diff --git a/tailbone/views/vendors/samplefiles.py b/tailbone/views/vendors/samplefiles.py
index 41982259..a75bc1fb 100644
--- a/tailbone/views/vendors/samplefiles.py
+++ b/tailbone/views/vendors/samplefiles.py
@@ -61,8 +61,13 @@ class VendorSampleFileView(MasterView):
 
     def configure_grid(self, g):
         super(VendorSampleFileView, self).configure_grid(g)
+        model = self.model
 
         # vendor
+        g.set_joiner('vendor', lambda q: q.join(model.Vendor))
+        g.set_sorter('vendor', model.Vendor.name)
+        g.set_filter('vendor', model.Vendor.name,
+                     default_active=True, default_verb='contains')
         g.set_link('vendor')
 
         # filename