diff --git a/src/controllers/dataset.controller.ts b/src/controllers/dataset.controller.ts
index 92f0eef..e76b1e7 100644
--- a/src/controllers/dataset.controller.ts
+++ b/src/controllers/dataset.controller.ts
@@ -48,6 +48,7 @@ export class DatasetController {
                     model: Person,
                     through: { where: { role: "author" } },
                     as: "authors",
+                    // order: [['link_documents_persons.sort_order', 'ASC']],
                 },
                 {
                     model: Person,
@@ -61,6 +62,11 @@ export class DatasetController {
                 "files",
                 "identifier",
             ],
+            order: [
+                ["authors", dbContext.DocumentPersons, "sort_order", "ASC"],
+                ["contributors", dbContext.DocumentPersons, "sort_order", "ASC"],
+            ],
+            // order: ['server_date_published'],
             // order: ['server_date_published'],
         });
         // .then((data) => {
diff --git a/src/models/init-models.js b/src/models/init-models.js
index fb73d37..1aeb83e 100644
--- a/src/models/init-models.js
+++ b/src/models/init-models.js
@@ -255,5 +255,6 @@ export function initModels() {
         Coverage: Coverage,
         Subject: Subject,
         License: License,
+        DocumentPersons: DocumentPersons
     };
 }