diff --git a/Classes/Controller/BackendController.php b/Classes/Controller/BackendController.php
index bfcaa65d9d7d8bb7940798c227eb818093d14b6e..ccb4445fcb8638bd0b21a1083f0dabc69808b1ab 100644
--- a/Classes/Controller/BackendController.php
+++ b/Classes/Controller/BackendController.php
@@ -106,7 +106,6 @@ class BackendController extends ActionController {
 	public function indexAction(array $filters = []) {
 		try {
 			$pageUid = (int) GeneralUtility::_GP('id');
-			$sortingData = [];
 
 			// create docheader + buttons
 			$pageInfo = BackendUtility::readPageAccess($pageUid, $GLOBALS['BE_USER']->getPagePermsClause(1));
@@ -127,19 +126,19 @@ class BackendController extends ActionController {
 			$this->view->assign('pages', BackendService::getPagesWithJobRecords());
 			$this->view->assign('pageUid', $pageUid);
 
-			if (count($filters) === 0) {
-
-				$prevUid = 0;
-				$sortingData = [];
-				/** @var Job $job */
-				foreach ($jobs as $job) {
-					if ($prevUid) {
-						$sortingData['prev'][$job->getUid()] = $prevUid;
-						$sortingData['next'][$prevUid] = $job->getUid();
-					}
-					$prevUid = $job->getUid();
-				}
-			}
+			$sortingData = [];
+			if ($GLOBALS['TYPO3_CONF_VARS']['EXTENSIONS']['sg_jobs']['allowManualSorting'] && count($filters) <= 0) {
+				   $previousUid = 0;
+				   $sortingData = [];
+				   foreach ($jobs as $job) {
+						   if ($previousUid) {
+								   $sortingData['prev'][$job->getUid()] = $previousUid;
+								   $sortingData['next'][$previousUid] = '-' . $job->getUid();
+						   }
+						   $previousUid = $job->getUid();
+				   }
+		   }
+
 
 			$this->view->assign('sortingData', $sortingData);
 
diff --git a/Classes/Controller/JoblistController.php b/Classes/Controller/JoblistController.php
index 5bbacd45ba291e3bfb83a7dbe6488571d413c4e1..b41d461e2f3695a756772cabe0c111629cf1210e 100644
--- a/Classes/Controller/JoblistController.php
+++ b/Classes/Controller/JoblistController.php
@@ -44,6 +44,8 @@ use TYPO3\CMS\Extbase\Configuration\ConfigurationManagerInterface;
 use TYPO3\CMS\Extbase\Mvc\Controller\ActionController;
 use TYPO3\CMS\Extbase\Mvc\Exception\NoSuchArgumentException;
 use TYPO3\CMS\Extbase\Utility\LocalizationUtility;
+use SGalinski\Lfeditor\Utility\ExtensionUtility;
+
 
 /**
  * The joblist plugin controller
@@ -162,9 +164,11 @@ class JoblistController extends ActionController {
 			$frontendPluginSettings =  $this->configurationManager->getConfiguration(ConfigurationManagerInterface::CONFIGURATION_TYPE_FRAMEWORK);
 			$frontendPluginSettings = $frontendPluginSettings['settings'];
 
+			$isManualSortingAllowed = $GLOBALS['TYPO3_CONF_VARS']['EXTENSIONS']['sg_jobs']['allowManualSorting'];
+
 			// get all jobs for the current page
 			$ordering = (int)$frontendPluginSettings['orderBy'];
-			FrontendFilterService::setAllowManualSorting($frontendPluginSettings['allowManualSorting']);
+			FrontendFilterService::setAllowManualSorting((bool)$isManualSortingAllowed);
 			$jobs = FrontendFilterService::getJobs($filters, $jobLimit, $offset, $ordering);
 
 			// get all jobs for the current page
diff --git a/Configuration/TCA/tx_sgjobs_domain_model_job.php b/Configuration/TCA/tx_sgjobs_domain_model_job.php
index 05ff844dc8463f45ed508e6196fba66f6691e31f..be4faebfbe8c0c2e2d08dcb7b1a0e682700126d5 100644
--- a/Configuration/TCA/tx_sgjobs_domain_model_job.php
+++ b/Configuration/TCA/tx_sgjobs_domain_model_job.php
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@
 
 return call_user_func(
 	function ($extKey, $table) {
-		return [
+		$tca = [
 			'ctrl' => [
 				'title' => 'LLL:EXT:' . $extKey . '/Resources/Private/Language/locallang_db.xlf:' . $table . '',
 				'label' => 'title',
@@ -76,11 +76,6 @@ return call_user_func(
 				'palette_apply_function' => ['showitem' => 'hide_apply_by_email, hide_apply_by_postal, featured_offer', 'canNotCollapse' => 1]
 			],
 			'columns' => [
-				'sorting' => [
-					'config' => [
-						'type' => 'passthrough'
-					]
-				],
 				'crdate' => [
 					'exclude' => FALSE,
 					'config' => [
@@ -327,6 +322,13 @@ return call_user_func(
 				]
 			],
 		];
+
+
+		if (!$GLOBALS['TYPO3_CONF_VARS']['EXTENSIONS']['sg_jobs']['allowManualSorting']) {
+			$tca['columns']['sorting']['config']['type'] = 'passthrough';
+		}
+
+		return $tca;
 	}, 'sg_jobs', 'tx_sgjobs_domain_model_job'
 );
 
diff --git a/Configuration/TypoScript/Frontend/constants.typoscript b/Configuration/TypoScript/Frontend/constants.typoscript
index 310da88baaab021c1e07eea655ebbc20ffd43896..e0f95ba9896846d07d55c8088a24e83b6428e2ef 100644
--- a/Configuration/TypoScript/Frontend/constants.typoscript
+++ b/Configuration/TypoScript/Frontend/constants.typoscript
@@ -13,8 +13,6 @@ 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 105a23bc712c9549cb046d7b6e765e8742cb1314..a1929d9be924ba5ecc702196749af88c33f3f884 100644
--- a/Configuration/TypoScript/Frontend/setup.typoscript
+++ b/Configuration/TypoScript/Frontend/setup.typoscript
@@ -23,7 +23,6 @@ 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/ext_conf_template.txt b/ext_conf_template.txt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..692cda1f56b91d2f45b0204ffcff11910add1a44
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ext_conf_template.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+# cat=plugin.tx_sgjobs/other; type=boolean; label=Enable manual sorting
+allowManualSorting = 0