diff --git a/backend/novasonic-server.js b/backend/novasonic-server.js
index cfe2b5c..6ab4181 100644
--- a/backend/novasonic-server.js
+++ b/backend/novasonic-server.js
@@ -612,6 +612,43 @@ app.get('/api/musicbrainz/lookup', async (req, res) => {
   }
 });
 
+// ─── SORT TAGS READ ──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
+app.get('/api/song-sorttags', async (req, res) => {
+  const { ndUrl, user, pass, songId } = req.query;
+  if (!ndUrl || !user || !pass || !songId) return res.status(400).json({ error: 'ndUrl, user, pass, songId required' });
+  let filePath;
+  try {
+    const salt  = Math.random().toString(36).slice(2, 10);
+    const token = crypto.createHash('md5').update(pass + salt).digest('hex');
+    const ndRes = await fetch(`${ndUrl}/rest/getSong?id=${songId}&u=${encodeURIComponent(user)}&t=${token}&s=${salt}&v=1.16.1&c=novasonic&f=json`, { signal: AbortSignal.timeout(8000) });
+    const nd    = await ndRes.json();
+    filePath    = nd?.['subsonic-response']?.song?.path;
+    if (!filePath) return res.status(404).json({ error: 'Song not found' });
+  } catch (e) { return res.status(502).json({ error: e.message }); }
+  if (!path.isAbsolute(filePath)) filePath = path.join(CONFIG.musicPath, filePath);
+  if (!fs.existsSync(filePath)) {
+    const found = _findFileRecursive(CONFIG.musicPath, path.basename(filePath));
+    if (found) filePath = found; else return res.status(404).json({ error: 'File not found' });
+  }
+  try {
+    const out = await new Promise((resolve, reject) => {
+      const proc = spawn('ffprobe', ['-v', 'quiet', '-print_format', 'json', '-show_entries', 'format_tags', filePath]);
+      let buf = '';
+      proc.stdout.on('data', d => buf += d);
+      proc.on('error', reject);
+      proc.on('close', () => { try { resolve(JSON.parse(buf)); } catch { resolve({}); } });
+    });
+    const tags = out?.format?.tags || {};
+    const findTag = (...keys) => { for (const k of keys) { const v = tags[k] || tags[k.toLowerCase()] || tags[k.toUpperCase()]; if (v) return v; } return ''; };
+    res.json({
+      titleSort:        findTag('TITLESORT', 'titlesort'),
+      artistSort:       findTag('ARTISTSORT', 'artistsort'),
+      albumArtistSort:  findTag('ALBUMARTISTSORT', 'albumartistsort', 'TSO2'),
+      albumSort:        findTag('ALBUMSORT', 'albumsort'),
+    });
+  } catch (e) { res.status(500).json({ error: e.message }); }
+});
+
 // ─── METADATA EDIT ───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
 app.post('/api/edit-metadata', async (req, res) => {
   const { ndUrl, user, pass, songId, title, artist, albumArtist, album, year, trackNum, totalTracks,
diff --git a/index.html b/index.html
index bb9b4bc..e5997cb 100644
--- a/index.html
+++ b/index.html
@@ -654,12 +654,10 @@
           <span>Abspielhäufigkeit anzeigen</span>
           <div id="s-show-playcount" class="toggle" onclick="this.classList.toggle('on')"></div>
         </div>
-        <div class="hint" style="margin-top:6px">Zeigt Wiedergabezahl</div>
         <div class="edit-pl-toggle-row" style="margin-top:12px">
           <span>Romaji anzeigen</span>
           <div id="s-show-romaji" class="toggle" onclick="this.classList.toggle('on')"></div>
         </div>
-        <div class="hint" style="margin-top:6px">Zeigt japanische Titel und Künstlernamen in Romaji</div>
       </div>
       <div class="settings-section">
         <h3 style="display:flex;align-items:center;gap:8px;margin-bottom:12px">
diff --git a/src/ui.js b/src/ui.js
index 54089bd..34aef30 100644
--- a/src/ui.js
+++ b/src/ui.js
@@ -356,12 +356,22 @@ export function toggleInfoEdit() {
   document.getElementById('ie-disc').value        = s.discNumber   || '';
   document.getElementById('ie-totaltracks').value = s.albumSongCount || '';
 
-  // Sort tags — pre-fill from romaji index when available
+  // Sort tags — pre-fill from romaji index, then overwrite with actual file tags if backend available
   const _rm = romajiLookup(s.id);
   document.getElementById('ie-titlesort').value        = _rm?.titleRomaji  || '';
   document.getElementById('ie-artistsort').value       = _rm?.artistRomaji || '';
   document.getElementById('ie-albumartistsort').value  = _rm?.artistRomaji || '';
   document.getElementById('ie-albumsort').value        = _rm?.albumRomaji  || '';
+  if (S.cfg.backendUrl && s.id) {
+    const p = new URLSearchParams({ ndUrl: S.cfg.url, user: S.cfg.user, pass: S.cfg.pass, songId: s.id });
+    fetch(`${S.cfg.backendUrl}/api/song-sorttags?${p}`).then(r => r.ok ? r.json() : null).then(t => {
+      if (!t) return;
+      if (t.titleSort)       document.getElementById('ie-titlesort').value       = t.titleSort;
+      if (t.artistSort)      document.getElementById('ie-artistsort').value      = t.artistSort;
+      if (t.albumArtistSort) document.getElementById('ie-albumartistsort').value = t.albumArtistSort;
+      if (t.albumSort)       document.getElementById('ie-albumsort').value       = t.albumSort;
+    }).catch(() => {});
+  }
 
   // Art preview — use existing cover
   const cv = coverUrl(s.coverArt, 200);