diff --git a/app/frontend/src/components/forms/SubmissionsTable.vue b/app/frontend/src/components/forms/SubmissionsTable.vue
index 719fd0db2..04ab4f128 100644
--- a/app/frontend/src/components/forms/SubmissionsTable.vue
+++ b/app/frontend/src/components/forms/SubmissionsTable.vue
@@ -344,7 +344,7 @@ export default {
       itemsPerPage: 10,
       page: 0,
       filterData: [],
-      sortBy: '',
+      sortBy: undefined,
       sortDesc: false,
       filterIgnore: [
         {
@@ -623,8 +623,8 @@ export default {
     },
     async updateTableOptions({ page, itemsPerPage, sortBy, sortDesc }) {
       this.page = page - 1;
-      this.sortBy = sortBy;
-      this.sortDesc = sortDesc;
+      this.sortBy = sortBy[0] === 'date' ? 'createdAt' : sortBy[0];
+      this.sortDesc = sortDesc[0];
       this.itemsPerPage = itemsPerPage;
       await this.getSubmissionData();
     },
diff --git a/app/frontend/src/components/forms/submission/MySubmissionsTable.vue b/app/frontend/src/components/forms/submission/MySubmissionsTable.vue
index 043a66b73..7db262f62 100644
--- a/app/frontend/src/components/forms/submission/MySubmissionsTable.vue
+++ b/app/frontend/src/components/forms/submission/MySubmissionsTable.vue
@@ -158,7 +158,7 @@ export default {
       page: 0,
       filterData: [],
       preSelectedData: [],
-      sortBy: '',
+      sortBy: undefined,
       sortDesc: false,
       filterIgnore: [
         {
@@ -323,10 +323,9 @@ export default {
     },
     async updateTableOptions({ page, itemsPerPage, sortBy, sortDesc }) {
       this.page = page - 1;
-      this.sortBy = sortBy;
-      this.sortDesc = sortDesc;
+      this.sortBy = sortBy[0] === 'date' ? 'createdAt' : sortBy[0];
+      this.sortDesc = sortDesc[0];
       this.itemsPerPage = itemsPerPage;
-
       await this.populateSubmissionsTable();
     },
     async populateSubmissionsTable() {
diff --git a/app/src/forms/common/models/views/submissionMetadata.js b/app/src/forms/common/models/views/submissionMetadata.js
index cb36f179a..0385faf29 100644
--- a/app/src/forms/common/models/views/submissionMetadata.js
+++ b/app/src/forms/common/models/views/submissionMetadata.js
@@ -62,8 +62,8 @@ class SubmissionMetadata extends Model {
         if (!pagination) {
           builder.orderBy('createdAt', 'DESC');
         } else {
-          let orderBy = params?.sortBy[0];
-          let orderDesc = params?.sortDesc[0];
+          let orderBy = params?.sortBy;
+          let orderDesc = params?.sortDesc;
           if (orderDesc === 'true') {
             builder.orderBy(orderBy, 'desc');
           } else if (orderDesc === 'false') {
diff --git a/app/src/forms/common/models/views/userSubmissions.js b/app/src/forms/common/models/views/userSubmissions.js
index dfc8f82d2..b0239626c 100644
--- a/app/src/forms/common/models/views/userSubmissions.js
+++ b/app/src/forms/common/models/views/userSubmissions.js
@@ -64,8 +64,8 @@ class UserSubmissions extends Model {
         if (!pagination) {
           builder.orderBy('createdAt', 'DESC');
         } else {
-          let orderBy = params?.sortBy[0];
-          let orderDesc = params?.sortDesc[0];
+          let orderBy = params?.sortBy;
+          let orderDesc = params?.sortDesc;
           if (orderDesc === 'true') {
             builder.orderBy(orderBy, 'desc');
           } else if (orderDesc === 'false') {