diff --git a/polymer-sortablejs.html b/polymer-sortablejs.html
index c26d881..57c9f16 100644
--- a/polymer-sortablejs.html
+++ b/polymer-sortablejs.html
@@ -13,6 +13,8 @@
 
     properties: {
       group             : { type: Object, value: () => {return {name: Math.random()};}, observer: "groupChanged" },
+      disableSort       : { type: Boolean, value: false, observer: "disableSortChanged" },
+      //sort has been deprecated in favour of disableSort see https://github.com/SortableJS/polymer-sortablejs/issues/22
       sort              : { type: Boolean, value: true, observer: "sortChanged" },
       disabled          : { type: Boolean, value: false, observer: "disabledChanged" },
       store             : { type: Object, value: null, observer: "storeChanged" },
@@ -73,6 +75,9 @@
       Object.keys(this.properties).forEach(function(key) {
         options[key] = this[key];
       }.bind(this));
+      
+      //override sort with disableSort as sort doesn't work as expected anyway during config via markup. See https://github.com/SortableJS/polymer-sortablejs/issues/22
+      options.sort = !this.disableSort;
 
       var _this = this;
       var eventCallbacks = {
@@ -161,14 +166,35 @@
       }
       this.sortable && this.sortable.option("group",  value );
     },
-    sortChanged              : function(value) { this.sortable && this.sortable.option("sort", value); },
+    disableSortChanged       : function(value) { 
+      this.sortable && this.sortable.option("sort", !value);
+      this.sort = !value; 
+    },
+    sortChanged              : function(value) { 
+        
+      if(this.sortable) {
+        //Whilst the sort property is deprecated, keep disablesort and sort in sync for backwards compatibility.
+        var alreadyChanged = this.sortable.option("sort") == value;
+
+        if(!alreadyChanged) {
+          this.sortable.option("sort", value);
+
+          if(this.sortable && typeof window.console !== "undefined" && typeof window.console.log !== "undefined") {
+            console.log("The sort property has been deprecated as it cannot be used with with polymer via markup due to boolean's not supporting the default true, please use the disableSort property instead. See https://github.com/SortableJS/polymer-sortablejs/issues/22 for more information."); 
+          }
+
+          this.disableSort = !value;
+        }
+      }
+
+    },
     disabledChanged          : function(value) { this.sortable && this.sortable.option("disabled", value); },
     storeChanged             : function(value) { this.sortable && this.sortable.option("store", value); },
     handleChanged            : function(value) { this.sortable && this.sortable.option("handle", value); },
-    scrollChanged           : function(value) { this.sortable && this.sortable.option("scroll", value); },
+    scrollChanged            : function(value) { this.sortable && this.sortable.option("scroll", value); },
     scrollSensitivityChanged : function(value) { this.sortable && this.sortable.option("scrollSensitivity", value); },
     scrollSpeedChanged       : function(value) { this.sortable && this.sortable.option("scrollSpeed", value); },
-    draggableChanged        : function(value) { this.sortable && this.sortable.option("draggable", value); },
+    draggableChanged         : function(value) { this.sortable && this.sortable.option("draggable", value); },
     ghostClassChanged        : function(value) { this.sortable && this.sortable.option("ghostClass", value); },
     chosenClassChanged       : function(value) { this.sortable && this.sortable.option("chosenClass", value); },
     ignoreChanged            : function(value) { this.sortable && this.sortable.option("ignore", value); },