diff --git a/README.markdown b/README.markdown
index 1ad0cbac..ffa97042 100644
--- a/README.markdown
+++ b/README.markdown
@@ -34,6 +34,30 @@ Included all original [document pages](http://mottie.github.com/tablesorter/docs
 
 View the [complete listing here](http://mottie.github.com/tablesorter/changelog.txt).
 
+####Version 2.0.28 (2012-2-1)
+
+* Added a new function to widgets called "init" which is called upon initialization, before any of the widgets are applied.
+  * I added it to allow the "saveSort" widget to get the saved sort data (localStorage or cookie) before the initial sort was applied.
+  * The "saveSort" widget is still compatible with the original tablesorter, but the original version will call all of the widgets twice on initialization, if using the "saveSort" widget.
+  * New add widget format is as follows:
+
+        ```javascript
+        $.tablesorter.addWidget({
+          id: 'myWidget',
+          init: function(table, allWidgets, thisWidget){
+            // widget initialization code - this is only run ONCE
+            // but in this example I call the format function because
+            // I want to keep it backwards compatible with the original tablesorter
+            thisWidget.format(table, true);
+          },
+          format: function(table, initFlag) {
+            // widget code to apply to the table AFTER EACH SORT
+            // the initFlag is true when format is called for the first time, but
+            // only if it is called from the init function
+          }
+        });
+        ```
+
 ####Version 2.0.27 (2012-1-31)
 
 * Added `sortReset` option
diff --git a/changelog.txt b/changelog.txt
index fe808c98..f7229c49 100644
--- a/changelog.txt
+++ b/changelog.txt
@@ -1,5 +1,30 @@
 TableSorter Change Log
 
+Version 2.0.28 (2012-2-1)
+============================
+
+* Added a new function to widgets called "init" which is called upon initialization, before any of the widgets are applied.
+  * I added it to allow the "saveSort" widget to get the saved sort data (localStorage or cookie) before the initial sort was applied.
+  * The "saveSort" widget is still compatible with the original tablesorter, but the original version will call all of the widgets twice on initialization, if using the "saveSort" widget.
+  * New add widget format is as follows:
+
+        ```javascript
+        $.tablesorter.addWidget({
+          id: 'myWidget',
+          init: function(table, allWidgets, thisWidget){
+            // widget initialization code - this is only run ONCE
+            // but in this example I call the format function because
+            // I want to keep it backwards compatible with the original tablesorter
+            thisWidget.format(table, true);
+          },
+          format: function(table, initFlag) {
+            // widget code to apply to the table AFTER EACH SORT
+            // the initFlag is true when format is called for the first time, but
+            // only if it is called from the init function
+          }
+        });
+        ```
+
 Version 2.0.27 (2012-1-31)
 ============================
 
diff --git a/docs/example-widget-savesort.html b/docs/example-widget-savesort.html
index 8f73c3e1..59459e97 100644
--- a/docs/example-widget-savesort.html
+++ b/docs/example-widget-savesort.html
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@
 	$("table").tablesorter({
 
 		// use save sort widget
-		widgets: ["saveSort"]
+		widgets: ["saveSort", "zebra"]
 
 	});
 
diff --git a/js/jquery.tablesorter.js b/js/jquery.tablesorter.js
index a9009f48..6cf3b9e9 100644
--- a/js/jquery.tablesorter.js
+++ b/js/jquery.tablesorter.js
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 /*
 * TableSorter 2.0 - Client-side table sorting with ease!
-* Version 2.0.27
+* Version 2.0.28
 * @requires jQuery v1.2.3
 *
 * Copyright (c) 2007 Christian Bach
@@ -76,7 +76,7 @@
 * @author Christian Bach/christian.bach@polyester.se
 * @contributor Rob Garrison/https://github.com/Mottie/tablesorter
 */
-(function($){
+!(function($){
 	$.extend({
 		tablesorter: new function(){
 
@@ -109,7 +109,7 @@
 
 			/* debuging utils */
 			function log(s) {
-				if (typeof console !== "undefined" && typeof console.debug !== "undefined") {
+				if (typeof console !== "undefined" && typeof console.log !== "undefined") {
 					console.log(s);
 				} else {
 					alert(s);
@@ -266,6 +266,16 @@
 				return cache;
 			}
 
