diff --git a/src/plugins/telemetryTable/TelemetryTable.js b/src/plugins/telemetryTable/TelemetryTable.js
index dceaa9e605..028c706fc6 100644
--- a/src/plugins/telemetryTable/TelemetryTable.js
+++ b/src/plugins/telemetryTable/TelemetryTable.js
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ import _ from 'lodash';
 
 import StalenessUtils from '../../utils/staleness.js';
 import TableRowCollection from './collections/TableRowCollection.js';
-import { MODE, ORDER } from './constants.js';
+import { MODE } from './constants.js';
 import TelemetryTableColumn from './TelemetryTableColumn.js';
 import TelemetryTableConfiguration from './TelemetryTableConfiguration.js';
 import TelemetryTableNameColumn from './TelemetryTableNameColumn.js';
@@ -130,14 +130,7 @@ export default class TelemetryTable extends EventEmitter {
   createTableRowCollections() {
     this.tableRows = new TableRowCollection();
 
-    //Fetch any persisted default sort
-    let sortOptions = this.configuration.getConfiguration().sortOptions;
-
-    //If no persisted sort order, default to sorting by time system, descending.
-    sortOptions = sortOptions || {
-      key: this.openmct.time.getTimeSystem().key,
-      direction: ORDER.DESCENDING
-    };
+    const sortOptions = this.configuration.getSortOptions();
 
     this.updateRowLimit();
 
@@ -172,8 +165,8 @@ export default class TelemetryTable extends EventEmitter {
 
     this.removeTelemetryCollection(keyString);
 
-    let sortOptions = this.configuration.getConfiguration().sortOptions;
-    requestOptions.order = sortOptions?.direction ?? ORDER.DESCENDING; // default to descending
+    let sortOptions = this.configuration.getSortOptions();
+    requestOptions.order = sortOptions.direction;
 
     if (this.telemetryMode === MODE.PERFORMANCE) {
       requestOptions.size = this.rowLimit;
@@ -442,12 +435,13 @@ export default class TelemetryTable extends EventEmitter {
   }
 
   sortBy(sortOptions) {
-    this.tableRows.sortBy(sortOptions);
+    this.configuration.setSortOptions(sortOptions);
 
-    if (this.openmct.editor.isEditing()) {
-      let configuration = this.configuration.getConfiguration();
-      configuration.sortOptions = sortOptions;
-      this.configuration.updateConfiguration(configuration);
+    if (this.telemetryMode === MODE.PERFORMANCE) {
+      this.tableRows.setSortOptions(sortOptions);
+      this.clearAndResubscribe();
+    } else {
+      this.tableRows.sortBy(sortOptions);
     }
   }
 
diff --git a/src/plugins/telemetryTable/TelemetryTableConfiguration.js b/src/plugins/telemetryTable/TelemetryTableConfiguration.js
index 6b9af55f14..1a94c96d23 100644
--- a/src/plugins/telemetryTable/TelemetryTableConfiguration.js
+++ b/src/plugins/telemetryTable/TelemetryTableConfiguration.js
@@ -23,7 +23,11 @@
 import { EventEmitter } from 'eventemitter3';
 import _ from 'lodash';
 
+import { ORDER } from './constants';
+
 export default class TelemetryTableConfiguration extends EventEmitter {
+  #sortOptions;
+
   constructor(domainObject, openmct, options) {
     super();
 
@@ -44,6 +48,26 @@ export default class TelemetryTableConfiguration extends EventEmitter {
     this.notPersistable = !this.openmct.objects.isPersistable(this.domainObject.identifier);
   }
 
+  getSortOptions() {
+    return (
+      this.#sortOptions ||
+      this.getConfiguration().sortOptions || {
+        key: this.openmct.time.getTimeSystem().key,
+        direction: ORDER.DESCENDING
+      }
+    );
+  }
+
+  setSortOptions(sortOptions) {
+    this.#sortOptions = sortOptions;
+
+    if (this.openmct.editor.isEditing()) {
+      let configuration = this.getConfiguration();
+      configuration.sortOptions = sortOptions;
+      this.updateConfiguration(configuration);
+    }
+  }
+
   getConfiguration() {
     let configuration = this.domainObject.configuration || {};
     configuration.hiddenColumns = configuration.hiddenColumns || {};
diff --git a/src/plugins/telemetryTable/collections/TableRowCollection.js b/src/plugins/telemetryTable/collections/TableRowCollection.js
index 20f294d3d7..1e9fcc2f2b 100644
--- a/src/plugins/telemetryTable/collections/TableRowCollection.js
+++ b/src/plugins/telemetryTable/collections/TableRowCollection.js
@@ -273,7 +273,7 @@ export default class TableRowCollection extends EventEmitter {
    */
   sortBy(sortOptions) {
     if (arguments.length > 0) {
-      this.sortOptions = sortOptions;
+      this.setSortOptions(sortOptions);
       this.rows = _.orderBy(
         this.rows,
         (row) => row.getParsedValue(sortOptions.key),
@@ -286,6 +286,10 @@ export default class TableRowCollection extends EventEmitter {
     return Object.assign({}, this.sortOptions);
   }
 
+  setSortOptions(sortOptions) {
+    this.sortOptions = sortOptions;
+  }
+
   setColumnFilter(columnKey, filter) {
     filter = filter.trim().toLowerCase();
     let wasBlank = this.columnFilters[columnKey] === undefined;