diff --git a/frontend/src/app/components/dashboard/db-table-view/db-table-view.component.ts b/frontend/src/app/components/dashboard/db-table-view/db-table-view.component.ts
index 217f1462e..7d64e516a 100644
--- a/frontend/src/app/components/dashboard/db-table-view/db-table-view.component.ts
+++ b/frontend/src/app/components/dashboard/db-table-view/db-table-view.component.ts
@@ -202,16 +202,16 @@ export class DbTableViewComponent implements OnInit, OnChanges {
 			);
 
 			if (!loading && this.tableData.defaultSort !== undefined) {
-				// Update defaultSort reference whenever data loads
-				this.defaultSort = this.tableData.defaultSort;
-
 				console.log('DbTableViewComponent tableData loaded:', this.tableData);
 				console.log('DbTableViewComponent tableData.defaultSort loaded:', this.tableData.defaultSort);
 
-				// Only initialize sort on first load (or after table switch when sortInitialized was reset)
+				// Only initialize sort and defaultSort on first load (or after table switch when sortInitialized was reset)
 				if (!this.sortInitialized) {
 					this.sortInitialized = true;
 
+					// Only sync defaultSort from server on initial load, not on subsequent sort/pagination changes
+					this.defaultSort = this.tableData.defaultSort;
+
 					// Initialize sort based on priority: URL params > default sort
 					if (urlSortActive && urlSortDirection) {
 						// Use sort from URL
@@ -266,6 +266,9 @@ export class DbTableViewComponent implements OnInit, OnChanges {
 			this.sort.active = '';
 			this.sort.direction = '' as any;
 
+			// Reset defaultSort so the previous table's default doesn't show on the new table
+			this.defaultSort = null;
+
 			// Reset the sortInitialized flag so the sort gets re-initialized with new table's default sort
 			this.sortInitialized = false;
 		}