diff --git a/Classes/Controller/JoblistController.php b/Classes/Controller/JoblistController.php
index f7006d0db4115df1e9af9c33f27a1c4790c11636..5bbacd45ba291e3bfb83a7dbe6488571d413c4e1 100644
--- a/Classes/Controller/JoblistController.php
+++ b/Classes/Controller/JoblistController.php
@@ -159,10 +159,12 @@ class JoblistController extends ActionController {
 				$offset = $currentPageBrowserPage * $jobLimit;
 			}
 
+			$frontendPluginSettings =  $this->configurationManager->getConfiguration(ConfigurationManagerInterface::CONFIGURATION_TYPE_FRAMEWORK);
+			$frontendPluginSettings = $frontendPluginSettings['settings'];
+
 			// get all jobs for the current page
-			$ordering = (int) $this->configurationManager->getConfiguration(
-				ConfigurationManagerInterface::CONFIGURATION_TYPE_FRAMEWORK
-			)['settings']['orderBy'];
+			$ordering = (int)$frontendPluginSettings['orderBy'];
+			FrontendFilterService::setAllowManualSorting($frontendPluginSettings['allowManualSorting']);
 			$jobs = FrontendFilterService::getJobs($filters, $jobLimit, $offset, $ordering);
 
 			// get all jobs for the current page
diff --git a/Classes/Domain/Repository/JobRepository.php b/Classes/Domain/Repository/JobRepository.php
index 735b98fd360890bcff759f96d69972f37cc80be1..64b88c9770db461e7d9f82c417ad98b0b5834e85 100644
--- a/Classes/Domain/Repository/JobRepository.php
+++ b/Classes/Domain/Repository/JobRepository.php
@@ -44,6 +44,11 @@ class JobRepository extends Repository {
 	const ORDER_BY_CRDATE = 2;
 	const ORDER_BY_SORTING = 0;
 
+	/**
+	 * @var bool $allowManualSorting
+	 */
+	protected $allowManualSorting = false;
+
 	/**
 	 * initializes the object
 	 */
@@ -191,7 +196,10 @@ class JobRepository extends Repository {
 		array $filters = [], $limit = 0, $offset = 0, $ordering = 0
 	): ExtbaseQueryResultInterface {
 		$query = $this->createQuery();
-		if ($ordering === self::ORDER_BY_TITLE) {
+
+
+
+		if ($ordering === self::ORDER_BY_TITLE || (!$this->allowManualSorting && $ordering === self::ORDER_BY_SORTING)) {
 			$query->setOrderings(
 				[
 					'title' => QueryInterface::ORDER_ASCENDING,
@@ -207,7 +215,7 @@ class JobRepository extends Repository {
 			);
 		}
 
-		if ($ordering === self::ORDER_BY_SORTING) {
+		if ($ordering === self::ORDER_BY_SORTING && $this->allowManualSorting) {
 			$query->setOrderings(
 				[
 					'sorting' => QueryInterface::ORDER_ASCENDING
@@ -327,4 +335,20 @@ class JobRepository extends Repository {
 
 		return $query->matching($query->logicalAnd($constraints))->execute();
 	}
+
+	/**
+	 * @return bool
+	 */
+	public function isAllowManualSorting(): bool {
+		return $this->allowManualSorting;
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * @param bool $allowManualSorting
+	 */
+	public function setAllowManualSorting(bool $allowManualSorting) {
+		$this->allowManualSorting = $allowManualSorting;
+	}
+
+
 }
diff --git a/Classes/Service/FrontendFilterService.php b/Classes/Service/FrontendFilterService.php
index b63b181c53ba8ceff42fc022556217468b4310d2..ac1b9db9c595f15679e07534692dd1028ca567c3 100644
--- a/Classes/Service/FrontendFilterService.php
+++ b/Classes/Service/FrontendFilterService.php
@@ -51,4 +51,22 @@ class FrontendFilterService {
 		$jobRepository = $objectManager->get(JobRepository::class);
 		return $jobRepository->findJobsByFilter($filters, $limit, $offset, $ordering)->toArray();
 	}
+
+	/**
+	 * @return bool
+	 */
+	public static function isAllowManualSorting(): bool {
+		$objectManager = GeneralUtility::makeInstance(ObjectManager::class);
+		$jobRepository = $objectManager->get(JobRepository::class);
+		return $jobRepository->isAllowManualSorting();
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * @param bool $allowManualSorting
+	 */
+	public static function setAllowManualSorting(bool $allowManualSorting) {
+		$objectManager = GeneralUtility::makeInstance(ObjectManager::class);
+		$jobRepository = $objectManager->get(JobRepository::class);
+		$jobRepository->setAllowManualSorting($allowManualSorting);
+	}
 }
diff --git a/Configuration/TypoScript/Frontend/constants.typoscript b/Configuration/TypoScript/Frontend/constants.typoscript
index e0f95ba9896846d07d55c8088a24e83b6428e2ef..310da88baaab021c1e07eea655ebbc20ffd43896 100644
--- a/Configuration/TypoScript/Frontend/constants.typoscript
+++ b/Configuration/TypoScript/Frontend/constants.typoscript
@@ -13,6 +13,8 @@ plugin.tx_sgjobs {
 	settings {
 		# cat=plugin.tx_sgjobs/other; type=string; label=Mail address to send submitted applications to
 		applicationEmail =
+		# cat=plugin.tx_sgjobs/other; type=boolean; label=Enable manual sorting
+		allowManualSorting = 0
 		# cat=plugin.tx_sgjobs/other; type=string; label=Allowed file extensions for uploads in the controller (comma separated)
 		allowedFileExtensions = pdf
 		# cat=plugin.tx_sgjobs/other; type=string; label=Allowed mime types for uploads in the Fluid template (comma separated)
diff --git a/Configuration/TypoScript/Frontend/setup.typoscript b/Configuration/TypoScript/Frontend/setup.typoscript
index a1929d9be924ba5ecc702196749af88c33f3f884..105a23bc712c9549cb046d7b6e765e8742cb1314 100644
--- a/Configuration/TypoScript/Frontend/setup.typoscript
+++ b/Configuration/TypoScript/Frontend/setup.typoscript
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@ plugin.tx_sgjobs {
 
