diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 91abd5d..e017bb0 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 
 [![Build Status](https://travis-ci.org/iambrandontaylor/django-admin-sortable.svg?branch=master)](https://travis-ci.org/iambrandontaylor/django-admin-sortable)
 
-Current version: 2.0.9
+Current version: 2.0.10
 
 This project makes it easy to add drag-and-drop ordering to any model in
 Django admin. Inlines for a sortable model may also be made sortable,
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ django-admin-sortable 1.7.1 and higher are compatible with Python 3.
 Download django-admin-sortable from [source](https://github.com/iambrandontaylor/django-admin-sortable/archive/master.zip)
 
 1. Unzip the directory and cd into the uncompressed project directory
-2. *Optional: Enable your virtualenv
+2. * Optional: Enable your virtualenv
 3. Run `$ python setup.py install` or add `adminsortable` to your PYTHONPATH.
 
 
@@ -460,9 +460,8 @@ ordering on top of that just seemed a little much in my opinion.
 django-admin-sortable is currently used in production.
 
 
-### What's new in 2.0.9?
-- Added icons for sortable elements
-- Refactored determination of sortability of fields that are instances of `SortableForeignKey` in admin
+### What's new in 2.0.10?
+- Bugfix for accessing custom `order` property of model. Thanks [@theithec](https://github.com/theithec) for reporting the issue.
 
 
 ### Future
diff --git a/README.rst b/README.rst
index 450e800..9aa2fd1 100644
--- a/README.rst
+++ b/README.rst
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ Django Admin Sortable
 
 |Build Status|
 
-Current version: 2.0.9
+Current version: 2.0.10
 
 This project makes it easy to add drag-and-drop ordering to any model in
 Django admin. Inlines for a sortable model may also be made sortable,
@@ -50,7 +50,10 @@ Download django-admin-sortable from
 `source <https://github.com/iambrandontaylor/django-admin-sortable/archive/master.zip>`__
 
 1. Unzip the directory and cd into the uncompressed project directory
-2. \*Optional: Enable your virtualenv
+2. 
+
+   -  Optional: Enable your virtualenv
+
 3. Run ``$ python setup.py install`` or add ``adminsortable`` to your
    PYTHONPATH.
 
@@ -604,12 +607,11 @@ Status
 
 django-admin-sortable is currently used in production.
 
-What's new in 2.0.9?
-~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+What's new in 2.0.10?
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
 
--  Added icons for sortable elements
--  Refactored determination of sortability of fields that are instances
-   of ``SortableForeignKey`` in admin
+-  Bugfix for accessing custom ``order`` property of model. Thanks
+   [@theithec](https://github.com/theithec) for reporting the issue.
 
 Future
 ~~~~~~
diff --git a/adminsortable/__init__.py b/adminsortable/__init__.py
index 56d377e..25cbabc 100644
--- a/adminsortable/__init__.py
+++ b/adminsortable/__init__.py
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-VERSION = (2, 0, 9)  # following PEP 386
+VERSION = (2, 0, 10)
 DEV_N = None
 
 
diff --git a/adminsortable/admin.py b/adminsortable/admin.py
index 2def272..0a6b21c 100755
--- a/adminsortable/admin.py
+++ b/adminsortable/admin.py
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ from django.template.defaultfilters import capfirst
 
 from adminsortable.fields import SortableForeignKey
 from adminsortable.models import SortableMixin
-from adminsortable.utils import get_is_sortable, check_model_is_sortable
+from adminsortable.utils import get_is_sortable
 
 STATIC_URL = settings.STATIC_URL
 
@@ -188,7 +188,16 @@ class SortableAdmin(SortableAdminBase, ModelAdmin):
             # Order the objects by the property they are sortable by,
             # then by the order, otherwise the regroup
             # template tag will not show the objects correctly
-            objects = objects.order_by(sortable_by_expression, 'order')
+
+            try:
+                order_field_name = opts.model._meta.ordering[0]
+            except (AttributeError, IndexError):
+                # for Django 1.5.x
+                order_field_name = opts.ordering[0]
+            finally:
+                order_field_name = 'order'
+
+            objects = objects.order_by(sortable_by_expression, order_field_name)
 
         try:
             verbose_name_plural = opts.verbose_name_plural.__unicode__()
diff --git a/sample_project/database/test_project.sqlite b/sample_project/database/test_project.sqlite
index 84ca616..b09cb9c 100644
Binary files a/sample_project/database/test_project.sqlite and b/sample_project/database/test_project.sqlite differ