diff --git a/extern/igfd/ImGuiFileDialog.cpp b/extern/igfd/ImGuiFileDialog.cpp
index c590cfdd4..90dc2c4df 100644
--- a/extern/igfd/ImGuiFileDialog.cpp
+++ b/extern/igfd/ImGuiFileDialog.cpp
@@ -1189,10 +1189,9 @@ namespace IGFD
 	IGFD::FileManager::FileManager()
 	{
 		puFsRoot = std::string(1u, PATH_SEP);
-    puSortingDirection[0]=false;
-    puSortingDirection[1]=false;
-    puSortingDirection[2]=false;
-    puSortingDirection[3]=false;
+                for (int i=0; i<5; i++) {
+                  puSortingDirection[i]=true;
+                }
 	}
 
 	void IGFD::FileManager::OpenCurrentPath(const FileDialogInternal& vFileDialogInternal)
@@ -1233,7 +1232,7 @@ namespace IGFD
       logV("IGFD: sorting by name");
 			if (vCanChangeOrder && puSortingField == vSortingField) {
         //printf("Change the sorting\n");
-				puSortingDirection[0] = true;//!puSortingDirection[0];
+				puSortingDirection[0] = !puSortingDirection[0];
       }
 
 			if (puSortingDirection[0])
diff --git a/extern/igfd/ImGuiFileDialog.h b/extern/igfd/ImGuiFileDialog.h
index 7b2523959..827a987eb 100644
--- a/extern/igfd/ImGuiFileDialog.h
+++ b/extern/igfd/ImGuiFileDialog.h
@@ -869,7 +869,7 @@ namespace IGFD
 		std::string puHeaderFileDate;										// detail view name of column date + time
 #ifdef USE_THUMBNAILS
 		std::string puHeaderFileThumbnails;									// detail view name of column thumbnails
-		bool puSortingDirection[5] = { true, true, true, true, true };		// detail view // true => Descending, false => Ascending
+		bool puSortingDirection[5];		// detail view // true => Descending, false => Ascending
 #else
 		bool puSortingDirection[4];			// detail view // true => Descending, false => Ascending
 #endif
diff --git a/extern/igfd/ImGuiFileDialogConfig.h b/extern/igfd/ImGuiFileDialogConfig.h
index 3416b029b..1db638dda 100644
--- a/extern/igfd/ImGuiFileDialogConfig.h
+++ b/extern/igfd/ImGuiFileDialogConfig.h
@@ -80,9 +80,9 @@
 //#define DateTimeFormat "%Y/%m/%d %i:%M%p"
 
 // theses icons will appear in table headers
-//#define USE_CUSTOM_SORTING_ICON
-//#define tableHeaderAscendingIcon "A|"
-//#define tableHeaderDescendingIcon "D|"
+#define USE_CUSTOM_SORTING_ICON
+#define tableHeaderAscendingIcon ICON_FA_CHEVRON_UP " "
+#define tableHeaderDescendingIcon ICON_FA_CHEVRON_DOWN " "
 //#define tableHeaderFileNameString " File name"
 //#define tableHeaderFileTypeString " Type"
 //#define tableHeaderFileSizeString " Size"