diff --git a/lib/WebGUI/Asset/Wobject/Collaboration.pm b/lib/WebGUI/Asset/Wobject/Collaboration.pm
index cd1d1ecde..0bdda28b2 100644
--- a/lib/WebGUI/Asset/Wobject/Collaboration.pm
+++ b/lib/WebGUI/Asset/Wobject/Collaboration.pm
@@ -1161,7 +1161,7 @@ sub getThreadsPaginator {
     $sortBy =~ s/^\w+\.//;
     # Sort by the thread rating instead of the post rating.  other places don't care about threads.
     $sortBy = $sortBy eq 'rating' ? 'threadRating' : $sortBy;
-    if (! $sortBy ~~ [qw/userDefined1 userDefined2 userDefined3 userDefined4 userDefined5 title lineage revisionDate creationDate karmaRank threadRating views replies lastPostDate/]) {
+    if (! ($sortBy ~~ [qw/userDefined1 userDefined2 userDefined3 userDefined4 userDefined5 title lineage revisionDate creationDate karmaRank threadRating views replies lastPostDate/])) {
         $sortBy = 'revisionDate';
     }
     if ($sortBy eq 'assetId' || $sortBy eq 'revisionDate') {
diff --git a/t/Asset/Wobject/Collaboration/getThreads.t b/t/Asset/Wobject/Collaboration/getThreads.t
index c34cfcb1c..38ce454c2 100644
--- a/t/Asset/Wobject/Collaboration/getThreads.t
+++ b/t/Asset/Wobject/Collaboration/getThreads.t
@@ -86,14 +86,13 @@ $session->db->write(
     'UPDATE Collaboration SET sortBy=NULL,sortOrder=NULL WHERE assetId=?',
     [$collab->getId]
 );
-my $collab2 = WebGUI::Asset::Wobject::Collaboration->new( $session, $collab->getId );
+my $collab2 = WebGUI::Asset::Wobject::Collaboration->newById( $session, $collab->getId );
 $p      = $collab2->getThreadsPaginator;
 $page   = $p->getPageData;
 $expect = sortThreads( sub { $b->get('revisionDate') <=> $a->get('revisionDate') }, @threads );
 cmp_deeply( $page, $expect, 'getThreadsPaginator sort by no default' )
 or diag( "GOT: " . Dumper $page ), diag( "EXPECTED: " . Dumper $expect );
 undef $collab2;
-
 # sortBy default from asset
 $collab->update({ 
     sortBy      => 'assetData.revisionDate',