+			function initWidgets(table){
+				var i, w, l = widgets.length;
+				for (i = 0; i < l; i++) {
+					w = widgets[i];
+					if (w && w.hasOwnProperty('init')) {
+						w.init(table, widgets, w);
+					}
+				}
+			}
+
 			function getWidgetById(name) {
 				var i, w, l = widgets.length;
 				for (i = 0; i < l; i++) {
@@ -774,6 +784,8 @@
 					if ($.metadata && ($(this).metadata() && $(this).metadata().sortlist)) {
 						config.sortList = $(this).metadata().sortlist;
 					}
+					// initialize widgets
+					initWidgets(this);
 					// if user has supplied a sort list to constructor.
 					if (config.sortList.length > 0) {
 						$this.trigger("sorton", [config.sortList]);
diff --git a/js/jquery.tablesorter.min.js b/js/jquery.tablesorter.min.js
index a07bb3c0..b2664e57 100644
--- a/js/jquery.tablesorter.min.js
+++ b/js/jquery.tablesorter.min.js
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 /*
 * TableSorter 2.0 - Client-side table sorting with ease!
-* Version 2.0.27 Minified using http://dean.edwards.name/packer/
+* Version 2.0.28 Minified using http://dean.edwards.name/packer/
 * Copyright (c) 2007 Christian Bach
 */
 
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[0-9]{1,2}, ([0-9]{4}|'?[0-9]{2}) (([0-2]?[0-9]:[0-5][0-9])|([0-1]?[0-9]:[0-5][0-9]\s(AM|PM)))$/))},format:function(s){return $.tablesorter.formatFloat(new Date(s).getTime())},type:"numeric"});m.addParser({id:"shortDate",is:function(s){return(/\d{1,4}[\/\-\,\.\s+]\d{1,4}[\/\-\.\,\s+]\d{1,4}/).test(s)},format:function(s,a,b,d){var c=a.config,format=(c.headers&&c.headers[d])?c.headers[d].dateFormat||c.dateFormat:c.dateFormat;s=s.replace(/\s+/g," ").replace(/[\-|\.|\,|\s]/g,"/");if(format==="mmddyyyy"){s=s.replace(/(\d{1,2})\/(\d{1,2})\/(\d{4})/,"$3/$1/$2")}else if(format==="ddmmyyyy"){s=s.replace(/(\d{1,2})\/(\d{1,2})\/(\d{4})/,"$3/$2/$1")}else if(format==="yyyymmdd"){s=s.replace(/(\d{4})\/(\d{1,2})\/(\d{1,2})/,"$1/$2/$3")}return $.tablesorter.formatFloat(new Date(s).getTime())},type:"numeric"});m.addParser({id:"time",is:function(s){return(/^(([0-2]?[0-9]:[0-5][0-9])|([0-1]?[0-9]:[0-5][0-9]\s(am|pm)))$/).test(s)},format:function(s){return $.tablesorter.formatFloat(new Date("2000/01/01 "+s).getTime())},type:"numeric"});m.addParser({id:"metadata",is:function(s){return false},format:function(s,a,b){var c=a.config,p=(!c.parserMetadataName)?'sortValue':c.parserMetadataName;return $(b).metadata()[p]},type:"numeric"});m.addWidget({id:"zebra",format:function(a){var b,row=0,even,time,child=a.config.cssChildRow,css=a.config.widgetZebra.css;if(a.config.debug){time=new Date()}$("tr:visible",a.tBodies[0]).each(function(i){b=$(this);if(!b.hasClass(child)){row++}even=(row%2===0);b.removeClass(css[even?1:0]).addClass(css[even?0:1])});if(a.config.debug){$.tablesorter.benchmark("Applying Zebra widget",time)}}})})(jQuery);
diff --git a/js/jquery.tablesorter.widgets.js b/js/jquery.tablesorter.widgets.js
index 3d38814d..45f6ff70 100644
--- a/js/jquery.tablesorter.widgets.js
+++ b/js/jquery.tablesorter.widgets.js
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-/* TableSorter 2.0 Widgets - updated 1/31/2012
+/* TableSorter 2.0 Widgets - updated 2/1/2012
  *
  * jQuery UI Theme
  * Column Styles
@@ -288,7 +288,11 @@ $.tablesorter.addWidget({
 // **************************
 $.tablesorter.addWidget({
 	id: 'saveSort',
-	format: function(table) {
+	init: function(table, allWidgets, thisWidget){
+		// run widget format before all other widgets are applied to the table
+		thisWidget.format(table, true);
+	},
+	format: function(table, init) {
 		var n, d, k, ls, time, c = table.config,
 			// older browsers don't support JSON.stringify (http://caniuse.com/#search=json)
 			// if you need it, then include https://github.com/douglascrockford/JSON-js
@@ -329,13 +333,17 @@ $.tablesorter.addWidget({
 			}
 			// parse data
 			try { ls = $.parseJSON(ls); } catch(e) { ls = ''; }
-			sortList = (ls && ls.hasOwnProperty('sortList') && $.isArray(ls.sortList)) ? [ls.sortList] : '';
+			sortList = (ls && ls.hasOwnProperty('sortList') && $.isArray(ls.sortList)) ? ls.sortList : '';
 			if (c.debug) {
 				$.tablesorter.benchmark('saveSort: Last sort for "' + n + '" obtained from ' + (c.hasLocalStorage ? 'local storage' : 'a cookie'), time);
 			}
-			// update sort change
-			if (sortList && sortList.length > 0) {
-				$(table).trigger('sorton', sortList);
+			// init is true when widget init is run, this will run this widget before all other widgets have initialized
+			// this method allows using this widget in the original tablesorter plugin; but then it will run all widgets twice.
+			if (init && sortList && sortList.length > 0) {
+				c.sortList = sortList;
+			} else if (sortList && sortList.length > 0) {
+				// update sort change
+				$(table).trigger('sorton', [sortList]);
 			}
 		}
 	}
diff --git a/js/jquery.tablesorter.widgets.min.js b/js/jquery.tablesorter.widgets.min.js
index 6fc42d34..706b4fc7 100644
--- a/js/jquery.tablesorter.widgets.min.js
+++ b/js/jquery.tablesorter.widgets.min.js
@@ -1,10 +1,10 @@
-/* TableSorter 2.0 Widgets - updated 1/31/2012 */
+/* TableSorter 2.0 Widgets - updated 2/1/2012 */
 
