diff --git a/frontend/src/components/AwardsPanel.tsx b/frontend/src/components/AwardsPanel.tsx
index e096ce1..949768b 100644
--- a/frontend/src/components/AwardsPanel.tsx
+++ b/frontend/src/components/AwardsPanel.tsx
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ import { Select, SelectTrigger, SelectValue, SelectContent, SelectItem } from '@
 import { cn } from '@/lib/utils';
 import { AwardEditor } from '@/components/AwardEditor';
 import { useI18n } from '@/lib/i18n';
+import { writeUiPref } from '@/lib/uiPref';
 
 type BandCount = { band: string; worked: number; confirmed: number };
 type AwardRef = {
@@ -195,11 +196,23 @@ export function AwardsPanel({ onEditQSO, onAwardsChanged }: { onEditQSO?: (id: n
   // is how award lists are published and how an operator reads a paper list;
   // description answers the other question — "have I worked anything in
   // Alicante" — which reference order scatters across the whole table.
-  const [refSort, setRefSort] = useState<'ref' | 'name'>('ref');
-  const [refSortDir, setRefSortDir] = useState<'asc' | 'desc'>('asc');
+  // Remembered through writeUiPref rather than localStorage, so the choice
+  // travels with a copied data/ folder like every other UI preference here.
+  const [refSort, setRefSort] = useState<'ref' | 'name'>(
+    () => (localStorage.getItem('opslog.awardRefSort') === 'name' ? 'name' : 'ref'));
+  const [refSortDir, setRefSortDir] = useState<'asc' | 'desc'>(
+    () => (localStorage.getItem('opslog.awardRefSortDir') === 'desc' ? 'desc' : 'asc'));
   const toggleRefSort = (k: 'ref' | 'name') => {
-    if (k === refSort) setRefSortDir((d) => (d === 'asc' ? 'desc' : 'asc'));
-    else { setRefSort(k); setRefSortDir('asc'); }
+    if (k === refSort) {
+      const d = refSortDir === 'asc' ? 'desc' : 'asc';
+      setRefSortDir(d);
+      writeUiPref('opslog.awardRefSortDir', d);
+    } else {
+      setRefSort(k);
+      setRefSortDir('asc');
+      writeUiPref('opslog.awardRefSort', k);
+      writeUiPref('opslog.awardRefSortDir', 'asc');
+    }
   };
 
   const filteredRefs = useMemo(() => {
diff --git a/frontend/src/lib/uiPref.ts b/frontend/src/lib/uiPref.ts
index 4564dd8..0d58af4 100644
--- a/frontend/src/lib/uiPref.ts
+++ b/frontend/src/lib/uiPref.ts
@@ -28,6 +28,8 @@ const PORTABLE_KEYS = [
   'opslog.groupDigitalSlots', // matrix + cluster: all digital modes count as ONE (DXCC-style) instead of per-mode slots
   'opslog.clusterShowFilters', // cluster filter sidebar shown (tab + Main pane)
   'opslog.mapBasemap',    // world map basemap (light / street / satellite)
+  'opslog.mapGreyline',   // world map: grey line (day/night terminator) shown
+  'opslog.awardRefSort', 'opslog.awardRefSortDir', // award reference table: sort column and direction
   // Cluster filter selections — restored on reopen.
   'opslog.clusterFilterSource', 'opslog.clusterGroup', 'opslog.clusterBands',
   'opslog.clusterLockBand', 'opslog.clusterLockMode', 'opslog.clusterStatusFilter',