diff --git a/koha-tmpl/intranet-tmpl/prog/en/modules/reports/guided_reports_start.tt b/koha-tmpl/intranet-tmpl/prog/en/modules/reports/guided_reports_start.tt
index fe9a12319c..c83c494100 100644
--- a/koha-tmpl/intranet-tmpl/prog/en/modules/reports/guided_reports_start.tt
+++ b/koha-tmpl/intranet-tmpl/prog/en/modules/reports/guided_reports_start.tt
@@ -1318,13 +1318,13 @@
                                     <tr>
                                         [% FOREACH header_ro IN header_row %]
                                             [% IF header_ro.has_itemnumbers && ( header_ro.cell == 'itemnumber' || header_types.item( header_ro.cell ) == 'itemnumber' ) %]
-                                                <th class="itemnumber">[% header_ro.cell | html %]</th>
+                                                <th class="itemnumber num-html">[% header_ro.cell | html %]</th>
                                             [% ELSIF header_ro.has_biblionumbers && ( header_ro.cell == 'biblionumber' || header_types.item( header_ro.cell ) == 'biblionumber' ) %]
                                                 <th class="biblionumber">[% header_ro.cell | html %]</th>
                                             [% ELSIF header_ro.cell == 'cardnumber' || header_types.item( header_ro.cell ) == 'cardnumber' %]
                                                 <th class="cardnumber">[% header_ro.cell | html %]</th>
                                             [% ELSIF header_ro.cell == 'borrowernumber' || header_types.item( header_ro.cell ) == 'borrowernumber' %]
-                                                <th class="borrowernumber">[% header_ro.cell | html %]</th>
+                                                <th class="borrowernumber num-html">[% header_ro.cell | html %]</th>
                                             [% ELSE %]
                                                 <th>[% header_ro.cell | html %]</th>
                                             [% END %]
diff --git a/koha-tmpl/intranet-tmpl/prog/js/datatables.js b/koha-tmpl/intranet-tmpl/prog/js/datatables.js
index 065875f0f8..ad979f6735 100644
--- a/koha-tmpl/intranet-tmpl/prog/js/datatables.js
+++ b/koha-tmpl/intranet-tmpl/prog/js/datatables.js
@@ -1511,6 +1511,7 @@ function update_search_description(
         var default_column_defs = [
             { targets: ["string-sort"], type: "string" },
             { targets: ["anti-the"], type: "anti-the" },
+            { targets: ["num-html"], type: "num-html" },
             { targets: ["no-sort"], orderable: false, searchable: false },
         ];
         if (settings["columnDefs"] === undefined) {