diff --git a/src/app/+my-dspace-page/my-dspace-page.component.html b/src/app/+my-dspace-page/my-dspace-page.component.html
index c911e2c319..32e3a0d710 100644
--- a/src/app/+my-dspace-page/my-dspace-page.component.html
+++ b/src/app/+my-dspace-page/my-dspace-page.component.html
@@ -6,6 +6,8 @@
                          [configurationList]="(configurationList$ | async)"
                          [resultCount]="(resultsRD$ | async)?.payload.totalElements"
                          [viewModeList]="viewModeList"
+                         [searchOptions]="(searchOptions$ | async)"
+                         [sortOptions]="(sortOptions$ | async)"
                          [refreshFilters]="refreshFilters.asObservable()"
                          [inPlaceSearch]="inPlaceSearch"></ds-search-sidebar>
       <div class="col-12 col-md-9">
@@ -28,6 +30,8 @@
                                      [resultCount]="(resultsRD$ | async)?.payload.totalElements"
                                      (toggleSidebar)="closeSidebar()"
                                      [ngClass]="{'active': !(isSidebarCollapsed() | async)}"
+                                     [searchOptions]="(searchOptions$ | async)"
+                                     [sortOptions]="(sortOptions$ | async)"
                                      [refreshFilters]="refreshFilters.asObservable()"
                                      [inPlaceSearch]="inPlaceSearch">
                   </ds-search-sidebar>
diff --git a/src/app/+my-dspace-page/my-dspace-page.component.spec.ts b/src/app/+my-dspace-page/my-dspace-page.component.spec.ts
index 59581d0da8..909239b61c 100644
--- a/src/app/+my-dspace-page/my-dspace-page.component.spec.ts
+++ b/src/app/+my-dspace-page/my-dspace-page.component.spec.ts
@@ -45,6 +45,7 @@ describe('MyDSpacePageComponent', () => {
   pagination.id = 'mydspace-results-pagination';
   pagination.currentPage = 1;
   pagination.pageSize = 10;
+  const sortOption = { name: 'score', metadata: null };
   const sort: SortOptions = new SortOptions('score', SortDirection.DESC);
   const mockResults = createSuccessfulRemoteDataObject$(['test', 'data']);
   const searchServiceStub = jasmine.createSpyObj('SearchService', {
@@ -52,7 +53,8 @@ describe('MyDSpacePageComponent', () => {
     getEndpoint: observableOf('discover/search/objects'),
     getSearchLink: '/mydspace',
     getScopes: observableOf(['test-scope']),
-    setServiceOptions: {}
+    setServiceOptions: {},
+    getSearchConfigurationFor: createSuccessfulRemoteDataObject$({ sortOptions: [sortOption]})
   });
   const configurationParam = 'default';
   const queryParam = 'test query';
@@ -188,4 +190,24 @@ describe('MyDSpacePageComponent', () => {
     });
 
   });
+
+  describe('when stable', () => {
+
+    beforeEach(() => {
+      fixture.detectChanges();
+    });
+
+    it('should have initialized the sortOptions$ observable', (done) => {
+
+      comp.sortOptions$.subscribe((sortOptions) => {
+
+        expect(sortOptions.length).toEqual(2);
+        expect(sortOptions[0]).toEqual(new SortOptions('score', SortDirection.ASC));
+        expect(sortOptions[1]).toEqual(new SortOptions('score', SortDirection.DESC));
+        done();
+      });
+
+    });
+
+  });
 });
diff --git a/src/app/+my-dspace-page/my-dspace-page.component.ts b/src/app/+my-dspace-page/my-dspace-page.component.ts
index 5ee2a47d9f..ba5c0e5cc7 100644
--- a/src/app/+my-dspace-page/my-dspace-page.component.ts
+++ b/src/app/+my-dspace-page/my-dspace-page.component.ts
@@ -7,8 +7,8 @@ import {
   OnInit
 } from '@angular/core';
 
