diff --git a/platform/viewer/src/routes/WorkList/WorkList.jsx b/platform/viewer/src/routes/WorkList/WorkList.jsx
index fc8fa1223..14484b10f 100644
--- a/platform/viewer/src/routes/WorkList/WorkList.jsx
+++ b/platform/viewer/src/routes/WorkList/WorkList.jsx
@@ -45,7 +45,12 @@ function WorkList({ history, data: studies, isLoadingData, dataSource }) {
   const debouncedFilterValues = useDebounce(filterValues, 200);
   const { resultsPerPage, pageNumber, sortBy, sortDirection } = filterValues;
 
-  let dynamicFilterValues = {};
+  /*
+   * The default sort value keep the filters synchronized with runtime conditional sorting
+   * Only applied if no other sorting is specified and there are less than 101 studies
+   */
+  let defaultSortValues = {};
+
   const sortedStudies = studies
     // TOOD: Move sort to DataSourceWrapper?
     // TODO: MOTIVATION, this is triggered on every render, even if list/sort does not change
@@ -55,7 +60,7 @@ function WorkList({ history, data: studies, isLoadingData, dataSource }) {
 
       if (noSortApplied && studies.length < 101) {
         const ascendingSortModifier = -1;
-        dynamicFilterValues = {
+        defaultSortValues = {
           sortBy: 'studyDate',
           sortDirection: 'ascending',
         };
@@ -357,7 +362,7 @@ function WorkList({ history, data: studies, isLoadingData, dataSource }) {
       <StudyListFilter
         numOfStudies={numOfStudies}
         filtersMeta={filtersMeta}
-        filterValues={{ ...filterValues, ...dynamicFilterValues }}
+        filterValues={{ ...filterValues, ...defaultSortValues }}
         onChange={setFilterValues}
         clearFilters={() => setFilterValues(defaultFilterValues)}
         isFiltering={isFiltering(filterValues, defaultFilterValues)}