diff --git a/src/main/java/org/olat/core/gui/components/table/StaticColumnDescriptor.java b/src/main/java/org/olat/core/gui/components/table/StaticColumnDescriptor.java
index b93e5ac12833e659224627bbd54db888e07ba9aa..10a8a0cedf3a982b425ca1eeab41657f590b1183 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/olat/core/gui/components/table/StaticColumnDescriptor.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/olat/core/gui/components/table/StaticColumnDescriptor.java
@@ -28,7 +28,6 @@ package org.olat.core.gui.components.table;
 
 import org.olat.core.gui.render.Renderer;
 import org.olat.core.gui.render.StringOutput;
-import org.olat.core.logging.AssertException;
 
 /**
  * Description:<br>
@@ -108,8 +107,10 @@ public class StaticColumnDescriptor implements ColumnDescriptor {
 	/**
 	 * @see org.olat.core.gui.components.table.ColumnDescriptor#compareTo(int, int)
 	 */
+	@Override
 	public int compareTo(final int rowa, final int rowb) {
-		throw new AssertException("staticcolumndescriptor was called to be sorted, but did not offer to be sorted");
+		//dummy order but fixed
+		return rowb - rowa;
 	}
 
 	/**
diff --git a/src/main/java/org/olat/core/gui/components/table/Table.java b/src/main/java/org/olat/core/gui/components/table/Table.java
index 8a2feed72a057484e2acd12a91f25563e9a5b714..952582d5717e3c1112fd2c4086ada190b4a06158 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/olat/core/gui/components/table/Table.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/olat/core/gui/components/table/Table.java
@@ -525,23 +525,21 @@ public class Table extends AbstractComponent {
 	protected void resort() {
 		if (isSortingEnabled() && sortColumn < getColumnCount()) {
 			ColumnDescriptor currentSortingCd = getColumnDescriptor(sortColumn); // we sort after this
-			// column descriptor
-			// notify all nonactive ColumnDescriptors about their state
-			int cdcnt = getColumnCount();
-			for (int i = 0; i < cdcnt; i++) {
-				ColumnDescriptor cd = getColumnDescriptor(i);
-				if (cd != currentSortingCd){
-					cd.otherColumnDescriptorSorted();
+			if(currentSortingCd != null && currentSortingCd.isSortingAllowed()) {
+				// column descriptor
+				// notify all nonactive ColumnDescriptors about their state
+				int cdcnt = getColumnCount();
+				for (int i = 0; i < cdcnt; i++) {
+					ColumnDescriptor cd = getColumnDescriptor(i);
+					if (cd != currentSortingCd){
+						cd.otherColumnDescriptorSorted();
+					}
 				}
+				currentSortingCd.sortingAboutToStart();
+				Collections.sort(sorter, new TableComparator(currentSortingCd, sortAscending));
+			} else {
+				log.error("Sort column not found:" + sortColumn + " in columns: " + columnOrder, null);
 			}
-
-			if (currentSortingCd == null){
-				throw new RuntimeException("cannot find columndesc for column "
-						+ sortColumn
-						+ " in sorting process, maybe you have set the tabledatamodel before the columndescriptors?");
-			}
-			currentSortingCd.sortingAboutToStart();
-			Collections.sort(sorter, new TableComparator(currentSortingCd, sortAscending));
 		}
 	}