-import { BehaviorSubject, Observable, Subject, Subscription } from 'rxjs';
-import { map, switchMap, tap, } from 'rxjs/operators';
+import { BehaviorSubject, combineLatest, Observable, Subject, Subscription } from 'rxjs';
+import { map, switchMap, take, tap } from 'rxjs/operators';
 
 import { PaginatedList } from '../core/data/paginated-list.model';
 import { RemoteData } from '../core/data/remote-data';
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ import { PaginatedSearchOptions } from '../shared/search/paginated-search-option
 import { SearchService } from '../core/shared/search/search.service';
 import { SidebarService } from '../shared/sidebar/sidebar.service';
 import { hasValue } from '../shared/empty.util';
-import { getFirstSucceededRemoteData } from '../core/shared/operators';
+import { getFirstSucceededRemoteData, getFirstSucceededRemoteDataPayload } from '../core/shared/operators';
 import { MyDSpaceResponseParsingService } from '../core/data/mydspace-response-parsing.service';
 import { SearchConfigurationOption } from '../shared/search/search-switch-configuration/search-configuration-option.model';
 import { RoleType } from '../core/roles/role-types';
@@ -29,6 +29,8 @@ import { ViewMode } from '../core/shared/view-mode.model';
 import { MyDSpaceRequest } from '../core/data/request.models';
 import { SearchResult } from '../shared/search/search-result.model';
 import { Context } from '../core/shared/context.model';
+import { SortDirection, SortOptions } from '../core/cache/models/sort-options.model';
+import { SearchConfig } from '../core/shared/search/search-filters/search-config.model';
 
 export const MYDSPACE_ROUTE = '/mydspace';
 export const SEARCH_CONFIG_SERVICE: InjectionToken<SearchConfigurationService> = new InjectionToken<SearchConfigurationService>('searchConfigurationService');
@@ -71,6 +73,11 @@ export class MyDSpacePageComponent implements OnInit {
    */
   searchOptions$: Observable<PaginatedSearchOptions>;
 
+  /**
+   * The current available sort options
+   */
+  sortOptions$: Observable<SortOptions[]>;
+
   /**
    * The current relevant scopes
    */
@@ -151,6 +158,27 @@ export class MyDSpacePageComponent implements OnInit {
         })
       );
 
+    this.sortOptions$ = this.context$.pipe(
+      switchMap((context) => this.service.getSearchConfigurationFor(null, context)),
+      getFirstSucceededRemoteDataPayload(),
+      map((searchConfig: SearchConfig) => {
+        const sortOptions = [];
+        searchConfig.sortOptions.forEach(sortOption => {
+          sortOptions.push(new SortOptions(sortOption.name, SortDirection.ASC));
+          sortOptions.push(new SortOptions(sortOption.name, SortDirection.DESC));
+        });
+        return sortOptions;
+      }));
+
+    combineLatest([
+      this.sortOptions$,
+      this.searchConfigService.paginatedSearchOptions
+    ]).pipe(take(1))
+      .subscribe(([sortOptions, searchOptions]) => {
+        const updateValue = Object.assign(new PaginatedSearchOptions({}), searchOptions, { sort: sortOptions[0]});
+        this.searchConfigService.paginatedSearchOptions.next(updateValue);
+    });
+
   }
 
   /**
diff --git a/src/app/core/core.module.ts b/src/app/core/core.module.ts
index f73bfd0bdf..62265fdedf 100644
--- a/src/app/core/core.module.ts
+++ b/src/app/core/core.module.ts
@@ -162,6 +162,7 @@ import { ShortLivedToken } from './auth/models/short-lived-token.model';
 import { UsageReport } from './statistics/models/usage-report.model';
 import { RootDataService } from './data/root-data.service';
 import { Root } from './data/root.model';
+import { SearchConfig } from './shared/search/search-filters/search-config.model';
 
 /**
  * When not in production, endpoint responses can be mocked for testing purposes
@@ -342,6 +343,7 @@ export const models =
     Registration,
     UsageReport,
     Root,
+    SearchConfig
   ];
 
