diff --git a/admin/views/settings/meter/virtualmeter.model.html b/admin/views/settings/meter/virtualmeter.model.html
index bec5fdba..76f0e3a7 100644
--- a/admin/views/settings/meter/virtualmeter.model.html
+++ b/admin/views/settings/meter/virtualmeter.model.html
@@ -84,7 +84,7 @@
                 </form>
             </div>
             <div class="col-sm-8">
-                <table id="variablesTable"  class="footable table table-bordered table-hover" data-sort="false" data-page-size="7" >
+                <table id="variablesTable"  class="footable table table-bordered table-hover" data-sort="false" data-page-size="20" >
                     <thead>
                         <tr>
                             <th class="text-center">{{'SETTING.VARIABLE_NAME' | translate}}</th>
diff --git a/myems-api/core/virtualmeter.py b/myems-api/core/virtualmeter.py
index 78e720a3..a9b7e3a5 100644
--- a/myems-api/core/virtualmeter.py
+++ b/myems-api/core/virtualmeter.py
@@ -86,10 +86,10 @@ class VirtualMeterCollection:
                 if meta_result["equation"] is not None:
                     expression = {'equation': meta_result["equation"], 'variables': []}
 
-                    query_variables = (" SELECT v.id, v.name, v.meter_type, v.meter_id "
+                    query_variables = (" SELECT v.id, v.name, v.meter_type, v.meter_id, SUBSTRING(v.name,2) as name2"
                                        " FROM tbl_virtual_meters vm, tbl_variables v "
                                        " WHERE vm.id = %s AND v.virtual_meter_id = vm.id "
-                                       " ORDER BY v.name ")
+                                       " ORDER BY name2+0 ")
                     cursor.execute(query_variables, (meta_result['id'],))
                     rows_variables = cursor.fetchall()
                     if rows_variables is not None: