diff --git a/projects/ucap-webmessenger-ui-group/src/lib/components/expansion-panel.component.ts b/projects/ucap-webmessenger-ui-group/src/lib/components/expansion-panel.component.ts
index 4d2382c6..8c4f1aef 100644
--- a/projects/ucap-webmessenger-ui-group/src/lib/components/expansion-panel.component.ts
+++ b/projects/ucap-webmessenger-ui-group/src/lib/components/expansion-panel.component.ts
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@ import { NGXLogger } from 'ngx-logger';
 import { VirtualScrollTreeFlatDataSource } from '@ucap-webmessenger/ui';
 import { FlatTreeControl } from '@angular/cdk/tree';
 import { CdkVirtualScrollViewport } from '@angular/cdk/scrolling';
+import { PerfectScrollbarDirective } from 'ngx-perfect-scrollbar';
 
 enum NodeType {
   None = 'None',
@@ -116,6 +117,10 @@ export class ExpansionPanelComponent
         children: []
       };
 
+      item.buddyList.sort((a, b) =>
+        a.name < b.name ? -1 : a.name > b.name ? 1 : 0
+      );
+
       item.buddyList.forEach(userInfo => {
         groupNode.children.push({
           nodeType: NodeType.Buddy,
@@ -160,6 +165,9 @@ export class ExpansionPanelComponent
   @ViewChild('cvsvGroup', { static: false })
   cvsvGroup: CdkVirtualScrollViewport;
 
+  @ViewChild('cvsvGroup', { read: PerfectScrollbarDirective, static: false })
+  perfectScrollbar: PerfectScrollbarDirective;
+
   NodeType = NodeType;
 
   profileNodes: GroupNode[] = [];
@@ -270,5 +278,9 @@ export class ExpansionPanelComponent
       ...this.buddyNodes
     ];
     this.dataSource.data = this.rootNodeList;
+
+    if (!!this.perfectScrollbar) {
+      this.perfectScrollbar.scrollToTop();
+    }
   }
 }