 @NgModule({
diff --git a/src/app/core/shared/search/search-filters/search-config.model.ts b/src/app/core/shared/search/search-filters/search-config.model.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..dd7a799f37
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/app/core/shared/search/search-filters/search-config.model.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,75 @@
+import { autoserialize, deserialize } from 'cerialize';
+
+import { SEARCH_CONFIG } from './search-config.resource-type';
+import { typedObject } from '../../../cache/builders/build-decorators';
+import { CacheableObject } from '../../../cache/object-cache.reducer';
+import { HALLink } from '../../hal-link.model';
+import { ResourceType } from '../../resource-type';
+
+/**
+ * The configuration for a search
+ */
+@typedObject
+export class SearchConfig implements CacheableObject {
+  static type = SEARCH_CONFIG;
+
+  /**
+   * The id of this search configuration.
+   */
+  @autoserialize
+  id: string;
+
+  /**
+   * The configured filters.
+   */
+  @autoserialize
+  filters: FilterConfig[];
+
+  /**
+   * The configured sort options.
+   */
+  @autoserialize
+  sortOptions: SortOption[];
+
+  /**
+   * The object type.
+   */
+  @autoserialize
+  type: ResourceType;
+
+  /**
+   * The {@link HALLink}s for this Item
+   */
+  @deserialize
+  _links: {
+    facets: HALLink;
+    objects: HALLink;
+    self: HALLink;
+  };
+}
+
+/**
+ * Interface to model filter's configuration.
+ */
+export interface FilterConfig {
+  filter: string;
+  hasFacets: boolean;
+  operators: OperatorConfig[];
+  openByDefault: boolean;
+  pageSize: number;
+  type: string;
+}
+
+/**
+ * Interface to model sort option's configuration.
+ */
+export interface SortOption {
+  name: string;
+}
+
+/**
+ * Interface to model operator's configuration.
+ */
+export interface OperatorConfig {
+  operator: string;
+}
diff --git a/src/app/core/shared/search/search-filters/search-config.resource-type.ts b/src/app/core/shared/search/search-filters/search-config.resource-type.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..967a654006
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/app/core/shared/search/search-filters/search-config.resource-type.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+import {ResourceType} from '../../resource-type';
+
+/**
+ * The resource type for SearchConfig
+ *
+ * Needs to be in a separate file to prevent circular
+ * dependencies in webpack.
+ */
+export const SEARCH_CONFIG = new ResourceType('discover');
diff --git a/src/app/core/shared/search/search.service.spec.ts b/src/app/core/shared/search/search.service.spec.ts
index 06208094bd..d09444ad6c 100644
--- a/src/app/core/shared/search/search.service.spec.ts
+++ b/src/app/core/shared/search/search.service.spec.ts
@@ -230,5 +230,55 @@ describe('SearchService', () => {
         expect((searchService as any).requestService.send).toHaveBeenCalledWith(jasmine.objectContaining({ href: requestUrl }), true);
       });
     });
+
+    describe('when getSearchConfigurationFor is called without a scope', () => {
+      const endPoint = 'http://endpoint.com/test/config';
+      beforeEach(() => {
+        spyOn((searchService as any).halService, 'getEndpoint').and.returnValue(observableOf(endPoint));
+        spyOn((searchService as any).rdb, 'buildFromHref').and.callThrough();
+        /* tslint:disable:no-empty */
+        searchService.getSearchConfigurationFor(null).subscribe((t) => {
+        }); // subscribe to make sure all methods are called
+        /* tslint:enable:no-empty */
+      });
+
+      it('should call getEndpoint on the halService', () => {
+        expect((searchService as any).halService.getEndpoint).toHaveBeenCalled();
+      });
+
+      it('should send out the request on the request service', () => {
+        expect((searchService as any).requestService.send).toHaveBeenCalled();
+      });
+
+      it('should call send containing a request with the correct request url', () => {
+        expect((searchService as any).requestService.send).toHaveBeenCalledWith(jasmine.objectContaining({ href: endPoint }), true);
+      });
+    });
+
+    describe('when getSearchConfigurationFor is called with a scope', () => {
+      const endPoint = 'http://endpoint.com/test/config';
+      const scope = 'test';
+      const requestUrl = endPoint + '?scope=' + scope;
+      beforeEach(() => {
+        spyOn((searchService as any).halService, 'getEndpoint').and.returnValue(observableOf(endPoint));
+        /* tslint:disable:no-empty */
+        searchService.getSearchConfigurationFor(scope).subscribe((t) => {
+        }); // subscribe to make sure all methods are called
+        /* tslint:enable:no-empty */
+      });
+
+      it('should call getEndpoint on the halService', () => {
+        expect((searchService as any).halService.getEndpoint).toHaveBeenCalled();
+      });
+
+      it('should send out the request on the request service', () => {
+        expect((searchService as any).requestService.send).toHaveBeenCalled();
+      });
+
+      it('should call send containing a request with the correct request url', () => {
+        expect((searchService as any).requestService.send).toHaveBeenCalledWith(jasmine.objectContaining({ href: requestUrl }), true);
+      });
+    });
+
   });
 });
diff --git a/src/app/core/shared/search/search.service.ts b/src/app/core/shared/search/search.service.ts
index b380a70d44..7747717830 100644
--- a/src/app/core/shared/search/search.service.ts
+++ b/src/app/core/shared/search/search.service.ts
@@ -37,12 +37,19 @@ import { ListableObject } from '../../../shared/object-collection/shared/listabl
 import { getSearchResultFor } from '../../../shared/search/search-result-element-decorator';
 import { FacetConfigResponse } from '../../../shared/search/facet-config-response.model';
 import { FacetValues } from '../../../shared/search/facet-values.model';
+import { SearchConfig } from './search-filters/search-config.model';
 
