diff --git a/src/qtgui/guiutils.cpp b/src/qtgui/guiutils.cpp
index f3328a08..a9a8454f 100644
--- a/src/qtgui/guiutils.cpp
+++ b/src/qtgui/guiutils.cpp
@@ -197,9 +197,10 @@ void rwSettings(bool writing)
 	prefs.restableFields = 
 	    settings.value("/Recoll/prefs/query/restableFields").toStringList();
 	if (prefs.restableFields.empty()) {
-	    prefs.restableFields.push_back("filename");
-	    prefs.restableFields.push_back("title");
 	    prefs.restableFields.push_back("date");
+	    prefs.restableFields.push_back("title");
+	    prefs.restableFields.push_back("filename");
+	    prefs.restableFields.push_back("author");
 	    prefs.restableFields.push_back("url");
 	}
     }
@@ -215,7 +216,7 @@ void rwSettings(bool writing)
 	}
     }
     SETTING_RW(rtcw, "/Recoll/prefs/query/restableWidths", String, 
-	       "");
+	       "83 253 132 172 130 ");
     if (!writing) {
 	vector<string> widths;
 	stringToStrings((const char *)rtcw.toUtf8(), widths);
diff --git a/src/qtgui/restable.cpp b/src/qtgui/restable.cpp
index 73a75da6..2d07a1e1 100644
--- a/src/qtgui/restable.cpp
+++ b/src/qtgui/restable.cpp
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ static char rcsid[] = "@(#$Id: reslist.cpp,v 1.52 2008-12-17 15:12:08 dockes Exp
 #include <QAbstractTableModel>
 #include <QSettings>
 #include <QMenu>
+#include <QScrollBar>
 
 #include "refcntr.h"
 #include "docseq.h"
@@ -329,8 +330,17 @@ void ResTable::init()
 	    this, SLOT(onTableView_currentChanged(const QModelIndex&)));
 
     m_pager = new ResTablePager(this);
+
     QSettings settings;
-    splitter->restoreState(settings.value("resTableSplitterSizes").toByteArray());
+    QVariant saved = settings.value("resTableSplitterSizes");
+    if (saved != QVariant()) {
+	splitter->restoreState(saved.toByteArray());
+    } else {
+	QList<int> sizes;
+	sizes << 355 << 125;
+	splitter->setSizes(sizes);
+    }
+
     textBrowser->setReadOnly(TRUE);
     textBrowser->setUndoRedoEnabled(FALSE);
     textBrowser->setOpenLinks(FALSE);
@@ -383,7 +393,7 @@ void ResTable::saveColWidths()
 
 void ResTable::onTableView_currentChanged(const QModelIndex& index)
 {
-    LOGDEB(("ResTable::onTableView_currentChanged(%d, %d)\n", 
+    LOGDEB0(("ResTable::onTableView_currentChanged(%d, %d)\n", 
 	    index.row(), index.column()));
 
     if (!m_model || m_model->getDocSource().isNull())
@@ -400,7 +410,7 @@ void ResTable::onTableView_currentChanged(const QModelIndex& index)
 
 void ResTable::on_tableView_entered(const QModelIndex& index)
 {
-    LOGDEB(("ResTable::on_tableView_entered(%d, %d)\n", 
+    LOGDEB0(("ResTable::on_tableView_entered(%d, %d)\n", 
 	    index.row(), index.column()));
     if (!tableView->selectionModel()->hasSelection())
 	onTableView_currentChanged(index);
@@ -432,8 +442,11 @@ void ResTable::onSortDataChanged(DocSeqSortSpec)
     header->setSortIndicator(-1, Qt::AscendingOrder);
 }
 
-void ResTable::readDocSource()
+void ResTable::readDocSource(bool resetPos)
 {
+    if (resetPos)
+	tableView->verticalScrollBar()->setSliderPosition(0);
+
     m_model->readDocSource();
     textBrowser->clear();
 }
diff --git a/src/qtgui/restable.h b/src/qtgui/restable.h
index 75cc78af..82b7cf2f 100644
--- a/src/qtgui/restable.h
+++ b/src/qtgui/restable.h
@@ -93,7 +93,7 @@ public slots:
     virtual void saveColWidths();
     virtual void setDocSource(RefCntr<DocSequence> nsource);
     virtual void resetSource();
-    virtual void readDocSource();
+    virtual void readDocSource(bool resetPos = true);
     virtual void onSortDataChanged(DocSeqSortSpec);
     virtual void linkWasClicked(const QUrl&);
     virtual void createHeaderPopupMenu(const QPoint&);
diff --git a/src/rcldb/rclquery.cpp b/src/rcldb/rclquery.cpp
index e4d72aa1..2940201f 100644
--- a/src/rcldb/rclquery.cpp
+++ b/src/rcldb/rclquery.cpp
@@ -73,7 +73,7 @@ public:
 	    sortterm = term;
 	}
 	// Also remove some common uninteresting starting characters
-	i1 = sortterm.find_first_not_of(" \t\\\"([*+,");
+	i1 = sortterm.find_first_not_of(" \t\\\"'([*+,.#/");
 	if (i1 != 0 && i1 != string::npos) {
 	    sortterm = sortterm.substr(i1, sortterm.size()-i1);
 	}