diff --git a/src/_h5ai/client/js/inc/ext/sort.js b/src/_h5ai/client/js/inc/ext/sort.js
index 565b84d2..fdfc2016 100644
--- a/src/_h5ai/client/js/inc/ext/sort.js
+++ b/src/_h5ai/client/js/inc/ext/sort.js
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ modulejs.define('ext/sort', ['_', '$', 'core/settings', 'core/resource', 'core/e
 			column: 0,
 			reverse: false,
 			ignorecase: true,
-			natural: true
+			natural: false
 		}, allsettings.sort),
 
 		storekey = 'sort.order',
diff --git a/src/_h5ai/conf/options.json b/src/_h5ai/conf/options.json
index a5caf6cb..9eb71d72 100644
--- a/src/_h5ai/conf/options.json
+++ b/src/_h5ai/conf/options.json
@@ -283,7 +283,7 @@ Options
 		"column": 0,
 		"reverse": false,
 		"ignorecase": true,
-		"natural": true
+		"natural": false
 	},
 
 	/*