diff --git a/invenio_rdm_records/assets/semantic-ui/js/invenio_rdm_records/oaipmh/search/SearchResultItem.js b/invenio_rdm_records/assets/semantic-ui/js/invenio_rdm_records/oaipmh/search/SearchResultItem.js
index 78efba42f5..593e34fcec 100644
--- a/invenio_rdm_records/assets/semantic-ui/js/invenio_rdm_records/oaipmh/search/SearchResultItem.js
+++ b/invenio_rdm_records/assets/semantic-ui/js/invenio_rdm_records/oaipmh/search/SearchResultItem.js
@@ -31,6 +31,14 @@ class SearchResultItemComponent extends Component {
     return result.system_created;
   };
 
+  displayAsPre = (result, property) => {
+    if (property === "spec") {
+      return <pre>{_get(result, property)}</pre>;
+    } else {
+      return _get(result, property);
+    }
+  };
+
   render() {
     const {
       title,
@@ -61,10 +69,10 @@ class SearchResultItemComponent extends Component {
                       idKeyPath
                     )}
                   >
-                    {_get(result, property)}
+                    {this.displayAsPre(result, property)}
                   </a>
                 ) : (
-                  _get(result, property)
+                  this.displayAsPre(result, property)
                 )}
               </Table.Cell>
             );
diff --git a/invenio_rdm_records/assets/semantic-ui/js/invenio_rdm_records/oaipmh/search/index.js b/invenio_rdm_records/assets/semantic-ui/js/invenio_rdm_records/oaipmh/search/index.js
index 837f7cbaee..850babc5ca 100644
--- a/invenio_rdm_records/assets/semantic-ui/js/invenio_rdm_records/oaipmh/search/index.js
+++ b/invenio_rdm_records/assets/semantic-ui/js/invenio_rdm_records/oaipmh/search/index.js
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ import { NotificationController } from "@js/invenio_administration/src/ui_messag
 const domContainer = document.getElementById("invenio-search-config");
 
 const sortColumns = (columns) =>
-  Object.entries(columns).sort((a, b) => a[1].order > b[1].order);
+  Object.entries(columns).sort((a, b) => a[1].order - b[1].order);
 const title = JSON.parse(domContainer.dataset.title);
 const resourceName = JSON.parse(domContainer.dataset.resourceName);
 const columns = JSON.parse(domContainer.dataset.fields);