diff --git a/gracedb/superevents/api/views.py b/gracedb/superevents/api/views.py
index 80753b1c514930625247bd16b6ca8ede9c515801..5743be0e798aef01eac5c0580291b169e306fa59 100644
--- a/gracedb/superevents/api/views.py
+++ b/gracedb/superevents/api/views.py
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@ class SupereventViewSet(SafeCreateMixin, viewsets.ModelViewSet):
     filter_backends = (SupereventSearchFilter, SupereventOrderingFilter,)
     ordering_fields = ('created', 't_0', 't_start', 't_end',
         'preferred_event__id', 't_0_date', 'is_gw', 'base_date_number',
-        'gw_date_number')
+        'gw_date_number', 'category')
 
     def get_serializer_class(self):
         """Select a different serializer for updates"""