diff --git a/src/presentation/maarchRM/Presenter/recordsManagement/archive.php b/src/presentation/maarchRM/Presenter/recordsManagement/archive.php
index 6b73b3abeea281e984fb7b2182dc9ec6365ffaff..c853a194a91edfc6e7f1bed0a725c813bf0259a3 100755
--- a/src/presentation/maarchRM/Presenter/recordsManagement/archive.php
+++ b/src/presentation/maarchRM/Presenter/recordsManagement/archive.php
@@ -244,8 +244,13 @@ class archive
 
         $this->view->setSource("archive", $archive);
 
-        $this->view->getElementById('lifeCycleTable')->plugin['dataTable']->setSortingColumn(1, 1);
-        $this->view->getElementById('messageTable')->plugin['dataTable']->setSortingColumn(1, 1);
+        $messageDataTable = $this->view->getElementById('messageTable')->plugin['dataTable'];
+        $messageDataTable->setPaginationType("full_numbers");
+        $messageDataTable->setSorting(array(array(0, 'desc')));
+
+        $lifeCycleDataTable = $this->view->getElementById('lifeCycleTable')->plugin['dataTable'];
+        $lifeCycleDataTable->setPaginationType("full_numbers");
+        $lifeCycleDataTable->setSorting(array(array(0, 'desc')));
 
         $this->view->translate();
         $this->view->merge();
diff --git a/src/presentation/maarchRM/Resources/view/recordsManagement/archive/lifeCycle.html b/src/presentation/maarchRM/Resources/view/recordsManagement/archive/lifeCycle.html
index 3800a6797c07dc7887e582ec732b933ec3f5e057..870c10c9129060cf7442084fb9a355e15aaec4ae 100755
--- a/src/presentation/maarchRM/Resources/view/recordsManagement/archive/lifeCycle.html
+++ b/src/presentation/maarchRM/Resources/view/recordsManagement/archive/lifeCycle.html
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 <div class="table-responsive" data-translate-catalog="lifeCycle/messages">
     <table id="lifeCycleTable" class="table table-condensed table-striped dataTable" >
         <thead>
-            <th id="dateColumn">Date</th>
+            <th>Date</th>
             <th>Description</th>
             <th style="opacity: 0;cursor:initial;"/>
         </thead>
@@ -25,11 +25,3 @@
         </tbody>
     </table>
 </div>
-
-<script>
-
-// TODO search/find a better solution to sort table by descending date...
-if ($('#dateColumn').hasClass('sorting_asc')){
-    $('#dateColumn').click();
-}
-</script>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/presentation/maarchRM/Resources/view/recordsManagement/archive/message.html b/src/presentation/maarchRM/Resources/view/recordsManagement/archive/message.html
index e8859db66b5093190b7e7b920dfb9b91012fec9f..53f15d469cefea2d21434234b013de1bfe583609 100755
--- a/src/presentation/maarchRM/Resources/view/recordsManagement/archive/message.html
+++ b/src/presentation/maarchRM/Resources/view/recordsManagement/archive/message.html
@@ -33,10 +33,6 @@
 </div>
 
 <script>
-    /*$('#messagesTable').ready(function() {
-        $('#messagesTable').find('.dataTable-footer:first').remove();
-    });*/
-
     $("#messagesTable").on('click', '.viewMessage', function() {
         $.ajax({
             url      : "/medona/message/" + $(this).data('message-id'),