diff --git a/src/components/sortable_table/SortableTable.js b/src/components/sortable_table/SortableTable.js
index 69da0b65f..f68ba6316 100644
--- a/src/components/sortable_table/SortableTable.js
+++ b/src/components/sortable_table/SortableTable.js
@@ -51,7 +51,6 @@ import Paper from '@mui/material/Paper';
 import { ThemeProvider } from '@mui/material/styles';
 import EnhancedTableHead from './EnhancedTableHead';
 import { theme } from './Themes';
-import {isNil} from 'lodash/fp';
 
 function descendingComparator(a, b, orderBy) {
   if (b[orderBy] < a[orderBy]) {
@@ -86,11 +85,12 @@ export default function SortableTable(props) {
   const {
     rows,
     headCells,
-    defaultSort
+    defaultSort = 'darCode',
+    cellAlignment = 'center'
   } = props;
 
   const [order, setOrder] = useState('asc');
-  const [orderBy, setOrderBy] = useState(isNil(props.defaultSort) ? 'darCode' : props.defaultSort);
+  const [orderBy, setOrderBy] = useState(defaultSort);
   const [selected, setSelected] = useState([]);
   const [page, setPage] = useState(0);
   const [rowsPerPage, setRowsPerPage] = useState(10);
@@ -189,7 +189,7 @@ export default function SortableTable(props) {
                           id={labelId}
                           scope='row'
                           padding='none'
-                          align='center'>
+                          align={cellAlignment}>
                           {row[category]}
                         </TableCell>
                       ))}
diff --git a/src/pages/data_submitter_console/DataSubmitterDatasetsTable.jsx b/src/pages/data_submitter_console/DataSubmitterDatasetsTable.jsx
index f4a5c9473..581ad2b4c 100644
--- a/src/pages/data_submitter_console/DataSubmitterDatasetsTable.jsx
+++ b/src/pages/data_submitter_console/DataSubmitterDatasetsTable.jsx
@@ -109,7 +109,11 @@ export default function DataSubmitterDatasetsTable(props) {
     init();
   }, [props, redrawRows]);
 
-  const sortableTable = <SortableTable headCells={columns} rows={rows} defaultSort={columns[0].id}/>;
+  const sortableTable = <SortableTable
+    headCells={columns}
+    rows={rows}
+    defaultSort={columns[0].id}
+    cellAlignment={'left'}/>;
 
   return isLoading ? spinner : sortableTable;
 }
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