 /**
  * Service that performs all general actions that have to do with the search page
  */
 @Injectable()
 export class SearchService implements OnDestroy {
+
+  /**
+   * Endpoint link path for retrieving search configurations
+   */
+  private configurationLinkPath = 'discover/search';
+
   /**
    * Endpoint link path for retrieving general search results
    */
@@ -224,6 +231,24 @@ export class SearchService implements OnDestroy {
     );
   }
 
+  private getConfigUrl(url: string, scope?: string, configurationName?: string) {
+    const args: string[] = [];
+
+    if (isNotEmpty(scope)) {
+      args.push(`scope=${scope}`);
+    }
+
+    if (isNotEmpty(configurationName)) {
+      args.push(`configuration=${configurationName}`);
+    }
+
+    if (isNotEmpty(args)) {
+      url = new URLCombiner(url, `?${args.join('&')}`).toString();
+    }
+
+    return url;
+  }
+
   /**
    * Request the filter configuration for a given scope or the whole repository
    * @param {string} scope UUID of the object for which config the filter config is requested, when no scope is provided the configuration for the whole repository is loaded
@@ -232,33 +257,17 @@ export class SearchService implements OnDestroy {
    */
   getConfig(scope?: string, configurationName?: string): Observable<RemoteData<SearchFilterConfig[]>> {
     const href$ = this.halService.getEndpoint(this.facetLinkPathPrefix).pipe(
-      map((url: string) => {
-        const args: string[] = [];
-
-        if (isNotEmpty(scope)) {
-          args.push(`scope=${scope}`);
-        }
-
-        if (isNotEmpty(configurationName)) {
-          args.push(`configuration=${configurationName}`);
-        }
-
-        if (isNotEmpty(args)) {
-          url = new URLCombiner(url, `?${args.join('&')}`).toString();
-        }
-
-        return url;
-      }),
+      map((url: string) => this.getConfigUrl(url, scope, configurationName)),
     );
 
