diff --git a/web/src/pages/groups/GroupForm.ts b/web/src/pages/groups/GroupForm.ts
index e12bbb6f97..8aa43c32f9 100644
--- a/web/src/pages/groups/GroupForm.ts
+++ b/web/src/pages/groups/GroupForm.ts
@@ -60,7 +60,6 @@ export class GroupForm extends Form<Group> {
             </ak-form-element-horizontal>
             <ak-form-element-horizontal
                 label=${t`Parent`}
-                ?required=${true}
                 name="parent">
                 <select class="pf-c-form-control">
                     <option value="" ?selected=${this.group?.parent === undefined}>---------</option>
diff --git a/web/src/pages/groups/MemberSelectModal.ts b/web/src/pages/groups/MemberSelectModal.ts
index d5d68d979f..7fd9d3e2ae 100644
--- a/web/src/pages/groups/MemberSelectModal.ts
+++ b/web/src/pages/groups/MemberSelectModal.ts
@@ -21,6 +21,8 @@ export class MemberSelectTable extends TableModal<User> {
     @property()
     confirm!: (selectedItems: User[]) => Promise<unknown>;
 
+    order = "username";
+
     apiEndpoint(page: number): Promise<AKResponse<User>> {
         return new CoreApi(DEFAULT_CONFIG).coreUsersList({
             ordering: this.order,