diff --git a/copyparty/web/browser.js b/copyparty/web/browser.js
index c6185bf1..e00716e2 100644
--- a/copyparty/web/browser.js
+++ b/copyparty/web/browser.js
@@ -1463,6 +1463,83 @@ function play_linked() {
 })();
 
 
+function sortfiles(nodes) {
+	var sopts = jread('fsort', [["href", 1, ""]]);
+
+	try {
+		var is_srch = false;
+		if (nodes[0]['rp']) {
+			is_srch = true;
+			for (var b = 0, bb = nodes.length; b < bb; b++)
+				nodes[b].ext = nodes[b].rp.split('.').pop();
+			for (var b = 0; b < sopts.length; b++)
+				if (sopts[b][0] == 'href')
+					sopts[b][0] = 'rp';
+		}
+		for (var a = sopts.length - 1; a >= 0; a--) {
+			var name = sopts[a][0], rev = sopts[a][1], typ = sopts[a][2];
+			if (!name)
+				continue;
+
+			if (name == 'ts')
+				typ = 'int';
+
+			if (name.indexOf('tags/') === 0) {
+				name = name.slice(5);
+				for (var b = 0, bb = nodes.length; b < bb; b++)
+					nodes[b]._sv = nodes[b].tags[name];
+			}
+			else {
+				for (var b = 0, bb = nodes.length; b < bb; b++) {
+					var v = nodes[b][name];
+
+					if ((v + '').indexOf('<a ') === 0)
+						v = v.split('>')[1];
+					else if (name == "href" && v) {
+						if (v.slice(-1) == '/')
+							v = '\t' + v;
+
+						v = uricom_dec(v)[0]
+					}
+
+					nodes[b]._sv = v;
+				}
+			}
+
+			var onodes = nodes.map(function (x) { return x; });
+			nodes.sort(function (n1, n2) {
+				var v1 = n1._sv,
+					v2 = n2._sv;
+
+				if (v1 === undefined) {
+					if (v2 === undefined) {
+						return onodes.indexOf(n1) - onodes.indexOf(n2);
+					}
+					return -1 * rev;
+				}
+				if (v2 === undefined) return 1 * rev;
+
+				var ret = rev * (typ == 'int' ? (v1 - v2) : (v1.localeCompare(v2)));
+				if (ret === 0)
+					ret = onodes.indexOf(n1) - onodes.indexOf(n2);
+
+				return ret;
+			});
+		}
+		for (var b = 0, bb = nodes.length; b < bb; b++) {
+			delete nodes[b]._sv;
+			if (is_srch)
+				delete nodes[b].ext;
+		}
+	}
+	catch (ex) {
+		console.log("failed to apply sort config: " + ex);
+		console.log("resetting fsort " + sread('fsort'))
+		localStorage.removeItem('fsort');
+	}
+	return nodes;
+}
+
 
 function fmt_ren(re, md, fmt) {
 	var ptr = 0;
diff --git a/copyparty/web/util.js b/copyparty/web/util.js
index 42110974..2205d512 100644
--- a/copyparty/web/util.js
+++ b/copyparty/web/util.js
@@ -179,84 +179,6 @@ function clmod(obj, cls, add) {
 }
 
 
-function sortfiles(nodes) {
-    var sopts = jread('fsort', [["href", 1, ""]]);
-
-    try {
-        var is_srch = false;
-        if (nodes[0]['rp']) {
-            is_srch = true;
-            for (var b = 0, bb = nodes.length; b < bb; b++)
-                nodes[b].ext = nodes[b].rp.split('.').pop();
-            for (var b = 0; b < sopts.length; b++)
-                if (sopts[b][0] == 'href')
-                    sopts[b][0] = 'rp';
-        }
-        for (var a = sopts.length - 1; a >= 0; a--) {
-            var name = sopts[a][0], rev = sopts[a][1], typ = sopts[a][2];
-            if (!name)
-                continue;
-
-            if (name == 'ts')
-                typ = 'int';
-
-            if (name.indexOf('tags/') === 0) {
-                name = name.slice(5);
-                for (var b = 0, bb = nodes.length; b < bb; b++)
-                    nodes[b]._sv = nodes[b].tags[name];
-            }
-            else {
-                for (var b = 0, bb = nodes.length; b < bb; b++) {
-                    var v = nodes[b][name];
-
-                    if ((v + '').indexOf('<a ') === 0)
-                        v = v.split('>')[1];
-                    else if (name == "href" && v) {
-                        if (v.slice(-1) == '/')
-                            v = '\t' + v;
-
-                        v = uricom_dec(v)[0]
-                    }
-
-                    nodes[b]._sv = v;
-                }
-            }
-
-            var onodes = nodes.map(function (x) { return x; });
-            nodes.sort(function (n1, n2) {
-                var v1 = n1._sv,
-                    v2 = n2._sv;
-
-                if (v1 === undefined) {
-                    if (v2 === undefined) {
-                        return onodes.indexOf(n1) - onodes.indexOf(n2);
-                    }
-                    return -1 * rev;
-                }
-                if (v2 === undefined) return 1 * rev;
-
-                var ret = rev * (typ == 'int' ? (v1 - v2) : (v1.localeCompare(v2)));
-                if (ret === 0)
-                    ret = onodes.indexOf(n1) - onodes.indexOf(n2);
-
-                return ret;
-            });
-        }
-        for (var b = 0, bb = nodes.length; b < bb; b++) {
-            delete nodes[b]._sv;
-            if (is_srch)
-                delete nodes[b].ext;
-        }
-    }
-    catch (ex) {
-        console.log("failed to apply sort config: " + ex);
-        console.log("resetting fsort " + sread('fsort'))
-        localStorage.removeItem('fsort');
-    }
-    return nodes;
-}
-
-
 function sortTable(table, col, cb) {
     var tb = table.tBodies[0],
         th = table.tHead.rows[0].cells,