diff --git a/dmp-frontend/src/app/ui/description/editor/description-editor.model.ts b/dmp-frontend/src/app/ui/description/editor/description-editor.model.ts
index 802e3118a..42881913e 100644
--- a/dmp-frontend/src/app/ui/description/editor/description-editor.model.ts
+++ b/dmp-frontend/src/app/ui/description/editor/description-editor.model.ts
@@ -279,7 +279,7 @@ export class DescriptionPropertyDefinitionFieldSetEditorModel implements Descrip
 	public fromModel(item: DescriptionPropertyDefinitionFieldSet, descriptionReferences: DescriptionReference[], definitionFieldSet: DescriptionTemplateFieldSet): DescriptionPropertyDefinitionFieldSetEditorModel {
 		this.fieldSetDefinition = definitionFieldSet;
 		if (item) {
-			if (item.items) { item.items.map(x => this.items.push(new DescriptionPropertyDefinitionFieldSetItemEditorModel(this.validationErrorModel).fromModel(x, descriptionReferences, definitionFieldSet))); }
+			if (item.items) { item.items.sort(x=> x.ordinal).map(x => this.items.push(new DescriptionPropertyDefinitionFieldSetItemEditorModel(this.validationErrorModel).fromModel(x, descriptionReferences, definitionFieldSet))); }
 		}
 		return this;
 	}