diff --git a/webapp/src/edu/cornell/mannlib/vitro/webapp/controller/freemarker/IndividualListController.java b/webapp/src/edu/cornell/mannlib/vitro/webapp/controller/freemarker/IndividualListController.java
index 0c769f0af..045493361 100644
--- a/webapp/src/edu/cornell/mannlib/vitro/webapp/controller/freemarker/IndividualListController.java
+++ b/webapp/src/edu/cornell/mannlib/vitro/webapp/controller/freemarker/IndividualListController.java
@@ -62,7 +62,6 @@ public class IndividualListController extends FreemarkerHttpServlet {
         String templateName = TEMPLATE_DEFAULT;
         Map<String, Object> body = new HashMap<String, Object>();
         String errorMessage = null;
-        String message = null;
         
         try {
             Object obj = vreq.getAttribute("vclass");
@@ -138,9 +137,7 @@ public class IndividualListController extends FreemarkerHttpServlet {
         if (errorMessage != null) {
             templateName = Template.ERROR_MESSAGE.toString();
             body.put("errorMessage", errorMessage);
-        } else if (message != null) {
-            body.put("message", message);
-        }
+        } 
     
         return new TemplateResponseValues(templateName, body);
     }
diff --git a/webapp/src/edu/cornell/mannlib/vitro/webapp/dao/jena/DataPropertyStatementDaoJena.java b/webapp/src/edu/cornell/mannlib/vitro/webapp/dao/jena/DataPropertyStatementDaoJena.java
index bb318c002..bff486886 100644
--- a/webapp/src/edu/cornell/mannlib/vitro/webapp/dao/jena/DataPropertyStatementDaoJena.java
+++ b/webapp/src/edu/cornell/mannlib/vitro/webapp/dao/jena/DataPropertyStatementDaoJena.java
@@ -301,7 +301,7 @@ public class DataPropertyStatementDaoJena extends JenaBaseDao implements DataPro
         "    ?subject ?property ?value . \n" +
         // ignore statements with uri values
         " FILTER ( isLiteral(?value) ) " +
-        "} ";
+        "} ORDER BY ?value";
     
     protected static Query dataPropertyValueQuery;
     static {