diff --git a/src/Umbraco.Web.UI.Client/src/views/propertyeditors/listview/sortby.prevalues.controller.js b/src/Umbraco.Web.UI.Client/src/views/propertyeditors/listview/sortby.prevalues.controller.js
index 4498e281dd..6d93139017 100644
--- a/src/Umbraco.Web.UI.Client/src/views/propertyeditors/listview/sortby.prevalues.controller.js
+++ b/src/Umbraco.Web.UI.Client/src/views/propertyeditors/listview/sortby.prevalues.controller.js
@@ -1,40 +1,67 @@
-function sortByPreValsController($rootScope, $scope, localizationService) {
+function sortByPreValsController($rootScope, $scope, localizationService, editorState) {
+    var propsPreValue = _.findWhere(editorState.current.preValues, { key: "includeProperties" });
 
-    $scope.sortByFields = [
-        { value: "SortOrder", key: "general_sort" },
-        { value: "Name", key: "general_name" },
-        { value: "VersionDate", key: "content_updateDate" },
-        { value: "Updater", key: "content_updatedBy" },
-        { value: "CreateDate", key: "content_createDate" },
-        { value: "Owner", key: "content_createBy" },
-        { value: "ContentTypeAlias", key: "content_documentType" },
-        { value: "Published", key: "content_isPublished" },
-        { value: "Email", key: "general_email" },
-        { value: "Username", key: "general_username" }
-    ];
-    
-    //now we'll localize these strings, for some reason the directive doesn't work inside of the select group with an ng-model declared
-    _.each($scope.sortByFields, function (e, i) {
-        localizationService.localize(e.key).then(function (v) {
-            e.name = v;
+    if(propsPreValue != undefined){
+        $scope.sortByFields = propsPreValue.value;
+    }
+    else {
+        $scope.sortByFields = [];
+    }
 
-            switch (e.value) {
-                case "Updater":
-                    e.name += " (Content only)";
-                    break;
-                case "Published":
-                    e.name += " (Content only)";
-                    break;
-                case "Email":
-                    e.name += " (Members only)";
-                    break;
-                case "Username":
-                    e.name += " (Members only)";
-                    break;
-            }
-        });
+    var existingValue = _.find($scope.sortByFields, function (e) {
+        return e.alias.toLowerCase() === $scope.model.value;
     });
 
+    if (existingValue === undefined) {
+        //Existing value not found
+
+        //Set to first value
+        if($scope.sortByFields.length > 0){
+            $scope.model.value = $scope.sortByFields[0].alias;
+        }
+        
+    }
+    else {
+        //Set the existing value
+        //The old implementation pre Umbraco 7.5 used PascalCase aliases, this uses camelCase, so this ensures that any previous value is set
+        $scope.model.value = existingValue.alias;
+    }
+
+    //$scope.sortByFields = [
+    //    { value: "SortOrder", key: "general_sort" },
+    //    { value: "Name", key: "general_name" },
+    //    { value: "VersionDate", key: "content_updateDate" },
+    //    { value: "Updater", key: "content_updatedBy" },
+    //    { value: "CreateDate", key: "content_createDate" },
+    //    { value: "Owner", key: "content_createBy" },
+    //    { value: "ContentTypeAlias", key: "content_documentType" },
+    //    { value: "Published", key: "content_isPublished" },
+    //    { value: "Email", key: "general_email" },
+    //    { value: "Username", key: "general_username" }
+    //];
+    
+    ////now we'll localize these strings, for some reason the directive doesn't work inside of the select group with an ng-model declared
+    //_.each($scope.sortByFields, function (e, i) {
+    //    localizationService.localize(e.key).then(function (v) {
+    //        e.name = v;
+
+    //        switch (e.value) {
+    //            case "Updater":
+    //                e.name += " (Content only)";
+    //                break;
+    //            case "Published":
+    //                e.name += " (Content only)";
+    //                break;
+    //            case "Email":
+    //                e.name += " (Members only)";
+    //                break;
+    //            case "Username":
+    //                e.name += " (Members only)";
+    //                break;
+    //        }
+    //    });
+    //});
+
 }
 
 
diff --git a/src/Umbraco.Web.UI.Client/src/views/propertyeditors/listview/sortby.prevalues.html b/src/Umbraco.Web.UI.Client/src/views/propertyeditors/listview/sortby.prevalues.html
index 2b35aa2ca4..43a8a674f4 100644
--- a/src/Umbraco.Web.UI.Client/src/views/propertyeditors/listview/sortby.prevalues.html
+++ b/src/Umbraco.Web.UI.Client/src/views/propertyeditors/listview/sortby.prevalues.html
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 <select ng-model="model.value"
         ng-controller="Umbraco.PrevalueEditors.SortByListViewController"
-        ng-options="field.value as field.name for field in sortByFields">
+        ng-options="field.alias as field.header for field in sortByFields">
     
 </select>
\ No newline at end of file