diff --git a/src/Umbraco.Web.UI.Client/src/packages/documents/document-types/workspace/views/design/document-type-workspace-view-edit-tab.element.ts b/src/Umbraco.Web.UI.Client/src/packages/documents/document-types/workspace/views/design/document-type-workspace-view-edit-tab.element.ts
index f16d1512eb..d5818e63d5 100644
--- a/src/Umbraco.Web.UI.Client/src/packages/documents/document-types/workspace/views/design/document-type-workspace-view-edit-tab.element.ts
+++ b/src/Umbraco.Web.UI.Client/src/packages/documents/document-types/workspace/views/design/document-type-workspace-view-edit-tab.element.ts
@@ -16,7 +16,6 @@ import { UmbSorterController } from '@umbraco-cms/backoffice/sorter';
 
 @customElement('umb-document-type-workspace-view-edit-tab')
 export class UmbDocumentTypeWorkspaceViewEditTabElement extends UmbLitElement {
-	#model: Array<UmbPropertyTypeContainerModel> = [];
 	#sorter = new UmbSorterController<UmbPropertyTypeContainerModel, UmbDocumentTypeWorkspaceViewEditPropertiesElement>(
 		this,
 		{
@@ -27,15 +26,15 @@ export class UmbDocumentTypeWorkspaceViewEditTabElement extends UmbLitElement {
 			itemSelector: '.container-handle',
 			containerSelector: '.container-list',
 			onChange: ({ model }) => {
+				console.log('change groups model');
 				this._groups = model;
-				this.#model = model;
 			},
 			onEnd: ({ item }) => {
 				/** Explanation: If the item is the first in list, we compare it to the item behind it to set a sortOrder.
 				 * If it's not the first in list, we will compare to the item in before it, and check the following item to see if it caused overlapping sortOrder, then update
 				 * the overlap if true, which may cause another overlap, so we loop through them till no more overlaps...
 				 */
-				const model = this.#model;
+				const model = this._groups;
 				const newIndex = model.findIndex((entry) => entry.id === item.id);
 
 				// Doesn't exist in model
@@ -130,11 +129,10 @@ export class UmbDocumentTypeWorkspaceViewEditTabElement extends UmbLitElement {
 				(context as UmbDocumentTypeWorkspaceContext).isSorting,
 				(isSorting) => {
 					this._sortModeActive = isSorting;
-
 					if (isSorting) {
-						this.#sorter.setModel(this._groups);
+						this.#sorter.enable();
 					} else {
-						this.#sorter.setModel([]);
+						this.#sorter.disable();
 					}
 				},
 				'_observeIsSorting',
@@ -142,11 +140,7 @@ export class UmbDocumentTypeWorkspaceViewEditTabElement extends UmbLitElement {
 		});
 		this.observe(this._groupStructureHelper.containers, (groups) => {
 			this._groups = groups;
-			if (this._sortModeActive) {
-				this.#sorter.setModel(this._groups);
-			} else {
-				this.#sorter.setModel([]);
-			}
+			this.#sorter.setModel(this._groups);
 			this.requestUpdate('_groups');
 		});
 		this.observe(this._groupStructureHelper.hasProperties, (hasProperties) => {