diff --git a/components/ILIAS/COPage/templates/default/tpl.question_export.html b/components/ILIAS/COPage/templates/default/tpl.question_export.html
index 7ee09f1cf421..42fc2c5ee5ca 100755
--- a/components/ILIAS/COPage/templates/default/tpl.question_export.html
+++ b/components/ILIAS/COPage/templates/default/tpl.question_export.html
@@ -137,7 +137,7 @@
 	if (typeof MathJax != "undefined") {
 		MathJax.Hub.Queue(["Typeset", MathJax.Hub, "container{VAL_ID}"]);
 	}
-    il.test.orderinghorizontal.init(document.querySelector('#container{VAL_ID}'));
+    il.test.orderingvertical.init(document.querySelector('#container{VAL_ID}'));
 }
 </script>
 <!-- END orderingquestion -->
@@ -339,7 +339,10 @@
 <div class="ilc_qtitle_Title question id@id">qtitle</div>
 <div style="margin-bottom:10px">
 <ul id="order{VAL_ID}" class="ilc_qordul_OrderListHorizontal">
-	<li class="answers ilc_qordli_OrderListItemHorizontal order@id"><div class="ilc_qanswer_Answer answertext"></div></li>
+	<li class="answers ilc_qordli_OrderListItemHorizontal order@id" draggable="true">
+        <div class="ilc_qanswer_Answer answertext"></div>
+    </li>
+    <li class="c-test__dropzone"></li>
 </ul>
 <div style="clear:both;"></div>
 </div>
@@ -351,8 +354,8 @@
 {
 	ilias.questions.shuffle(questions[{VAL_ID}]);
 	jQuery('div#container{VAL_ID}').autoRender(questions[{VAL_ID}]);
-	jQuery("#order{VAL_ID}").sortable({containment: '#container{VAL_ID}'});
-	jQuery("#order{VAL_ID}").css('font-size', questions[{VAL_ID}].textsize+'%');
+	document.querySelector("#order{VAL_ID}").style.fontSize = questions[{VAL_ID}].textsize+'%';
+    il.test.orderinghorizontal.init(document.querySelector('#order{VAL_ID}'));
 }
 </script>
 <!-- END orderinghorizontal -->
diff --git a/components/ILIAS/TestQuestionPool/resources/js/dist/question_handling.js b/components/ILIAS/TestQuestionPool/resources/js/dist/question_handling.js
index 7b70639021d6..63ff367b0e7f 100755
--- a/components/ILIAS/TestQuestionPool/resources/js/dist/question_handling.js
+++ b/components/ILIAS/TestQuestionPool/resources/js/dist/question_handling.js
@@ -343,14 +343,14 @@ ilias.questions.handleOrderingImages = function(a_id) {
 
 ilias.questions.assOrderingHorizontal = function(a_id) {
 
-	var result = jQuery('#order'+a_id).sortable('toArray');
+	var result = document.querySelectorAll(`#order${a_id} > .answers`);
 
 	answers[a_id].wrong = 0;
 	answers[a_id].passed = true;
 	answers[a_id].choice = [];
 
 	for (var i=0;i<result.length;i++) {
-		if (i+1 != result[i])
+		if (i+1 !== parseInt(result[i].id))
 		{
 			answers[a_id].passed = false;
 			answers[a_id].wrong ++;
@@ -358,9 +358,8 @@ ilias.questions.assOrderingHorizontal = function(a_id) {
 		} else {
 			answers[a_id].answer[i]=true;
 		}
-		answers[a_id].choice.push(result[i]);
+		answers[a_id].choice.push(result[i].id);
 	}
-
 	ilias.questions.showFeedback(a_id);
 };
 
@@ -1141,7 +1140,11 @@ ilias.questions.showCorrectAnswers =function(a_id) {
         (item, i) => {
           item.draggable = false;
           item.id = i + 1;
-          item.firstElementChild.firstElementChild.innerHtml = answers_sorted[i].answertext;
+          let content_item = item.firstElementChild
+          if (content_item.firstElementChild !== null) {
+            content_item = content_item.firstElementChild;
+          }
+          content_item.innerHtml = answers_sorted[i].answertext;
         }
       );
 			ilias.questions.handleOrderingImages(a_id);