 (function(b){
-b.tablesorter.addWidget({id:"uitheme",format:function(f){var c,a,d,g,e,h=f.config,i=b(f),j=["ui-icon-arrowthick-2-n-s","ui-icon-arrowthick-1-s","ui-icon-arrowthick-1-n"];h.widgetUitheme&&h.widgetUitheme.hasOwnProperty("css")&&(j=h.widgetUitheme.css||j);d=j.join(" ");h.debug&&(c=new Date);i.is(".ui-theme")||(i.addClass("ui-widget ui-widget-content ui-corner-all ui-theme"),b.each(h.headerList,function(){b(this).addClass("ui-widget-header ui-corner-all").append('<span class="ui-icon"/>').wrapInner('<div class="inner"/>').hover(function(){b(this).addClass("ui-state-hover")}, function(){b(this).removeClass("ui-state-hover")})}));b.each(h.headerList,function(c){g=b(this);this.sortDisabled?g.find("span.ui-icon").removeClass(d+" ui-icon"):(a=g.hasClass(h.cssAsc)?j[1]:g.hasClass(h.cssDesc)?j[2]:g.hasClass(h.cssHeader)?j[0]:"",e=i.hasClass("hasStickyHeaders")?i.find("tr.stickyHeader").find("th").eq(c).add(g):g,e[a===j[0]?"removeClass":"addClass"]("ui-state-active").find("span.ui-icon").removeClass(d).addClass(a))});h.debug&&b.tablesorter.benchmark("Applying uitheme widget", c)}});
-b.tablesorter.addWidget({id:"columns",format:function(f){var c,a,d,g,e=f.config,h=e.sortList,i=h.length,j=["primary","secondary","tertiary"];e.widgetColumns&&e.widgetColumns.hasOwnProperty("css")&&(j=e.widgetColumns.css||j);d=j.length-1;g=j.join(" ");e.debug&&(a=new Date);h&&h[0]&&b("tr:visible",f.tBodies[0]).each(function(a){c=b(this).children().removeClass(g);c.eq(h[0][0]).addClass(j[0]);if(1<i)for(a=1;a<i;a++)c.eq(h[a][0]).addClass(j[a]||j[d])});e.debug&&b.tablesorter.benchmark("Applying Columns widget", a)}});
-b.tablesorter.addWidget({id:"filter",format:function(f){if(!f.config.filtering){var c,a,d,g,e,h,i=f.config,j=i.headerList.length,k=b(f),f='<tr class="filters">',l;i.debug&&(l=new Date);for(c=0;c<j;c++)f+='<td><input type="text" class="filter" data-col="'+c+'" style="',f+=i.headers[c]&&"filter"in i.headers[c]&&!1===i.headers[c].filter||b(i.headerList[c]).is(".filter-false")?"display:none":"",f+='"></td>';k.find("thead").append(f+="</tr>").find(".filter").bind("keyup",function(){a=k.find(".filter").map(function(){return(b(this).val()|| "").toLowerCase()}).get();""===a.join("")?k.find("tr").show():k.find("tbody").find("tr:not(.expand-child)").each(function(){d=!0;e=b(this).nextUntil("tr:not(.expand-child)");g=e.length&&("undefined"!==typeof i.widgetFilterChildRows?i.widgetFilterChildRows:1)?e.text():"";h=b(this).find("td");for(c=0;c<j;c++)""!==a[c]&&0<=(h.eq(c).text()+g).toLowerCase().indexOf(a[c])?d=d?!0:!1:""!==a[c]&&(d=!1);b(this)[d?"show":"hide"]();if(e.length)e[d?"show":"hide"]()});k.trigger("applyWidgets")});i.filtering=!0; i.debug&&b.tablesorter.benchmark("Applying Filter widget",l)}}});
