diff --git a/src/components/PublicGroupList.vue b/src/components/PublicGroupList.vue
index 887c3e11e..6c3e0cc05 100644
--- a/src/components/PublicGroupList.vue
+++ b/src/components/PublicGroupList.vue
@@ -202,10 +202,6 @@ export default {
             return (this.$root.publicGroupList.length >= 2);
         }
     },
-    created() {
-        // Initialize sort settings
-        this.initializeSortSettings();
-    },
     watch: {
         // Watch for changes in heartbeat list, reapply sorting
         "$root.heartbeatList": {
@@ -235,6 +231,10 @@ export default {
             deep: true,
         },
     },
+    created() {
+        // Initialize sort settings
+        this.initializeSortSettings();
+    },
     mounted() {
         // Load sort settings from URL
         this.loadSortSettingsFromURL();