diff --git a/app/controllers/admin/partners_controller.rb b/app/controllers/admin/partners_controller.rb
index edcd0ad3c0..4353ce4151 100644
--- a/app/controllers/admin/partners_controller.rb
+++ b/app/controllers/admin/partners_controller.rb
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 class Admin::PartnersController < AdminController
   def index
-    @partners = Partner.all.includes(:organization)
+    @partners = Partner.all.includes(:organization).order('LOWER(name)')
   end
 
   def show
diff --git a/app/controllers/items_controller.rb b/app/controllers/items_controller.rb
index cd066bac84..d48fbf88e7 100644
--- a/app/controllers/items_controller.rb
+++ b/app/controllers/items_controller.rb
@@ -50,7 +50,8 @@ def create
       @base_items = BaseItem.without_kit.alphabetized
       # Define a @item to be used in the `new` action to be rendered with
       # the provided parameters. This is required to render the page again
-      # with the error + the invalid parameters
+      # with the error + the invalid parameters.
+      @item_categories = current_organization.item_categories.order('name ASC') # Load categories here
       @item = current_organization.items.new(item_params)
       flash[:error] = result.error.record.errors.full_messages.to_sentence
       render action: :new