diff --git a/apps/activity/migrations/0003_auto_20240323_1422.py b/apps/activity/migrations/0003_auto_20240323_1422.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..86f92c21
--- /dev/null
+++ b/apps/activity/migrations/0003_auto_20240323_1422.py
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+# Generated by Django 2.2.28 on 2024-03-23 13:22
+
+from django.db import migrations, models
+
+
+class Migration(migrations.Migration):
+
+    dependencies = [
+        ('activity', '0002_auto_20200904_2341'),
+    ]
+
+    operations = [
+        migrations.AlterField(
+            model_name='activity',
+            name='description',
+            field=models.TextField(blank=True, default='', verbose_name='description'),
+        ),
+    ]
diff --git a/apps/activity/models.py b/apps/activity/models.py
index 6a070a3e..88cce457 100644
--- a/apps/activity/models.py
+++ b/apps/activity/models.py
@@ -66,6 +66,8 @@ class Activity(models.Model):
 
     description = models.TextField(
         verbose_name=_('description'),
+        blank=True,
+        default="",
     )
 
     location = models.CharField(
diff --git a/apps/activity/views.py b/apps/activity/views.py
index 38b87964..f3cc79ad 100644
--- a/apps/activity/views.py
+++ b/apps/activity/views.py
@@ -76,6 +76,7 @@ class ActivityListView(ProtectQuerysetMixin, LoginRequiredMixin, SingleTableView
         context['upcoming'] = ActivityTable(
             data=upcoming_activities.filter(PermissionBackend.filter_queryset(self.request, Activity, "view")),
             prefix='upcoming-',
+            order_by='date_start',
         )
 
         started_activities = self.get_queryset().filter(open=True, valid=True).distinct().all()