diff --git a/app/controllers/members_controller.rb b/app/controllers/members_controller.rb
index bc07ad0..3f60282 100644
--- a/app/controllers/members_controller.rb
+++ b/app/controllers/members_controller.rb
@@ -2,7 +2,6 @@ class MembersController < ApplicationController
   def index
     page_roles = OrbitHelper.page_categories
     page_role_status = OrbitHelper.page_role_status
-
     fields_to_show = [
                                     {"key"=>"job_title", "type"=>"role","sort_order"=>1},
                                     {"key"=>"name", "type"=>"profile","sort_order"=>2,"link_to_show"=>true},
@@ -22,7 +21,6 @@ class MembersController < ApplicationController
 
       sort = '[('+sort.join('),(')+')]'
     end
-
     if page_roles.include?("all")
       roles = Role.all.collect do |role|
         { "title" => role.title, "id" => role.id }
@@ -31,8 +29,9 @@ class MembersController < ApplicationController
       page_role_status.each do |status_id|
         page_roles << RoleStatus.find(status_id).role.id.to_s
       end
+
       roles = Role.find(page_roles.uniq).collect do |role|
-        { "title" => role.title, "id" => role.id, "status" => RoleStatus.where(:role_id=>role, :_id.in=>page_role_status) }
+        { "title" => role.title, "id" => role.id, "status" => RoleStatus.where(:role_id=>role, :_id.in=>page_role_status).to_a }
       end
     end
 
@@ -48,17 +47,19 @@ class MembersController < ApplicationController
         # Members with status
         role_status = RoleStatus.order_by(:id=>"asc").where(:role_id=>role['id'])
         role_status_ids = role_status.collect{|status| status.id.to_s}
+
         role_status.each do |status|
           member_profiles = get_members_by_status(status, sort, fields_to_show)
           next if member_profiles.blank?
           status_list << { "status-title" => status.title, "members" => member_profiles }
         end
+
         # Members without status
         member_profiles = []
         MemberProfile.not_in(:role_status_ids.in=>role_status_ids).where(:role_ids.in=>[role['id']]).collect do |profile|
           member_profiles << get_member_data(profile, fields_to_show)
         end
-        member_profiles = member_profiles.sort_by{|data| eval(sort)}
+        member_profiles = member_profiles.sort_by{|data| eval(sort)} rescue member_profiles
         status_list << { "status-title" => role['title'], "members" => member_profiles } if !member_profiles.blank?
       end
       role_list << {  "role-title" => role['title'], "status-list" => status_list }
@@ -73,10 +74,12 @@ class MembersController < ApplicationController
 
   def get_members_by_status(status, sort, fields_to_show)
     member_profiles = []
+
     status.member_profiles.each do |member|
       member_profiles<<get_member_data(member, fields_to_show)
     end
-    return member_profiles.sort_by{|data| eval(sort)}
+
+    return member_profiles.sort_by{|data| eval(sort)} rescue member_profiles
   end
 
   def get_member_data(member, fields_to_show)
@@ -166,6 +169,7 @@ class MembersController < ApplicationController
 
       if field['sort_order']
         field_data['sort_value'] = field_data['val'].blank? ? field_data['value'] : field_data['val']
+        field_data['sort_value'] = (field_data['sort_value'].is_i? ? field_data['sort_value'].to_i : field_data['sort_value']  rescue field_data['sort_value'])
       end
 
       if field['link_to_show']
diff --git a/config/initializers/load_extensions.rb b/config/initializers/load_extensions.rb
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..7bcb453
--- /dev/null
+++ b/config/initializers/load_extensions.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+Dir.glob("#{Rails.root}/lib/core_extension/*.rb").each do |l|
+ require l
+end
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diff --git a/lib/core_extension/string.rb b/lib/core_extension/string.rb
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..173dd82
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/core_extension/string.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+class String
+    def is_i?
+       !!(self =~ /\A[-+]?[0-9]+\z/)
+    end
+end
\ No newline at end of file