diff --git a/mainwindow.cpp b/mainwindow.cpp
index d1e405d..e899cd7 100644
--- a/mainwindow.cpp
+++ b/mainwindow.cpp
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@
 #include "dialogs/edititemdialog.h"
 #include "dialogs/newitemdialog.h"
 #include "genericcore.h"
+#include "model/generalsortfiltermodel.h"
 #include "model/tablemodel.h"
 
 static QStandardPaths::StandardLocation standardLocation = QStandardPaths::HomeLocation;
@@ -45,7 +46,10 @@ MainWindow::MainWindow(QWidget* parent)
   restoreState(settings.value("windowState").toByteArray());
 
   m_tableModel = m_core->getModel();
-  ui->tableView->setModel(m_tableModel.get());
+  // ui->tableView->setModel(m_tableModel.get());
+  m_sortModel = m_core->getSortFilterModel();
+  ui->tableView->setModel((QAbstractItemModel*)m_sortModel.get());
+  ui->tableView->setSortingEnabled(true);
 
   createActions();
   createHelpMenu();
@@ -190,7 +194,7 @@ void MainWindow::deleteCurrentItem() {
   if (currentIndex == QModelIndex()) {
     qDebug() << "No current item. Nothing to remove.";
   } else {
-    m_tableModel->removeRows(currentIndex.row(), 1);
+    m_sortModel->removeRows(currentIndex.row(), 1);
   }
 }
 
@@ -208,7 +212,7 @@ void MainWindow::deleteSelectedtItems() {
       const int topRow    = iter->top();
       const int bottomRow = iter->bottom();
       const int nRows     = bottomRow - topRow + 1;
-      m_tableModel->removeRows(topRow, nRows);
+      m_sortModel->removeRows(topRow, nRows);
     }
   }
 }
@@ -440,8 +444,8 @@ void MainWindow::createGuiDialogs() {
   /// new item dialog
   m_newItemDialog = make_unique<NewItemDialog>(this);
   m_newItemDialog->createContent();
-  connect(m_newItemDialog.get(), &NewItemDialog::addItems, m_tableModel.get(),
-          &TableModel::appendItems);
+  connect(m_newItemDialog.get(), &NewItemDialog::addItems, m_sortModel.get(),
+          &GeneralSortFilterModel::appendItems);
   /// edit item dialog
   m_editItemDialog = make_unique<EditItemDialog>(ui->tableView, this);
   m_editItemDialog->createContent();
diff --git a/mainwindow.h b/mainwindow.h
index 03a1103..195f6ca 100644
--- a/mainwindow.h
+++ b/mainwindow.h
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ QT_END_NAMESPACE
 
 class GenericCore;
 class TableModel;
+class GeneralSortFilterModel;
 class NewItemDialog;
 class EditItemDialog;
 
@@ -65,6 +66,7 @@ class MainWindow : public QMainWindow {
   // GenericCore* m_core;
   unique_ptr<GenericCore> m_core;
   shared_ptr<TableModel> m_tableModel;
+  shared_ptr<GeneralSortFilterModel> m_sortModel;
   QUndoStack* m_modelUndoStack;
   unique_ptr<QUndoView> m_modelUndoView;