diff --git a/index.html b/index.html
index 508ebb3d..49314eaf 100644
--- a/index.html
+++ b/index.html
@@ -101,22 +101,14 @@
          *        ...
          *    ]
          */
+
         function getPersonList() {
-            return new Promise((resolve, reject) => {
-                fetch('https://willowtreeapps.com/api/v1.0/profiles')
-                .then(response => {
-                    if (response.status !== 200) {
-                        reject(new Error("Error!"));
-                    }
-
-                    response.json().then(imageList => {
-                        resolve(imageList);
-                    });
-                });
-            });
+          return fetch('https://willowtreeapps.com/api/v1.0/profiles')
+          .then(response => response.json())
+          .then(imageList => { return imageList })
+          .catch(error => { return error })
         }
 
-
         /*==================================================
 
            DATA TRANSFORMS
@@ -128,13 +120,13 @@
             return person.lastName;
         }
 
-        const getFirstName = (person) => {
+        function getFirstName(person) {
             return person.firstName;
         };
 
         // headshot URLs are scheme relative //
         // prepend http: to prevent invalid schemes like file:// or uri://
-        const getImageUrl = (person) => {
+        function getImageUrl(person) {
             return `http:${person.headshot.url}`;
         };
 
@@ -143,15 +135,16 @@
          */
         function shuffleList(list) {
             // Make a copy & don't mutate the passed in list
-            let result = list.slice(1);
+            let tmp, j, i;
+            let result = list.slice(0);
+            let len = list.length;
 
-            let tmp, j, i = list.length - 1
 
-            for (; i > 0; i -= 1) {
+            for (i = 0; i < len; i++) {
                 j = Math.floor(Math.random() * (i + 1));
-                tmp = list[i];
-                list[i] = list[j];
-                list[j] = tmp;
+                tmp = result[i];
+                result[i] = result[j];
+                result[j] = tmp;
             }
 
             return result;
@@ -163,7 +156,7 @@
          * searching for.
          */
         function filterByName(searchForName, personList) {
-            return personList.filter((person) => {
+            return personList.filter(function(person) {
                 return person.firstName === searchForName || person.lastName === searchForName;
             });
         }
@@ -188,28 +181,25 @@
         function sortObjListByProp(prop) {
             return function(objList) {
                 // Make a copy & don't mutate the passed in list
-                let result = objList.slice(1);
+                let result = objList.slice(0);
 
-                result.sort((a, b) => {
-                    if (a[prop] < b[prop]) {
-                        return -1;
-                    }
-
-                    if (a[prop] > b[prop]) {
-                        return 1;
-                    }
-
-                    return 1;
+                result.sort(function(a, b) {
+                    if (a[prop] < b[prop]) return -1;
+                    if (a[prop] > b[prop]) return 1;
+                    return 0;
                 });
 
                 return result;
             };
         }
 
-        const sortByFirstName = sortObjListByProp('firstName');
+      const sortByFirstName = sortObjListByProp('firstName');
 
-        const sortByLastName = (personList) => sortByFirstName(personList).reverse();
+      const sortByLastName = sortObjListByProp('lastName');
 
+           const sortDescendingByLastName = function(personList) {
+             return sortByLastName(personList).reverse();
+          };
 
         /*==================================================
 
@@ -217,6 +207,7 @@
 
          ***************************************************/
 
+
         const Search = (props) => React.DOM.input({
             type: 'input',
             onChange: props.onChange