diff --git a/apps/dsp-app/src/app/main/services/sorting.service.spec.ts b/apps/dsp-app/src/app/main/services/sorting.service.spec.ts
index d43bcec767..f8510208f4 100644
--- a/apps/dsp-app/src/app/main/services/sorting.service.spec.ts
+++ b/apps/dsp-app/src/app/main/services/sorting.service.spec.ts
@@ -144,36 +144,6 @@ describe('SortingService', () => {
                 },
             ]);
         });
-
-        it('should return an array sorted by lastname reversed', () => {
-            const sorted = service.keySortByAlphabetical(
-                data,
-                'lastname',
-                true
-            );
-            expect(sorted).toEqual([
-                {
-                    firstname: 'Mickey',
-                    lastname: 'Mouse',
-                    creator: 'Walt Disney',
-                },
-                {
-                    firstname: 'Gaston',
-                    lastname: 'Lagaffe',
-                    creator: 'André Franquin',
-                },
-                {
-                    firstname: 'Gyro',
-                    lastname: 'Gearloose',
-                    creator: 'Carl Barks',
-                },
-                {
-                    firstname: 'Charlie',
-                    lastname: 'Brown',
-                    creator: 'Charles M. Schulz',
-                },
-            ]);
-        });
     });
 
     describe('Sort an array of ReadProject', () => {
@@ -208,15 +178,5 @@ describe('SortingService', () => {
 
             expect(sorted).toEqual([project1, project2, project3, project4]);
         });
-
-        it('should sort an array of ReadProject by "longname" reversed', () => {
-            const sorted = service.keySortByAlphabetical(
-                projects,
-                'longname',
-                true
-            );
-
-            expect(sorted).toEqual([project4, project3, project2, project1]);
-        });
     });
 });
diff --git a/apps/dsp-app/src/app/main/services/sorting.service.ts b/apps/dsp-app/src/app/main/services/sorting.service.ts
index 697f31fa58..ab3943f605 100644
--- a/apps/dsp-app/src/app/main/services/sorting.service.ts
+++ b/apps/dsp-app/src/app/main/services/sorting.service.ts
@@ -14,33 +14,46 @@ export class SortingService {
     }
 
     /**
-     * compares value by value and sorts in alphabetical order using the provided key
-     * optionally, you can have the array returned to you in reversed order by setting the reversed parameter to 'true'
+     * compares value by value and sorts in alphabetical order using the provided first key, in case the comparison
+     * of the values results in zero the second key is used if provided.
      */
     keySortByAlphabetical<T extends object>(
         value: Array<T>,
-        sortKey: keyof T,
-        reversed = false
+        firstSortKey: keyof T,
+        secondSortKey?: keyof T
     ): Array<T> {
         const sortedArray = value.slice();
         sortedArray.sort((a: T, b: T) => {
             if (
-                String(a[sortKey]).toLowerCase() <
-                String(b[sortKey]).toLowerCase()
+                String(a[firstSortKey]).toLowerCase() <
+                String(b[firstSortKey]).toLowerCase()
             ) {
                 return -1;
             } else if (
-                String(a[sortKey]).toLowerCase() >
-                String(b[sortKey]).toLowerCase()
+                String(a[firstSortKey]).toLowerCase() >
+                String(b[firstSortKey]).toLowerCase()
             ) {
                 return 1;
             } else {
-                return 0;
+                if (secondSortKey) {
+                    if (
+                        String(a[secondSortKey]).toLowerCase() <
+                        String(b[secondSortKey]).toLowerCase()
+                    ) {
+                        return -1;
+                    } else if (
+                        String(a[secondSortKey]).toLowerCase() >
+                        String(b[secondSortKey]).toLowerCase()
+                    ) {
+                        return 1;
+                    } else {
+                        return 0;
+                    }
+                } else {
+                    return 0
+                }
             }
         });
-        if (reversed) {
-            sortedArray.reverse();
-        }
         return sortedArray;
     }
 }
diff --git a/apps/dsp-app/src/app/workspace/resource/properties/properties.component.ts b/apps/dsp-app/src/app/workspace/resource/properties/properties.component.ts
index e41365453c..d36c015862 100644
--- a/apps/dsp-app/src/app/workspace/resource/properties/properties.component.ts
+++ b/apps/dsp-app/src/app/workspace/resource/properties/properties.component.ts
@@ -63,6 +63,7 @@ import {
     ValueOperationEventService,
 } from '../services/value-operation-event.service';
 import { ValueService } from '../services/value.service';
+import { SortingService } from '@dsp-app/src/app/main/services/sorting.service';
 
 // object of property information from ontology class, properties and property values
 export interface PropertyInfoValues {
@@ -177,7 +178,8 @@ export class PropertiesComponent implements OnInit, OnChanges, OnDestroy {
         private _valueOperationEventService: ValueOperationEventService,
         private _valueService: ValueService,
         private _componentCommsService: ComponentCommunicationEventService,
-        private _projectService: ProjectService
+        private _projectService: ProjectService,
+        private _sortingService: SortingService,
     ) {}
 
     ngOnInit(): void {
@@ -672,7 +674,11 @@ export class PropertiesComponent implements OnInit, OnChanges, OnDestroy {
                 .subscribe(
                     (response: ReadResourceSequence) => {
                         if (response.resources.length > 0) {
-                            this.incomingLinkResources = response.resources;
+                            this.incomingLinkResources = this._sortingService.keySortByAlphabetical(
+                                response.resources,
+                                "resourceClassLabel",
+                                "label"
+                            );
                         }
                         this.loading = false;
                     },