     href$.pipe(take(1)).subscribe((url: string) => {
-        let request = new this.request(this.requestService.generateRequestId(), url);
-        request = Object.assign(request, {
-          getResponseParser(): GenericConstructor<ResponseParsingService> {
-            return FacetConfigResponseParsingService;
-          }
-        });
-        this.requestService.send(request, true);
+      let request = new this.request(this.requestService.generateRequestId(), url);
+      request = Object.assign(request, {
+        getResponseParser(): GenericConstructor<ResponseParsingService> {
+          return FacetConfigResponseParsingService;
+        }
+      });
+      this.requestService.send(request, true);
     });
 
     return this.rdb.buildFromHref(href$).pipe(
@@ -397,6 +406,25 @@ export class SearchService implements OnDestroy {
       });
   }
 
+  /**
+   * Request the search configuration for a given scope or the whole repository
+   * @param {string} scope UUID of the object for which config the filter config is requested, when no scope is provided the configuration for the whole repository is loaded
+   * @param {string} configurationName the name of the configuration
+   * @returns {Observable<RemoteData<SearchConfig[]>>} The found configuration
+   */
+  getSearchConfigurationFor(scope?: string, configurationName?: string ): Observable<RemoteData<SearchConfig>> {
+    const href$ = this.halService.getEndpoint(this.configurationLinkPath).pipe(
+      map((url: string) => this.getConfigUrl(url, scope, configurationName)),
+    );
+
+    href$.pipe(take(1)).subscribe((url: string) => {
+      const request = new this.request(this.requestService.generateRequestId(), url);
+      this.requestService.send(request, true);
+    });
+
+    return this.rdb.buildFromHref(href$);
+  }
+
   /**
    * @returns {string} The base path to the search page
    */
diff --git a/src/app/shared/search/search-settings/search-settings.component.html b/src/app/shared/search/search-settings/search-settings.component.html
index f6806e6843..a31678743d 100644
--- a/src/app/shared/search/search-settings/search-settings.component.html
+++ b/src/app/shared/search/search-settings/search-settings.component.html
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-<ng-container *ngVar="(searchOptions$ | async) as config">
+<ng-container *ngVar="searchOptions as config">
     <h3>{{ 'search.sidebar.settings.title' | translate}}</h3>
     <div class="result-order-settings">
     <ds-sidebar-dropdown
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
             [label]="'search.sidebar.settings.sort-by'"
             (change)="reloadOrder($event)"
     >
-        <option *ngFor="let sortOption of searchOptionPossibilities"
+        <option *ngFor="let sortOption of sortOptions"
                 [value]="sortOption.field + ',' + sortOption.direction.toString()"
                 [selected]="sortOption.field === config?.sort.field && sortOption.direction === (config?.sort.direction)? 'selected': null">
             {{'sorting.' + sortOption.field + '.' + sortOption.direction | translate}}
@@ -15,4 +15,4 @@
     </ds-sidebar-dropdown>
     </div>
     <ds-page-size-selector></ds-page-size-selector>
-</ng-container>
\ No newline at end of file
+</ng-container>
diff --git a/src/app/shared/search/search-settings/search-settings.component.spec.ts b/src/app/shared/search/search-settings/search-settings.component.spec.ts
index cd4a872815..221e3a0dea 100644
--- a/src/app/shared/search/search-settings/search-settings.component.spec.ts
+++ b/src/app/shared/search/search-settings/search-settings.component.spec.ts
@@ -12,7 +12,6 @@ import { EnumKeysPipe } from '../../utils/enum-keys-pipe';
 import { By } from '@angular/platform-browser';
 import { SearchFilterService } from '../../../core/shared/search/search-filter.service';
 import { VarDirective } from '../../utils/var.directive';
-import { take } from 'rxjs/operators';
 import { SEARCH_CONFIG_SERVICE } from '../../../+my-dspace-page/my-dspace-page.component';
 import { SidebarService } from '../../sidebar/sidebar.service';
 import { SidebarServiceStub } from '../../testing/sidebar-service.stub';
@@ -81,7 +80,7 @@ describe('SearchSettingsComponent', () => {
           provide: SEARCH_CONFIG_SERVICE,
           useValue: {
             paginatedSearchOptions: observableOf(paginatedSearchOptions),
-            getCurrentScope: observableOf('test-id')
+            getCurrentScope: observableOf('test-id'),
           }
         },
       ],
@@ -93,6 +92,14 @@ describe('SearchSettingsComponent', () => {
     fixture = TestBed.createComponent(SearchSettingsComponent);
     comp = fixture.componentInstance;
 
