diff --git a/lib/WeBWorK/ContentGenerator/Instructor/UserList.pm b/lib/WeBWorK/ContentGenerator/Instructor/UserList.pm
index 07bcee7443..e557919b2c 100644
--- a/lib/WeBWorK/ContentGenerator/Instructor/UserList.pm
+++ b/lib/WeBWorK/ContentGenerator/Instructor/UserList.pm
@@ -241,7 +241,8 @@ sub pre_header_initialize ($c) {
 	$c->{allUserIDs}    = [ keys %allUsers ];
 	$c->{sortedUserIDs} = [
 		map  { $_->user_id }
-		sort { &$primarySortSub || &$secondarySortSub || &$ternarySortSub } (values %allUsers)
+		sort { &$primarySortSub || &$secondarySortSub || &$ternarySortSub }
+		grep { $c->{visibleUserIDs}{ $_->user_id } } (values %allUsers)
 	];
 
 	return;
@@ -561,7 +562,7 @@ sub save_password_handler ($c) {
 	}
 
 	if (defined $c->param('prev_visible_users')) {
-		$c->{visibleUserIDs} = $c->every_param('prev_visible_users');
+		$c->{visibleUserIDs} = { map { $_ => 1 } @{ $c->every_param('prev_visible_users') } };
 	} elsif (defined $c->param('no_prev_visible_users')) {
 		$c->{visibleUserIDs} = {};
 	}
@@ -611,7 +612,7 @@ sub importUsersFromCSV ($c, $fileName, $createNew, $replaceExisting, @replaceLis
 	my $db   = $c->db;
 	my $dir  = $ce->{courseDirs}->{templates};
 	my $user = $c->param('user');
-	my $perm = $db->getPermissionLevel($user)->permission;
+	my $perm = $c->{userPermission};
 
 	die $c->maketext("illegal character in input: '/'") if $fileName =~ m|/|;
 	die $c->maketext("won't be able to read from file [_1]/[_2]: does it exist? is it readable?", $dir, $fileName)
diff --git a/templates/ContentGenerator/Instructor/UserList.html.ep b/templates/ContentGenerator/Instructor/UserList.html.ep
index 4645734993..d72a000aa5 100644
--- a/templates/ContentGenerator/Instructor/UserList.html.ep
+++ b/templates/ContentGenerator/Instructor/UserList.html.ep
@@ -40,14 +40,14 @@
 %
 <%= form_for current_route, method => 'POST', name => 'userlist', id => 'user-list-form', class => 'font-sm', begin =%>
 	<%= $c->hidden_authen_fields =%>
-	% if (scalar(keys %{ $c->{visibleUserIDs} })) {
+	% if (keys %{ $c->{visibleUserIDs} }) {
 		% for (keys %{ $c->{visibleUserIDs} }) {
 			<%= hidden_field visible_users => $_ =%>
 		% }
 	% } else {
 		<%= hidden_field no_visible_users => '1' =%>
 	% }
-	% if (scalar(keys %{ $c->{prevVisibleUserIDs} })) {
+	% if (keys %{ $c->{prevVisibleUserIDs} }) {
 		% for (keys %{ $c->{prevVisibleUserIDs} }) {
 			<%= hidden_field prev_visible_users => $_ =%>
 		% }
diff --git a/templates/ContentGenerator/Instructor/UserList/user_list.html.ep b/templates/ContentGenerator/Instructor/UserList/user_list.html.ep
index 0cd33fd871..c42223351b 100644
--- a/templates/ContentGenerator/Instructor/UserList/user_list.html.ep
+++ b/templates/ContentGenerator/Instructor/UserList/user_list.html.ep
@@ -69,16 +69,19 @@
 			</tr>
 		</thead>
 		<tbody class="table-group-divider">
-			% for (grep { $c->{visibleUserIDs}{$_} } @{ $c->{sortedUserIDs} }) {
+			% for (@{ $c->{sortedUserIDs} }) {
 				<%= include 'ContentGenerator/Instructor/UserList/user_row',
-					user => $c->{allUsers}{$_}, userSelected => exists $c->{selectedUserIDs}{$_}, editable => exists $c->{userIsEditable}{$_} =%>
+					user         => $c->{allUsers}{$_},
+					userSelected => exists $c->{selectedUserIDs}{$_},
+					editable     => exists $c->{userIsEditable}{$_} 
+				=%>
 			% }
 		</tbody>
 	</table>
 </div>
 %
 % # If there are no users shown print message.
-% unless (scalar(keys %{ $c->{visibleUserIDs} })) {
+% unless (scalar(@{ $c->{sortedUserIDs} })) {
 	<p>
 		<i>
 			<%= maketext('No students shown. Choose one of the options above to list the students in the course.') =%>