diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 78112cc..1356b6e 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 
 This project is built using [react-admin](https://marmelab.com/react-admin/).
 
-It needs at least Synapse v1.27.0 for all functions to work as expected!
+It needs at least Synapse v1.29.0 for all functions to work as expected!
 
 You get your server version with the request `/_synapse/admin/v1/server_version`.
 See also [Synapse version API](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/blob/develop/docs/admin_api/version_api.rst).
diff --git a/src/components/users.js b/src/components/users.js
index 98fda4d..3c5690b 100644
--- a/src/components/users.js
+++ b/src/components/users.js
@@ -420,6 +420,7 @@ export const UserEdit = props => {
             addLabel={false}
             pagination={<UserPagination />}
             perPage={50}
+            sort={{ field: "created_ts", order: "DESC" }}
           >
             <Datagrid style={{ width: "100%" }}>
               <DateField
@@ -433,7 +434,6 @@ export const UserEdit = props => {
                   minute: "2-digit",
                   second: "2-digit",
                 }}
-                sortable={false}
               />
               <DateField
                 source="last_access_ts"
@@ -446,14 +446,13 @@ export const UserEdit = props => {
                   minute: "2-digit",
                   second: "2-digit",
                 }}
-                sortable={false}
               />
-              <TextField source="media_id" sortable={false} />
-              <NumberField source="media_length" sortable={false} />
-              <TextField source="media_type" sortable={false} />
-              <TextField source="upload_name" sortable={false} />
-              <TextField source="quarantined_by" sortable={false} />
-              <BooleanField source="safe_from_quarantine" sortable={false} />
+              <TextField source="media_id" />
+              <NumberField source="media_length" />
+              <TextField source="media_type" />
+              <TextField source="upload_name" />
+              <TextField source="quarantined_by" />
+              <BooleanField source="safe_from_quarantine" />
               <DeleteButton mutationMode="pessimistic" redirect={false} />
             </Datagrid>
           </ReferenceManyField>
diff --git a/src/synapse/dataProvider.js b/src/synapse/dataProvider.js
index b7cd5c2..c9e63fa 100644
--- a/src/synapse/dataProvider.js
+++ b/src/synapse/dataProvider.js
@@ -314,10 +314,13 @@ const dataProvider = {
   getManyReference: (resource, params) => {
     console.log("getManyReference " + resource);
     const { page, perPage } = params.pagination;
+    const { field, order } = params.sort;
     const from = (page - 1) * perPage;
     const query = {
       from: from,
       limit: perPage,
+      order_by: field,
+      dir: getSearchOrder(order),
     };
 
     const homeserver = localStorage.getItem("base_url");