+    comp.sortOptions = [
+      new SortOptions('score', SortDirection.DESC),
+      new SortOptions('dc.title', SortDirection.ASC),
+      new SortOptions('dc.title', SortDirection.DESC)
+    ];
+
+    comp.searchOptions = paginatedSearchOptions;
+
     // SearchPageComponent test instance
     fixture.detectChanges();
     searchServiceObject = (comp as any).service;
@@ -101,34 +108,24 @@ describe('SearchSettingsComponent', () => {
 
   });
 
-  it('it should show the order settings with the respective selectable options', (done) => {
-    (comp as any).searchOptions$.pipe(take(1)).subscribe((options) => {
-      fixture.detectChanges();
-      const orderSetting = fixture.debugElement.query(By.css('div.result-order-settings'));
-      expect(orderSetting).toBeDefined();
-      const childElements = orderSetting.queryAll(By.css('option'));
-      expect(childElements.length).toEqual(comp.searchOptionPossibilities.length);
-      done();
-    });
+  it('it should show the order settings with the respective selectable options', () => {
+    fixture.detectChanges();
+    const orderSetting = fixture.debugElement.query(By.css('div.result-order-settings'));
+    expect(orderSetting).toBeDefined();
+    const childElements = orderSetting.queryAll(By.css('option'));
+    expect(childElements.length).toEqual(comp.sortOptions.length);
   });
 
-  it('it should show the size settings', (done) => {
-    (comp as any).searchOptions$.pipe(take(1)).subscribe((options) => {
-        fixture.detectChanges();
-        const pageSizeSetting = fixture.debugElement.query(By.css('page-size-settings'));
-        expect(pageSizeSetting).toBeDefined();
-        done();
-      }
-    );
+  it('it should show the size settings', () => {
+    fixture.detectChanges();
+    const pageSizeSetting = fixture.debugElement.query(By.css('page-size-settings'));
+    expect(pageSizeSetting).toBeDefined();
   });
 
-  it('should have the proper order value selected by default', (done) => {
-    (comp as any).searchOptions$.pipe(take(1)).subscribe((options) => {
-      fixture.detectChanges();
-      const orderSetting = fixture.debugElement.query(By.css('div.result-order-settings'));
-      const childElementToBeSelected = orderSetting.query(By.css('option[value="0"][selected="selected"]'));
-      expect(childElementToBeSelected).toBeDefined();
-      done();
-    });
+  it('should have the proper order value selected by default', () => {
+    fixture.detectChanges();
+    const orderSetting = fixture.debugElement.query(By.css('div.result-order-settings'));
+    const childElementToBeSelected = orderSetting.query(By.css('option[value="score,DESC"][selected="selected"]'));
+    expect(childElementToBeSelected).toBeDefined();
   });
 });
diff --git a/src/app/shared/search/search-settings/search-settings.component.ts b/src/app/shared/search/search-settings/search-settings.component.ts
index 45d7c7b432..d85f234aa3 100644
--- a/src/app/shared/search/search-settings/search-settings.component.ts
+++ b/src/app/shared/search/search-settings/search-settings.component.ts
@@ -1,9 +1,8 @@
-import { Component, Inject, OnInit } from '@angular/core';
+import { Component, Inject, Input } from '@angular/core';
 import { SearchService } from '../../../core/shared/search/search.service';
-import { SortDirection, SortOptions } from '../../../core/cache/models/sort-options.model';
+import { SortOptions } from '../../../core/cache/models/sort-options.model';
 import { ActivatedRoute, NavigationExtras, Router } from '@angular/router';
 import { PaginatedSearchOptions } from '../paginated-search-options.model';
-import { Observable } from 'rxjs';
 import { SearchConfigurationService } from '../../../core/shared/search/search-configuration.service';
 import { SEARCH_CONFIG_SERVICE } from '../../../+my-dspace-page/my-dspace-page.component';
 
