diff --git a/contentcuration/contentcuration/frontend/channelEdit/views/ImportFromChannels/ChannelList.vue b/contentcuration/contentcuration/frontend/channelEdit/views/ImportFromChannels/ChannelList.vue
index 76dc9e1f8c..d348fe805e 100644
--- a/contentcuration/contentcuration/frontend/channelEdit/views/ImportFromChannels/ChannelList.vue
+++ b/contentcuration/contentcuration/frontend/channelEdit/views/ImportFromChannels/ChannelList.vue
@@ -112,6 +112,7 @@
           [this.channelFilter]: true,
           page: this.$route.query.page || 1,
           exclude: this.currentChannelId,
+          ordering: this.channelFilter === 'public' ? 'name' : '-modified',
         }).then(page => {
           this.pageCount = page.total_pages;
           this.channels = page.results;
diff --git a/contentcuration/contentcuration/frontend/channelList/views/Channel/ChannelList.vue b/contentcuration/contentcuration/frontend/channelList/views/Channel/ChannelList.vue
index 68f506cba2..b1d8327b87 100644
--- a/contentcuration/contentcuration/frontend/channelList/views/Channel/ChannelList.vue
+++ b/contentcuration/contentcuration/frontend/channelList/views/Channel/ChannelList.vue
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@
 
   import { mapGetters, mapActions } from 'vuex';
   import orderBy from 'lodash/orderBy';
-  import { RouteNames, CHANNEL_PAGE_SIZE } from '../../constants';
+  import { RouteNames } from '../../constants';
   import ChannelItem from './ChannelItem';
   import LoadingText from 'shared/views/LoadingText';
   import { ChannelListTypes } from 'shared/constants';
@@ -98,9 +98,6 @@
       isEditable() {
         return this.listType === ChannelListTypes.EDITABLE;
       },
-      isStarred() {
-        return this.listType === ChannelListTypes.STARRED;
-      },
     },
     watch: {
       listType(newListType) {
@@ -129,17 +126,6 @@
       },
       loadData(listType) {
         this.loading = true;
-        let parameters = {
-          listType,
-          sortBy: '-modified',
-        };
-
-        // Don't paginate bookmarked channel list for more
-        // rapid updating when channels are starred/unstarred
-        if (!this.isStarred) {
-          parameters.page = Number(this.$route.query.page || 1);
-          parameters.page_size = CHANNEL_PAGE_SIZE;
-        }
 
         this.loadChannelList({ listType }).then(() => {
           this.loading = false;
diff --git a/contentcuration/contentcuration/viewsets/channel.py b/contentcuration/contentcuration/viewsets/channel.py
index 517e66f0fe..aad4638e3c 100644
--- a/contentcuration/contentcuration/viewsets/channel.py
+++ b/contentcuration/contentcuration/viewsets/channel.py
@@ -400,6 +400,8 @@ class ChannelViewSet(ValuesViewset):
     serializer_class = ChannelSerializer
     pagination_class = ChannelListPagination
     filterset_class = ChannelFilter
+    ordering_fields = ["modified", "name"]
+    ordering = "-modified"
 
     field_map = channel_field_map
     values = base_channel_values + ("edit", "view", "unpublished_changes")
@@ -412,6 +414,15 @@ def get_queryset(self):
         queryset = super(ChannelViewSet, self).get_queryset()
         user_id = not self.request.user.is_anonymous and self.request.user.id
         user_queryset = User.objects.filter(id=user_id)
+        # Add the last modified node modified value as the channel last modified
+        channel_main_tree_nodes = ContentNode.objects.filter(
+            tree_id=OuterRef("main_tree__tree_id")
+        )
+        queryset = queryset.annotate(
+            modified=Subquery(
+                channel_main_tree_nodes.values("modified").order_by("-modified")[:1]
+            )
+        )
 
         return queryset.annotate(
             edit=Exists(user_queryset.filter(editable_channels=OuterRef("id"))),
@@ -423,12 +434,7 @@ def annotate_queryset(self, queryset):
         channel_main_tree_nodes = ContentNode.objects.filter(
             tree_id=OuterRef("main_tree__tree_id")
         )
-        # Add the last modified node modified value as the channel last modified
-        queryset = queryset.annotate(
-            modified=Subquery(
-                channel_main_tree_nodes.values("modified").order_by("-modified")[:1]
-            )
-        )
+
         # Add the unique count of distinct non-topic node content_ids
         non_topic_content_ids = (
             channel_main_tree_nodes.exclude(kind_id=content_kinds.TOPIC)
@@ -561,6 +567,8 @@ class CatalogViewSet(ReadOnlyValuesViewset):
     serializer_class = ChannelSerializer
     pagination_class = CatalogListPagination
     filterset_class = BaseChannelFilter
+    ordering_fields = []
+    ordering = ("-priority", "name")
 
     permission_classes = [AllowAny]