diff --git a/app/assets/javascripts/admin/customers/controllers/customers_controller.js.coffee b/app/assets/javascripts/admin/customers/controllers/customers_controller.js.coffee
index ada3eb2b0e..c8967780dc 100644
--- a/app/assets/javascripts/admin/customers/controllers/customers_controller.js.coffee
+++ b/app/assets/javascripts/admin/customers/controllers/customers_controller.js.coffee
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-angular.module("admin.customers").controller "customersCtrl", ($scope, $q, $filter, Customers, TagRuleResource, CurrentShop, RequestMonitor, Columns, pendingChanges, shops, availableCountries) ->
+angular.module("admin.customers").controller "customersCtrl", ($scope, $q, $filter, Customers, TagRuleResource, CurrentShop, RequestMonitor, Columns, SortOptions, pendingChanges, shops, availableCountries) ->
   $scope.shops = shops
   $scope.availableCountries = availableCountries
   $scope.RequestMonitor = RequestMonitor
@@ -6,9 +6,7 @@ angular.module("admin.customers").controller "customersCtrl", ($scope, $q, $filt
   $scope.customerLimit = 20
   $scope.customers = Customers.all
   $scope.columns = Columns.columns
-  $scope.sorting =
-    predicate: ""
-    reverse: true
+  $scope.sorting = SortOptions
 
   $scope.confirmRefresh = (event) ->
     event.preventDefault() unless pendingChanges.unsavedCount() == 0 || confirm(t("unsaved_changes_warning"))
diff --git a/app/assets/javascripts/admin/index_utils/services/sort_options.js.coffee b/app/assets/javascripts/admin/index_utils/services/sort_options.js.coffee
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..5c3f38fef4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/assets/javascripts/admin/index_utils/services/sort_options.js.coffee
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+angular.module("admin.indexUtils").factory 'SortOptions', ->
+  new class SortOptions
+    predicate: ""
+    reverse: true
diff --git a/app/assets/javascripts/admin/line_items/controllers/line_items_controller.js.coffee b/app/assets/javascripts/admin/line_items/controllers/line_items_controller.js.coffee
index 4ddee58c48..ecc567c7cc 100644
--- a/app/assets/javascripts/admin/line_items/controllers/line_items_controller.js.coffee
+++ b/app/assets/javascripts/admin/line_items/controllers/line_items_controller.js.coffee
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-angular.module("admin.lineItems").controller 'LineItemsCtrl', ($scope, $timeout, $http, $q, StatusMessage, Columns, Dereferencer, Orders, LineItems, Enterprises, OrderCycles, VariantUnitManager, RequestMonitor) ->
+angular.module("admin.lineItems").controller 'LineItemsCtrl', ($scope, $timeout, $http, $q, StatusMessage, Columns, SortOptions, Dereferencer, Orders, LineItems, Enterprises, OrderCycles, VariantUnitManager, RequestMonitor) ->
   $scope.initialized = false
   $scope.RequestMonitor = RequestMonitor
   $scope.filteredLineItems = []
@@ -10,9 +10,7 @@ angular.module("admin.lineItems").controller 'LineItemsCtrl', ($scope, $timeout,
   $scope.selectedUnitsVariant = {}
   $scope.sharedResource = false
   $scope.columns = Columns.columns
-  $scope.sorting =
-    predicate: ""
-    reverse: true
+  $scope.sorting = SortOptions
 
   $scope.confirmRefresh = ->
     LineItems.allSaved() || confirm(t("unsaved_changes_warning"))
diff --git a/spec/javascripts/unit/admin/index_utils/services/sort_options_spec.js.coffee b/spec/javascripts/unit/admin/index_utils/services/sort_options_spec.js.coffee
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..90fd34cf02
--- /dev/null
+++ b/spec/javascripts/unit/admin/index_utils/services/sort_options_spec.js.coffee
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+describe "SortOptions service", ->
+  SortOptions = null
+
+  beforeEach ->
+    module 'admin.indexUtils'
+    inject (_SortOptions_) ->
+      SortOptions = _SortOptions_
+
+  describe "initialising predicate", ->
+    it "sets predicate to blank", ->
+      expect(SortOptions.predicate).toEqual ""
+
+  describe "initialising reverse", ->
+    it "sets reverse to true", ->
+      expect(SortOptions.reverse).toBe true