diff --git a/lib/WebGUI/Asset/Wobject/Collaboration.pm b/lib/WebGUI/Asset/Wobject/Collaboration.pm
index 327fd256c..9ba7b385b 100644
--- a/lib/WebGUI/Asset/Wobject/Collaboration.pm
+++ b/lib/WebGUI/Asset/Wobject/Collaboration.pm
@@ -961,7 +961,7 @@ sub getThreadsPaginator {
     if ($sortBy eq 'rating') {
         $sortBy = 'threadRating';
     } 
-    #$sortBy = $self->session->db->dbh->quote_identifier($sortBy);
+    $sortBy = join('.', map { $self->session->db->dbh->quote_identifier($_) } split(/\./, $sortBy));
 	my $sql = "
 		select 
 			asset.assetId,