diff --git a/frontend/src/components/manga/MangaListTable.vue b/frontend/src/components/manga/MangaListTable.vue
index 92e0cbb..59cfc0e 100644
--- a/frontend/src/components/manga/MangaListTable.vue
+++ b/frontend/src/components/manga/MangaListTable.vue
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ import {BTable, type TableItem} from 'bootstrap-vue-next';
 import type {TableField, TableFieldObject} from 'bootstrap-vue-next/dist/src/types';
 import type {ViewEntry, ViewList} from '@/components/manga/MangaList.vue';
 import MangaEntryDetailsModal from '@/components/manga/MangaEntryDetailsModal.vue';
-import {latestChaptersSorted, latestChapterString, newChapterCount} from '@/components/manga/util.manga';
+import {get, latestChaptersSorted, latestChapterString, newChapterCount} from '@/components/manga/util.manga';
 
 type HeadData<I> = {
   label: string,
@@ -89,7 +89,7 @@ export default class MangaListTable extends Vue {
     if (!this.sortKey) {
       return this.tableEntries;
     }
-    const keyExtractor = (e: ViewEntry) => eval('e.' + this.sortKey);//TODO eval is evil
+    const keyExtractor = (e: ViewEntry) => get(e, this.sortKey);//TODO eval is evil
     const comparer = (l: ViewEntry, r: ViewEntry) => {
       const lkey = keyExtractor(l);
       const rkey = keyExtractor(r);
diff --git a/frontend/src/components/manga/util.manga.ts b/frontend/src/components/manga/util.manga.ts
index 3ee9ce8..4b5be6f 100644
--- a/frontend/src/components/manga/util.manga.ts
+++ b/frontend/src/components/manga/util.manga.ts
@@ -18,3 +18,29 @@ export function newChapterCount(entry: ViewEntry): number {
   const max = entry.media?.chapters || entry.chapters.reduce((l, r) => Math.max(l, r.chapter), 0);
   return Math.max(0, max - entry.entry.progress);
 }
+
+/**
+ * Dynamically get a nested value from an array or
+ * object with a string.
+ *
+ * @example get(person, 'friends[0].name')
+ * @link https://github.com/rayepps/radash/blob/master/src/object.ts#L214
+ */
+export const get = <TDefault = unknown>(
+  // eslint-disable-next-line @typescript-eslint/no-explicit-any
+  value: any,
+  path: string,
+  defaultValue?: TDefault
+): TDefault => {
+  const segments = path.split(/[.[\]]/g)
+  // eslint-disable-next-line @typescript-eslint/no-explicit-any
+  let current: any = value
+  for (const key of segments) {
+    if (current === null) return defaultValue as TDefault
+    if (current === undefined) return defaultValue as TDefault
+    if (key.trim() === '') continue
+    current = current[key]
+  }
+  if (current === undefined) return defaultValue as TDefault
+  return current
+}