diff --git a/C4/SearchMarc.pm b/C4/SearchMarc.pm
index a0c809914f..8870433d83 100644
--- a/C4/SearchMarc.pm
+++ b/C4/SearchMarc.pm
@@ -245,6 +245,7 @@ sub catalogsearch {
 		}
 # 		warn "$i : ".@$tags[$i]. "=> $tag / $subfield = ".$tagslib->{$tag}->{$subfield}->{kohafield};
 	}
+#        $query.= " ordered title";
 	warn "QUERY : $query";
 	my $Zconn = C4::Context->Zconn or die "unable to set Zconn";
 	my $q = new ZOOM::Query::CQL2RPN( $query, $Zconn);
@@ -255,6 +256,14 @@ sub catalogsearch {
 	} else {
 		warn "$numresults records found, retrieving them (max 80)\n";
 	}
+        # sort result set 
+        # in theory this should sort by title
+        if ($rs->sort("yaz", "1=4 <i") < 0) {
+                 warn "sort failed";
+        }
+        else {
+	    warn "sorted";
+	    }
 	my $result='';
 	my $scantimerstart=time();
 	my @finalresult = ();
diff --git a/misc/zebra/usmarc/collection.abs b/misc/zebra/usmarc/collection.abs
index fdbca3e026..be5f5c3aec 100644
--- a/misc/zebra/usmarc/collection.abs
+++ b/misc/zebra/usmarc/collection.abs
@@ -21,9 +21,9 @@ xpath enable
 
 all any
 
-melm 090$c      identifier-standard,identifier-standard:p
-melm 020$a				isbn:w
-melm 100                author,author:p
+melm 090$c		identifier-standard,identifier-standard:p
+melm 020$a		isbn:w,!:s
+melm 100                author,author:p,!:s
 melm 110                author
 melm 111                author
 melm 130                title
@@ -32,6 +32,7 @@ melm 242                title,title:p
 melm 243                title,title:p
 melm 245$c              author
 melm 245                title,title:p
+melm 245/?/a            title           !:w,!:p,!:s
 melm 246                title,title:p
 melm 247                title,title:p
 melm 400$t              title,author