diff --git a/app/assets/javascripts/osem-datatables.js b/app/assets/javascripts/osem-datatables.js
index a6f85c5d..f8816f77 100644
--- a/app/assets/javascripts/osem-datatables.js
+++ b/app/assets/javascripts/osem-datatables.js
@@ -6,9 +6,4 @@ $(function () {
     pagingType: 'full_numbers',
     "lengthMenu": [[25, 50, 100, -1], [25, 50, 100, "All"]],
   });
-
-  $('#versionstable').DataTable({
-    pagingType: 'full_numbers',
-    order: [[ 0, 'desc' ]]
-  });
 });
diff --git a/app/views/admin/versions/index.html.haml b/app/views/admin/versions/index.html.haml
index 963e0a57..0facd770 100644
--- a/app/views/admin/versions/index.html.haml
+++ b/app/views/admin/versions/index.html.haml
@@ -69,3 +69,11 @@
 
         %td.col-md-2
           = render partial: 'shared/changelog_actions', locals: { version: version }
+:javascript
+
+  $(document).ready(function(){
+    $('#versionstable').DataTable({
+      pagingType: 'full_numbers',
+      order: [[ 0, 'desc' ]]
+    });
+  });