-b.tablesorter.addWidget({id:"stickyHeaders",format:function(f){if(!b(f).hasClass("hasStickyHeaders")){var c=b(f).addClass("hasStickyHeaders"),a=b(window),d=b(f).find("thead"),g=d.find("tr").children(),e=g.eq(0),h=parseInt(g.eq(0).css("border-left-width"),10),i=d.find("tr:not(.filters)").clone().addClass("stickyHeader").css({width:d.outerWidth()+2*h,position:"fixed",left:e.offset().left,marginLeft:-h,top:0,visibility:"hidden",zIndex:10}), j=i.children(),k;c.bind("sortEnd",function(a,c){var e=b(c).find("thead tr"),d=e.filter(".stickyHeader").children();e.filter(":not(.stickyHeader)").children().each(function(a){d.eq(a).attr("class",b(this).attr("class"))})}).bind("pagerComplete",function(){a.resize()});g.each(function(a){var c=b(this);j.eq(a).width(c.width()).bind("click",function(a){c.trigger(a)}).bind("mousedown",function(){this.onselectstart=function(){return!1};return!1})});d.prepend(i);a.scroll(function(){var b=e.offset(),d=a.scrollTop(), d=d>b.top&&d<b.top+c.find("tbody").height()?"visible":"hidden";i.css({left:b.left-a.scrollLeft(),visibility:d});d!==k&&(a.resize(),k=d)}).resize(function(){i.css({left:e.offset().left-a.scrollLeft(),width:d.outerWidth()+2*h});j.each(function(a){b(this).width(g.eq(a).width())})})}}});
-b.tablesorter.addWidget({id:"resizable",format:function(f){if(!f.config.resizable){var c,a=f.config,d=a.headerList,g=d.length,e=function(){a.resizable_position=0;a.resizable_target=null;b(window).trigger("resize")};a.resizable_target= null;a.resizable_position=0;for(c=1;c<g;c++)b(d[c]).append('<div class="resizer" style="cursor:w-resize;position:absolute;height:100%;width:20px;left:-20px;top:0;z-index:1;"></div>').wrapInner('<div style="position:relative;height:100%;width:100%"></div>').find(".resizer").bind("mousedown",function(c){a.resizable_target=b(c.target).closest("th");a.resizable_position=c.pageX}).end().bind("mousemove",function(c){if(!(0===a.resizable_position||null===typeof a.resizable_target)){var b=c.pageX-a.resizable_position, d=a.resizable_target.closest("th").prev();a.resizable_target.width()<-b||d&&d.width()<=b||(d.width(d.width()+b),a.resizable_position=c.pageX)}}).bind("mouseup",function(){e();return!1});b(f).find("thead").bind("mouseup mouseleave",function(){e()});a.resizable=!0}}});
