diff --git a/copyparty/web/browser.html b/copyparty/web/browser.html
index 260c4e2b..32025d96 100644
--- a/copyparty/web/browser.html
+++ b/copyparty/web/browser.html
@@ -67,17 +67,17 @@
         <thead>
             <tr>
                 <th></th>
-                <th><span>File Name</span></th>
-                <th sort="int"><span>Size</span></th>
+                <th name="href"><span>File Name</span></th>
+                <th name="sz" sort="int"><span>Size</span></th>
                 {%- for k in taglist %}
                     {%- if k.startswith('.') %}
-                        <th sort="int"><span>{{ k[1:] }}</span></th>
+                        <th name="tags/{{ k }}" sort="int"><span>{{ k[1:] }}</span></th>
                     {%- else %}
-                        <th><span>{{ k[0]|upper }}{{ k[1:] }}</span></th>
+                        <th name="tags/{{ k }}"><span>{{ k[0]|upper }}{{ k[1:] }}</span></th>
                     {%- endif %}
                 {%- endfor %}
-                <th><span>T</span></th>
-                <th><span>Date</span></th>
+                <th name="ext"><span>T</span></th>
+                <th name="ts"><span>Date</span></th>
             </tr>
         </thead>
         <tbody>
diff --git a/copyparty/web/browser.js b/copyparty/web/browser.js
index 5e14bdc3..76adfd2b 100644
--- a/copyparty/web/browser.js
+++ b/copyparty/web/browser.js
@@ -1004,7 +1004,33 @@ var treectl = (function () {
 		}
 
 		ebi('srv_info').innerHTML = '<span>' + res.srvinf + '</span>';
-		var nodes = res.dirs.concat(res.files);
+		var nodes = res.dirs.concat(res.files),
+			sopts = jread('fsort', []);
+
+		try {
+			for (var a = sopts.length - 1; a >= 0; a--) {
+				var name = sopts[a][0], rev = sopts[a][1], typ = sopts[a][2];
+				if (name.indexOf('tags/') == -1) {
+					nodes.sort(function (v1, v2) {
+						if (!v1[name]) return -1 * rev;
+						if (!v2[name]) return 1 * rev;
+						return rev * (typ == 'int' ? (v1[name] - v2[name]) : (v1[name].localeCompare(v2[name])));
+					});
+				}
+				else {
+					name = name.slice(5);
+					nodes.sort(function (v1, v2) {
+						if (!v1.tags[name]) return -1 * rev;
+						if (!v2.tags[name]) return 1 * rev;
+						return rev * (typ == 'int' ? (v1.tags[name] - v2.tags[name]) : (v1.tags[name].localeCompare(v2.tags[name])));
+					});
+				}
+			}
+		}
+		catch (ex) {
+			console.log("failed to apply sort config: " + ex);
+		}
+
 		var top = this.top;
 		var html = mk_files_header(res.taglist);
 		html.push('<tbody>');
@@ -1198,23 +1224,23 @@ function mk_files_header(taglist) {
 	var html = [
 		'<thead>',
 		'<th></th>',
-		'<th><span>File Name</span></th>',
-		'<th sort="int"><span>Size</span></th>'
+		'<th name="href"><span>File Name</span></th>',
+		'<th name="sz" sort="int"><span>Size</span></th>'
 	];
 	for (var a = 0; a < taglist.length; a++) {
 		var tag = taglist[a];
 		var c1 = tag.slice(0, 1).toUpperCase();
 		tag = c1 + tag.slice(1);
 		if (c1 == '.')
-			tag = '<th sort="int"><span>' + tag.slice(1);
+			tag = '<th name="tags/' + tag + '" sort="int"><span>' + tag.slice(1);
 		else
-			tag = '<th><span>' + tag;
+			tag = '<th name="tags/' + tag + '"><span>' + tag;
 
 		html.push(tag + '</span></th>');
 	}
 	html = html.concat([
-		'<th><span>T</span></th>',
-		'<th><span>Date</span></th>',
+		'<th name="ext"><span>T</span></th>',
+		'<th name="ts"><span>Date</span></th>',
 		'</thead>',
 	]);
 	return html;
diff --git a/copyparty/web/util.js b/copyparty/web/util.js
index c519c3ba..721dbb58 100644
--- a/copyparty/web/util.js
+++ b/copyparty/web/util.js
@@ -100,6 +100,27 @@ function sortTable(table, col) {
         th[a].className = th[a].className.replace(/ *sort-?1 */, " ");
     th[col].className += ' sort' + reverse;
     var stype = th[col].getAttribute('sort');
+    try {
+        var nrules = [], rules = jread("fsort", []);
+        rules.unshift([th[col].getAttribute('name'), reverse, stype || '']);
+        for (var a = 0; a < rules.length; a++) {
+            var add = true;
+            for (var b = 0; b < a; b++)
+                if (rules[a][0] == rules[b][0])
+                    add = false;
+
+            if (add)
+                nrules.push(rules[a]);
+
+            if (nrules.length >= 10)
+                break;
+        }
+        jwrite("fsort", nrules);
+    }
+    catch (ex) {
+        console.log("failed to persist sort rules, resetting: " + ex);
+        jwrite("fsort", null);
+    }
     var vl = [];
     for (var a = 0; a < tr.length; a++) {
         var cell = tr[a].cells[col];