diff --git a/resources/views/partials/bootstrap-table.blade.php b/resources/views/partials/bootstrap-table.blade.php
index 531f7d429c..992162e3dc 100644
--- a/resources/views/partials/bootstrap-table.blade.php
+++ b/resources/views/partials/bootstrap-table.blade.php
@@ -164,23 +164,24 @@
     // Initialize sort-order for bulk actions (label-generation) for snipe-tables
     $('.snipe-table').each(function (i, table) {
         table_cookie_segment = $(table).data('cookie-id-table');
-        name = '';
-        direction = '';
+        sort = '';
+        order = '';
         cookies = document.cookie.split(";");
         for(i in cookies) {
             cookiedef = cookies[i].split("=", 2);
             cookiedef[0] = cookiedef[0].trim();
             if (cookiedef[0] == table_cookie_segment + ".bs.table.sortOrder") {
-                direction = cookiedef[1];
+                order = cookiedef[1];
             }
             if (cookiedef[0] == table_cookie_segment + ".bs.table.sortName") {
-                name = cookiedef[1];
+                sort = cookiedef[1];
             }
         }
-        if (name && direction) {
+        if (sort && order) {
             domnode = $($(this).data('bulk-form-id')).get(0);
             if ( domnode && domnode.elements && domnode.elements.sort ) {
-                domnode.elements.sort.value = name + " " + direction;
+                domnode.elements.sort.value = sort;
+                domnode.elements.order.value = order;
             }
         }
     });
@@ -190,7 +191,8 @@
        domnode = $($(this).data('bulk-form-id')).get(0);
        // make safe in case there isn't a bulk-form-id, or it's not found, or has no 'sort' element
        if ( domnode && domnode.elements && domnode.elements.sort ) {
-           domnode.elements.sort.value = name + " " + order;
+           domnode.elements.sort.value = name;
+           domnode.elements.order.value = order;
        }
     });