diff --git a/admin/columns_settings.yml b/admin/columns_settings.yml
index 9b84b4247a..ce5a10bc68 100644
--- a/admin/columns_settings.yml
+++ b/admin/columns_settings.yml
@@ -792,6 +792,8 @@ modules:
 
     pay:
       pay-fines-table:
+        default_display_length: 20
+        default_sort_order: 3
         columns:
             -
               columnname: checkbox
diff --git a/koha-tmpl/intranet-tmpl/prog/en/modules/members/pay.tt b/koha-tmpl/intranet-tmpl/prog/en/modules/members/pay.tt
index 21044e12ed..c6978f3cfb 100644
--- a/koha-tmpl/intranet-tmpl/prog/en/modules/members/pay.tt
+++ b/koha-tmpl/intranet-tmpl/prog/en/modules/members/pay.tt
@@ -243,12 +243,11 @@
                 $(".add-note").show();
             });
 
-            var columns_settings = [% TablesSettings.GetColumns('members', 'pay', 'pay-fines-table', 'json') | $raw %];
+            var table_settings = [% TablesSettings.GetTableSettings('members', 'pay', 'pay-fines-table', 'json') | $raw %];
             KohaTable("finest", {
                 "paging": false,
-                'sorting': [[ 3, "asc" ]],
                 "autoWidth": false
-            }, columns_settings );
+            }, table_settings );
         });
     </script>
 [% END %]