diff --git a/src/NzbDrone.Api/History/HistoryModule.cs b/src/NzbDrone.Api/History/HistoryModule.cs
index 7b0aa3c7e..bae183df6 100644
--- a/src/NzbDrone.Api/History/HistoryModule.cs
+++ b/src/NzbDrone.Api/History/HistoryModule.cs
@@ -39,6 +39,11 @@ namespace NzbDrone.Api.History
                 pagingSpec.FilterExpression = h => h.EpisodeId == i;
             }
 
+            if (pagingSpec.SortKey.Equals("series", StringComparison.InvariantCultureIgnoreCase))
+            {
+                pagingSpec.SortKey = "series.title";
+            }
+
             return ApplyToPage(_historyService.Paged, pagingSpec);
         }
 
diff --git a/src/UI/Episode/Activity/EpisodeActivityLayout.js b/src/UI/Episode/Activity/EpisodeActivityLayout.js
index f1ed7cbbb..53de87fdc 100644
--- a/src/UI/Episode/Activity/EpisodeActivityLayout.js
+++ b/src/UI/Episode/Activity/EpisodeActivityLayout.js
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ define(
                 this.model = options.model;
                 this.series = options.series;
 
-                this.collection = new HistoryCollection({ episodeId: this.model.id });
+                this.collection = new HistoryCollection({ episodeId: this.model.id, tableName: 'episodeActivity' });
                 this.collection.fetch();
                 this.listenTo(this.collection, 'sync', this._showTable);
             },
diff --git a/src/UI/History/HistoryCollection.js b/src/UI/History/HistoryCollection.js
index 5341c6507..89abc33a8 100644
--- a/src/UI/History/HistoryCollection.js
+++ b/src/UI/History/HistoryCollection.js
@@ -2,9 +2,10 @@
 define(
     [
         'History/HistoryModel',
-        'backbone.pageable'
-    ], function (HistoryModel, PageableCollection) {
-        return PageableCollection.extend({
+        'backbone.pageable',
+        'Mixins/AsPersistedStateCollection'
+    ], function (HistoryModel, PageableCollection, AsPersistedStateCollection) {
+        var collection = PageableCollection.extend({
             url  : window.NzbDrone.ApiRoot + '/history',
             model: HistoryModel,
 
@@ -48,4 +49,6 @@ define(
                 return resp;
             }
         });
+
+        return AsPersistedStateCollection.apply(collection);
     });
diff --git a/src/UI/History/Table/HistoryTableLayout.js b/src/UI/History/Table/HistoryTableLayout.js
index 9e3263c71..25dff7526 100644
--- a/src/UI/History/Table/HistoryTableLayout.js
+++ b/src/UI/History/Table/HistoryTableLayout.js
@@ -80,7 +80,7 @@ define(
 
 
             initialize: function () {
-                this.collection = new HistoryCollection();
+                this.collection = new HistoryCollection({ tableName: 'history' });
                 this.listenTo(this.collection, 'sync', this._showTable);
             },
 
diff --git a/src/UI/Mixins/AsPersistedStateCollection.js b/src/UI/Mixins/AsPersistedStateCollection.js
index de663b794..518209fe7 100644
--- a/src/UI/Mixins/AsPersistedStateCollection.js
+++ b/src/UI/Mixins/AsPersistedStateCollection.js
@@ -8,9 +8,15 @@ define(
 
             var originalInit = this.prototype.initialize;
 
-            this.prototype.initialize = function () {
+            this.prototype.initialize = function (options) {
 
-                if (!this.tableName) {
+                options = options || {};
+
+                if (options.tableName) {
+                    this.tableName = options.tableName;
+                }
+
+                if (!this.tableName && !options.tableName) {
                     throw 'tableName is required';
                 }
 
@@ -19,7 +25,7 @@ define(
                 this.on('backgrid:sort', _storeState, this);
 
                 if (originalInit) {
-                    originalInit.call(this);
+                    originalInit.call(this, options);
                 }
             };