@@ -16,16 +15,17 @@ import { SEARCH_CONFIG_SERVICE } from '../../../+my-dspace-page/my-dspace-page.c
 /**
  * This component represents the part of the search sidebar that contains the general search settings.
  */
-export class SearchSettingsComponent implements OnInit {
+export class SearchSettingsComponent {
+
   /**
    * The configuration for the current paginated search results
    */
-  searchOptions$: Observable<PaginatedSearchOptions>;
+  @Input() searchOptions: PaginatedSearchOptions;
 
   /**
    * All sort options that are shown in the settings
    */
-  searchOptionPossibilities = [new SortOptions('score', SortDirection.DESC), new SortOptions('dc.title', SortDirection.ASC), new SortOptions('dc.title', SortDirection.DESC)];
+  @Input() sortOptions: SortOptions[];
 
   constructor(private service: SearchService,
               private route: ActivatedRoute,
@@ -33,13 +33,6 @@ export class SearchSettingsComponent implements OnInit {
               @Inject(SEARCH_CONFIG_SERVICE) public searchConfigurationService: SearchConfigurationService) {
   }
 
-  /**
-   * Initialize paginated search options
-   */
-  ngOnInit(): void {
-    this.searchOptions$ = this.searchConfigurationService.paginatedSearchOptions;
-  }
-
   /**
    * Method to change the current sort field and direction
    * @param {Event} event Change event containing the sort direction and sort field
diff --git a/src/app/shared/search/search-sidebar/search-sidebar.component.html b/src/app/shared/search/search-sidebar/search-sidebar.component.html
index 74abeadfd8..624d094d22 100644
--- a/src/app/shared/search/search-sidebar/search-sidebar.component.html
+++ b/src/app/shared/search/search-sidebar/search-sidebar.component.html
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@
         <div class="sidebar-content">
             <ds-search-switch-configuration [inPlaceSearch]="inPlaceSearch" *ngIf="configurationList" [configurationList]="configurationList"></ds-search-switch-configuration>
             <ds-search-filters [refreshFilters]="refreshFilters" [inPlaceSearch]="inPlaceSearch"></ds-search-filters>
-            <ds-search-settings></ds-search-settings>
+            <ds-search-settings [searchOptions]="searchOptions" [sortOptions]="sortOptions"></ds-search-settings>
         </div>
     </div>
 </div>
diff --git a/src/app/shared/search/search-sidebar/search-sidebar.component.ts b/src/app/shared/search/search-sidebar/search-sidebar.component.ts
index 2060e0f345..7f134cacd3 100644
--- a/src/app/shared/search/search-sidebar/search-sidebar.component.ts
+++ b/src/app/shared/search/search-sidebar/search-sidebar.component.ts
@@ -2,6 +2,8 @@ import { Component, EventEmitter, Input, Output } from '@angular/core';
 
 import { SearchConfigurationOption } from '../search-switch-configuration/search-configuration-option.model';
 import { Observable } from 'rxjs';
+import { PaginatedSearchOptions } from '../paginated-search-options.model';
+import { SortOptions } from '../../../core/cache/models/sort-options.model';
 
 /**
  * This component renders a simple item page.
@@ -45,6 +47,16 @@ export class SearchSidebarComponent {
    */
   @Input() inPlaceSearch;
 
+  /**
+   * The configuration for the current paginated search results
+   */
+  @Input() searchOptions: PaginatedSearchOptions;
+
+  /**
+   * All sort options that are shown in the settings
+   */
+  @Input() sortOptions: SortOptions[];
+
   /**
    * Emits when the search filters values may be stale, and so they must be refreshed.
    */