diff --git a/tabellio/searchform/simple.py b/tabellio/searchform/simple.py
index 6f2f2f0..966b537 100644
--- a/tabellio/searchform/simple.py
+++ b/tabellio/searchform/simple.py
@@ -119,13 +119,12 @@ class SimpleSearchView(BrowserView):
         catalog = getToolByName(self.context, 'portal_catalog')
         if not self.request.form.get('SearchableText'):
             return []
-        sorton = self.request.form.get('docs-sort')
+        sorton = self.request.form.get('docs-sort', 'session')
         c = catalog(
                 portal_type=['tabellio.documents.dossier',
                              'tabellio.documents.document',
                              'tabellio.documents.question'],
                 SearchableText=self.request.form.get('SearchableText'))
-        sorton = 'session'
         if sorton == 'session':
             cmpf = cmpfunctions.Cmp().cmp_session
         elif sorton == 'type':