/>
+            <column id="columnBySort" label="${i18n:_('State')}" tooltiptext="${i18n:_('State')}" sort="auto(state)" sortDirection="ascending"/>
+            <column label="${i18n:_('Operations')}" tooltiptext="${i18n:_('Operations')}" width="100px"/>
         </columns>
     </grid>