 	settings {
 		allowedFileExtensions = {$plugin.tx_sgjobs.settings.allowedFileExtensions}
+		allowManualSorting = {$plugin.tx_sgjobs.settings.allowManualSorting}
 		allowedMimeTypes = {$plugin.tx_sgjobs.settings.allowedMimeTypes}
 		allowedMaxFileSize = {$plugin.tx_sgjobs.settings.allowedMaxFileSize}
 		privacyPolicyPage = {$plugin.tx_sgjobs.settings.privacyPolicyPage}
diff --git a/Resources/Private/Language/de.locallang_db.xlf b/Resources/Private/Language/de.locallang_db.xlf
index f7da7d58cc2b889237b526ae90f6cca09779aa3e..e2cdf4c55a27cc0f1b6c06f3ce66b3581863dbe0 100644
--- a/Resources/Private/Language/de.locallang_db.xlf
+++ b/Resources/Private/Language/de.locallang_db.xlf
@@ -214,8 +214,8 @@
 				<target><![CDATA[Sortierung der Stellenangebote]]></target>
 			</trans-unit>
 			<trans-unit id="tx_sgjobs_domain_model_job.orderBy_1" approved="yes">
-				<source><![CDATA[Manual (Uses sorting visible in the "Job Offers" module)]]></source>
-				<target><![CDATA[Manuell (Stellenangebote werden wie im "Stellenangebote" Modul sortiert)]]></target>
+				<source><![CDATA[Manual (Uses sorting visible in the "Job Offers" module. Must be enabled in configuration)]]></source>
+				<target><![CDATA[Manuell (Stellenangebote werden wie im "Stellenangebote" Modul sortiert. Muss in den Einstellungen erlaubt sein.)]]></target>
 			</trans-unit>
 			<trans-unit id="tx_sgjobs_domain_model_job.orderBy_2" approved="yes">
 				<source><![CDATA[Alphabetically by job title (A-Z)]]></source>
@@ -371,4 +371,4 @@
 			</trans-unit>
 		</body>
 	</file>
-</xliff>
\ No newline at end of file
+</xliff>
diff --git a/Resources/Private/Language/locallang_db.xlf b/Resources/Private/Language/locallang_db.xlf
index 2195fcb877661396db0a52299ef7bed2c085c1de..50d3a9110c66d9a58fc6af2739ed0e6ce7e08eea 100644
--- a/Resources/Private/Language/locallang_db.xlf
+++ b/Resources/Private/Language/locallang_db.xlf
@@ -166,7 +166,7 @@
 				<source><![CDATA[Sorting of job offers]]></source>
 			</trans-unit>
 			<trans-unit id="tx_sgjobs_domain_model_job.orderBy_1">
-				<source><![CDATA[Manual (Uses sorting visible in the "Job Offers" module)]]></source>
+				<source><![CDATA[Manual (Uses sorting visible in the "Job Offers" module. Must be enabled in configuration)]]></source>
 			</trans-unit>
 			<trans-unit id="tx_sgjobs_domain_model_job.orderBy_2">
 				<source><![CDATA[Alphabetically by job title (A-Z)]]></source>
@@ -284,4 +284,4 @@
 			</trans-unit>
 		</body>
 	</file>
-</xliff>
\ No newline at end of file
+</xliff>