diff --git a/dist/src/options.js b/dist/src/options.js
index 82e618d..df785b6 100644
--- a/dist/src/options.js
+++ b/dist/src/options.js
@@ -11,6 +11,45 @@ document.addEventListener('DOMContentLoaded', function renderFilterListTable() {
 function setupOptionsListener() {
     document.getElementById('save').addEventListener('click', saveCurrentOptions);
 }
+// taken from https://www.w3schools.com/howto/howto_js_sort_table.asp
+function sortTable() {
+    var table, rows, switching, i, x, y, shouldSwitch, dir, switchcount = 0;
+    table = document.getElementById("intentList");
+    switching = true;
+    dir = "asc";
+    while (switching) {
+        switching = false;
+        rows = table.rows;
+        for (i = 1; i < (rows.length - 1); i++) {
+            shouldSwitch = false;
+            x = rows[i].getElementsByTagName("td")[0].childNodes[0];
+            y = rows[i + 1].getElementsByTagName("td")[0].childNodes[0];
+            if (dir == "asc") {
+                if (x.innerHTML.toLowerCase() > y.innerHTML.toLowerCase()) {
+                    shouldSwitch = true;
+                    break;
+                }
+            }
+            else if (dir == "desc") {
+                if (x.innerHTML.toLowerCase() < y.innerHTML.toLowerCase()) {
+                    shouldSwitch = true;
+                    break;
+                }
+            }
+        }
+        if (shouldSwitch) {
+            rows[i].parentNode.insertBefore(rows[i + 1], rows[i]);
+            switching = true;
+            switchcount++;
+        }
+        else {
+            if (switchcount == 0 && dir == "asc") {
+                dir = "desc";
+                switching = true;
+            }
+        }
+    }
+}
 function saveCurrentOptions() {
     // get all form values
     const whitelistTimeElement = document.getElementById('whitelistTime');
@@ -107,9 +146,9 @@ function drawIntentListTable() {
         // fetch intent list
         const intentList = storage.intentList;
         // generate table element
-        let table = '<table class="hover shadow styled">' +
+        let table = '<table id="intentList" class="hover shadow styled">' +
             "<tr>" +
-            '<th style="width: 40%">url</th>' +
+            '<th id="urlHeader" style="width: 40%">url</th>' +
             '<th style="width: 40%">intent</th>' +
             '<th style="width: 20%">date</th>' +
             "</tr>";
@@ -134,6 +173,8 @@ function drawIntentListTable() {
         if (previousIntents != null) {
             previousIntents.innerHTML = table;
         }
+        // setup table sort events
+        document.getElementById('urlHeader').addEventListener('click', sortTable);
     });
 }
 ;
diff --git a/src/options.ts b/src/options.ts
index b5ebd53..623b4d9 100644
--- a/src/options.ts
+++ b/src/options.ts
@@ -13,7 +13,45 @@ document.addEventListener('DOMContentLoaded', function renderFilterListTable() {
 
 function setupOptionsListener(): void {
 	document.getElementById('save').addEventListener('click',
-    saveCurrentOptions);
+	saveCurrentOptions);
+}
+
+// taken from https://www.w3schools.com/howto/howto_js_sort_table.asp
+function sortTable(): void {
+	var table, rows, switching, i, x, y, shouldSwitch, dir, switchcount = 0;
+	table = document.getElementById("intentList");
+	switching = true;
+	dir = "asc";
+	while (switching) {
+		switching = false;
+		rows = table.rows;
+		for (i = 1; i < (rows.length - 1); i++) {
+			shouldSwitch = false;
+			x = rows[i].getElementsByTagName("td")[0].childNodes[0];
+			y = rows[i + 1].getElementsByTagName("td")[0].childNodes[0];
+			if (dir == "asc") {
+				if (x.innerHTML.toLowerCase() > y.innerHTML.toLowerCase()) {
+					shouldSwitch = true;
+					break;
+				}
+			} else if (dir == "desc") {
+				if (x.innerHTML.toLowerCase() < y.innerHTML.toLowerCase()) {
+					shouldSwitch = true;
+					break;
+				}
+			}
+		}
+		if (shouldSwitch) {
+			rows[i].parentNode.insertBefore(rows[i + 1], rows[i]);
+			switching = true;
+			switchcount++;
+		} else {
+			if (switchcount == 0 && dir == "asc") {
+				dir = "desc";
+				switching = true;
+			}
+		}
+	}
 }
 
 function saveCurrentOptions(): void {
@@ -121,7 +159,6 @@ function drawFilterListTable(): void {
 	});
 };
 
-
 function drawIntentListTable(): void {
 	// accessing chrome storage for intents
 	chrome.storage.sync.get(null, (storage) => {
@@ -129,12 +166,12 @@ function drawIntentListTable(): void {
 		const intentList: {[key: string]: string} = storage.intentList;
 
 		// generate table element
-		let table: string = '<table class="hover shadow styled">' +
-													"<tr>" +
-														'<th style="width: 40%">url</th>' +
-														'<th style="width: 40%">intent</th>' +
-														'<th style="width: 20%">date</th>' +
-													"</tr>";
+		let table: string = '<table id="intentList" class="hover shadow styled">' +
+								"<tr>" +
+									'<th id="urlHeader" style="width: 40%">url</th>' +
+									'<th style="width: 40%">intent</th>' +
+									'<th style="width: 20%">date</th>' +
+								"</tr>";
 
 		let cur_id: number = 0;
 		// iter dates in intentList
@@ -161,6 +198,9 @@ function drawIntentListTable(): void {
 		if (previousIntents != null) {
 			previousIntents.innerHTML = table;
 		}
+
+		// setup table sort events
+		document.getElementById('urlHeader').addEventListener('click', sortTable)
 	});
 };