diff --git a/demos/sortable/default.html b/demos/sortable/default.html
index 7465582c4..5f9ac3567 100644
--- a/demos/sortable/default.html
+++ b/demos/sortable/default.html
@@ -9,7 +9,8 @@
 	<link type="text/css" href="../demos.css" rel="stylesheet" />
 	<style type="text/css">
 	#sortable { list-style-type: none; margin: 0; padding: 0; width: 60%; }
-	#sortable li { margin: 3px; padding: 0.4em; font-size: 1.4em; height: 18px; }
+	#sortable li { margin: 3px; padding: 0.4em; padding-left: 1.5em; font-size: 1.4em; height: 18px; }
+	#sortable li span { position: absolute; margin-left: -1.3em; }
 	</style>
 	<script type="text/javascript">
 	$(function() {
@@ -21,13 +22,13 @@
 <div class="demo">
 
 <ul id="sortable">
-	<li class="ui-state-default">Item 1</li>
-	<li class="ui-state-default">Item 2</li>
-	<li class="ui-state-default">Item 3</li>
-	<li class="ui-state-default">Item 4</li>
-	<li class="ui-state-default">Item 5</li>
-	<li class="ui-state-default">Item 6</li>
-	<li class="ui-state-default">Item 7</li>
+	<li class="ui-state-default"><span class="ui-icon ui-icon-arrowthick-2-n-s"></span>Item 1</li>
+	<li class="ui-state-default"><span class="ui-icon ui-icon-arrowthick-2-n-s"></span>Item 2</li>
+	<li class="ui-state-default"><span class="ui-icon ui-icon-arrowthick-2-n-s"></span>Item 3</li>
+	<li class="ui-state-default"><span class="ui-icon ui-icon-arrowthick-2-n-s"></span>Item 4</li>
+	<li class="ui-state-default"><span class="ui-icon ui-icon-arrowthick-2-n-s"></span>Item 5</li>
+	<li class="ui-state-default"><span class="ui-icon ui-icon-arrowthick-2-n-s"></span>Item 6</li>
+	<li class="ui-state-default"><span class="ui-icon ui-icon-arrowthick-2-n-s"></span>Item 7</li>
 </ul>
 
 </div><!-- End demo -->