diff --git a/app/assets/javascripts/osem-datatables.js b/app/assets/javascripts/osem-datatables.js
index f950159e..b6453604 100644
--- a/app/assets/javascripts/osem-datatables.js
+++ b/app/assets/javascripts/osem-datatables.js
@@ -12,7 +12,14 @@ $(function () {
       pagingType: 'full_numbers',
       order: [[ 0, 'desc' ]]
     });
+
+    $('#userstable').DataTable({
+      pagingType: 'full_numbers',
+      processing: true,
+      serverSide: true,
+      sAjaxSource: $('#userstable').data('source'),
+      aoColumns: [ null, { "bSortable": false }, null, null, { "bSortable": false }, { "bSortable": false }, { "bSortable": false }, { "bSortable": false }]
+    });
   });
 });
 
-
diff --git a/app/controllers/admin/users_controller.rb b/app/controllers/admin/users_controller.rb
index dbd54ffd..5d01278b 100644
--- a/app/controllers/admin/users_controller.rb
+++ b/app/controllers/admin/users_controller.rb
@@ -1,13 +1,20 @@
 module Admin
   class UsersController < Admin::BaseController
     load_and_authorize_resource
+    include DatatableServersideProcessing
 
     def new
       @user = User.new
     end
 
     def index
-      @users = User.all
+      @users = filtered_records(User.where(nil), %w(name email), %w(id state email name))
+      respond_to do |format|
+        format.html
+        format.json do
+          render json: datatable_response(@users.map {|user| users_datatable_data(user)})
+        end
+      end
     end
 
     def show
diff --git a/app/controllers/concerns/datatable_serverside_processing.rb b/app/controllers/concerns/datatable_serverside_processing.rb
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..42f7b3cf
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/controllers/concerns/datatable_serverside_processing.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,44 @@
+module DatatableServersideProcessing
+  extend ActiveSupport::Concern
+
+  def datatable_response(data)
+    {
+      sEcho: params[:sEcho].to_i,
+      iTotalRecords: @collection.count,
+      iTotalDisplayRecords: records.count,
+      aaData: data
+    }
+  end
+
+  def filtered_records(collection, search_columns, sort_columns)
+    @collection = collection
+    @search_columns = search_columns
+    @sort_columns = sort_columns
+    paginate(records)
+  end
+
+  private
+
+  def records
+    @records ||= fetch_records
+  end
+
+  def fetch_records
+    sort_direction = params[:sSortDir_0] == 'desc' ? 'desc' : 'asc'
+    sort_column = @sort_columns[params[:iSortCol_0].to_i]
+    records = @collection.order("#{sort_column} #{sort_direction}")
+
+    if params[:sSearch].present? && @search_columns.present?
+      search_query = @search_columns.map{ |column|  "#{column} like :search" }.join(' or ')
+      records = records.where(search_query, search: "%#{params[:sSearch]}%")
+    end
+
+    records
+  end
+
+  def paginate(records)
+    per_page = params[:iDisplayLength].to_i > 0 ? params[:iDisplayLength].to_i : 10
+    page = params[:iDisplayStart].to_i / per_page + 1
+    records.offset((page - 1) * per_page).limit(per_page)
+  end
+end
diff --git a/app/helpers/application_helper.rb b/app/helpers/application_helper.rb
index ce426cc2..2b3ec99f 100644
--- a/app/helpers/application_helper.rb
+++ b/app/helpers/application_helper.rb
@@ -493,4 +493,17 @@ module ApplicationHelper
       end
     end
   end
+
+  def users_datatable_data(user)
+    [
+      user.id,
+      (user.confirmed? ? 'confirmed' : 'unconfirmed'),
+      user.email,
+      user.name,
+      user.registrations.where(attended: true).count,
+      (user.roles.empty? ? 'None' : "#{show_roles(user.get_roles.first(2))} #{'...' if user.get_roles.count > 2}"),
+      (view_context.link_to('View', admin_user_path(user), class: 'btn btn-success') if current_ability.can?(:show, user)),
+      (view_context.link_to('Edit', edit_admin_user_path(user), class: 'btn btn-primary') if current_ability.can?(:update, user))
+    ]
+  end
 end
diff --git a/app/views/admin/users/index.html.haml b/app/views/admin/users/index.html.haml
index c3d7b672..ffea91c2 100644
--- a/app/views/admin/users/index.html.haml
+++ b/app/views/admin/users/index.html.haml
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
           = "(#{@users.length})"
 .row
   .col-md-12.table-responsive
-    %table.table.table-striped.table-bordered.table-hover.datatable
+    %table.table.table-striped.table-bordered.table-hover#userstable{data: {source: admin_users_path(format: :json)}}
       %thead
         %th ID
         %th State
@@ -18,31 +18,3 @@
         %th View
         %th Edit
       %tbody
-        - @users.each do |user|
-          %tr
-            %td
-              = user.id
-            %td
-              - if user.confirmed?
-                confirmed
-              - else
-                unconfirmed
-            %td
-              = user.email
-            %td
-              = user.name
-            %td
-              = user.registrations.where(attended: true).count
-            %td
-              - unless user.get_roles.blank?
-                = show_roles(user.get_roles.first(2))
-                - if user.get_roles.count > 2
-                  = '...'
-              - else
-                None
-            %td
-              - if can? :show, user
-                = link_to 'View', admin_user_path(user), class: 'btn btn-success'
-            %td
-              - if can? :update, user
-                = link_to 'Edit', edit_admin_user_path(user), class: 'btn btn-primary'