diff --git a/src/components/list/partials/filters.vue b/src/components/list/partials/filters.vue
index 2b36ff56b..15545afb3 100644
--- a/src/components/list/partials/filters.vue
+++ b/src/components/list/partials/filters.vue
@@ -195,7 +195,7 @@ import NamespaceService from '@/services/namespace'
 import EditLabels from '@/components/tasks/partials/editLabels.vue'
 
 import {objectToSnakeCase} from '@/helpers/case'
-import {getDefaultParams} from '../../tasks/mixins/taskList'
+import {getDefaultParams} from '@/components/tasks/mixins/taskList'
 
 // FIXME: merge with DEFAULT_PARAMS in taskList.js
 const DEFAULT_PARAMS = {
@@ -226,7 +226,7 @@ const DEFAULT_FILTERS = {
 	namespace: '',
 }
 
-const ALPHABETICAL_SORT	= ['title']
+export const ALPHABETICAL_SORT	= 'title'
 
 export default {
 	name: 'filters',
@@ -505,7 +505,7 @@ export default {
 				this.params.sort_by	= getDefaultParams().sort_by
 				this.sortAlphabetically	= false
 			} else {
-				this.params.sort_by	= ALPHABETICAL_SORT
+				this.params.sort_by	= [ALPHABETICAL_SORT]
 				this.sortAlphabetically	= true
 			}
 			this.change()
diff --git a/src/views/list/views/List.vue b/src/views/list/views/List.vue
index d234209ab..c31a5d7d1 100644
--- a/src/views/list/views/List.vue
+++ b/src/views/list/views/List.vue
@@ -148,6 +148,7 @@ import {HAS_TASKS} from '@/store/mutation-types'
 import Nothing from '@/components/misc/nothing.vue'
 import Pagination from '@/components/misc/pagination.vue'
 import Popup from '@/components/misc/popup'
+import { ALPHABETICAL_SORT } from '@/components/list/partials/filters'
 
 import draggable from 'vuedraggable'
 import {calculateItemPosition} from '../../../helpers/calculateItemPosition'
@@ -228,7 +229,7 @@ export default {
 	},
 	methods: {
 		isAlphabeticalSorting() {
-			return this.sorting.find( sortBy => sortBy === 'title' ) !== undefined
+			return this.sorting.find( sortBy => sortBy === ALPHABETICAL_SORT ) !== undefined
 		},
 		searchTasks() {
 			// Only search if the search term changed
@@ -260,12 +261,22 @@ export default {
 		focusNewTaskInput() {
 			this.$refs.newTaskInput.$refs.newTaskInput.focus()
 		},
-		updateTaskList() {
+		updateTaskList( task ) {
+			if ( this.isAlphabeticalSorting() ) {
+				this.reloadTasksWithCurrentFilterAndSorting()
+			}
+			else {
+				const tasks = [
+					task,
+					...this.tasks,
+				]
+				this.tasks = tasks
+			}
+
 			this.$store.commit(HAS_TASKS, true)
-			this.reloadTasksWithCurrentFilterAndSorting()
 		},
 		reloadTasksWithCurrentFilterAndSorting(){
-			this.loadTasks(undefined, undefined, undefined, true)
+			this.loadTasks(1, undefined, undefined, true)
 		},
 		editTask(id) {
 			// Find the selected task and set it to the current object