diff --git a/app/assets/javascripts/repositories/repository_datatable.js b/app/assets/javascripts/repositories/repository_datatable.js
index a7b0cee02..d1cae4c41 100644
--- a/app/assets/javascripts/repositories/repository_datatable.js
+++ b/app/assets/javascripts/repositories/repository_datatable.js
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ function dataTableInit() {
     scrollY: '64vh',
     scrollCollapse: true,
     colReorder: {
-      fixedColumnsLeft: 2,
+      fixedColumnsLeft: $('#assigned').text().length === 0 ? 1 : 2,
       realtime: false
     },
     destroy: true,