-b.tablesorter.addWidget({id:"saveSort",format:function(f){var c,a,d,g,e=f.config;d='{"sortList":'+JSON.stringify(e.sortList)+"}";e.debug&&(g=new Date);if(e.widgetsavesort)c="tablesorter"+(e.tableIndex||0)+f.id,e.hasLocalStorage?localStorage[c]= d:(a=new Date,a.setTime(a.getTime()+31536E6),document.cookie=c+"="+d+"; expires="+a.toGMTString()+"; path=/"),e.debug&&b.tablesorter.benchmark('saveSort: Saving sort to "'+c+'" in '+(e.hasLocalStorage?"local storage":"a cookie"),g);else{e.widgetsavesort=!0;e.hasLocalStorage=!1;try{localStorage.getItem&&(e.hasLocalStorage=!0)}catch(h){}e.tableIndex=b(".tablesorter").index(b(f));c="tablesorter"+(e.tableIndex||0)+f.id;e.hasLocalStorage?a=localStorage[c]:(d=document.cookie.split(/[;\s|=]/),a=b.inArray(c, d)+1,a=0!==a?d[a]:"");try{a=b.parseJSON(a)}catch(i){a=""}d=a&&a.hasOwnProperty("sortList")&&b.isArray(a.sortList)?[a.sortList]:"";e.debug&&b.tablesorter.benchmark('saveSort: Last sort for "'+c+'" obtained from '+(e.hasLocalStorage?"local storage":"a cookie"),g);d&&0<d.length&&b(f).trigger("sorton",d)}}})
+b.tablesorter.addWidget({id:"uitheme",format:function(e){var g,a,d,f,h,c=e.config,i=b(e),j=["ui-icon-arrowthick-2-n-s","ui-icon-arrowthick-1-s","ui-icon-arrowthick-1-n"];c.widgetUitheme&&c.widgetUitheme.hasOwnProperty("css")&&(j=c.widgetUitheme.css||j);d=j.join(" ");c.debug&&(g=new Date);i.is(".ui-theme")||(i.addClass("ui-widget ui-widget-content ui-corner-all ui-theme"),b.each(c.headerList,function(){b(this).addClass("ui-widget-header ui-corner-all").append('<span class="ui-icon"/>').wrapInner('<div class="inner"/>').hover(function(){b(this).addClass("ui-state-hover")}, function(){b(this).removeClass("ui-state-hover")})}));b.each(c.headerList,function(e){f=b(this);this.sortDisabled?f.find("span.ui-icon").removeClass(d+" ui-icon"):(a=f.hasClass(c.cssAsc)?j[1]:f.hasClass(c.cssDesc)?j[2]:f.hasClass(c.cssHeader)?j[0]:"",h=i.hasClass("hasStickyHeaders")?i.find("tr.stickyHeader").find("th").eq(e).add(f):f,h[a===j[0]?"removeClass":"addClass"]("ui-state-active").find("span.ui-icon").removeClass(d).addClass(a))});c.debug&&b.tablesorter.benchmark("Applying uitheme widget", g)}});
+b.tablesorter.addWidget({id:"columns",format:function(e){var g,a,d,f,h=e.config,c=h.sortList,i=c.length,j=["primary","secondary","tertiary"];h.widgetColumns&&h.widgetColumns.hasOwnProperty("css")&&(j=h.widgetColumns.css||j);d=j.length-1;f=j.join(" ");h.debug&&(a=new Date);c&&c[0]&&b("tr:visible",e.tBodies[0]).each(function(a){g=b(this).children().removeClass(f);g.eq(c[0][0]).addClass(j[0]);if(1<i)for(a=1;a<i;a++)g.eq(c[a][0]).addClass(j[a]||j[d])});h.debug&&b.tablesorter.benchmark("Applying Columns widget", a)}});
+b.tablesorter.addWidget({id:"filter",format:function(e){if(!e.config.filtering){var g,a,d,f,h,c,i=e.config,j=i.headerList.length,k=b(e),e='<tr class="filters">',l;i.debug&&(l=new Date);for(g=0;g<j;g++)e+='<td><input type="text" class="filter" data-col="'+g+'" style="',e+=i.headers[g]&&"filter"in i.headers[g]&&!1===i.headers[g].filter||b(i.headerList[g]).is(".filter-false")?"display:none":"",e+='"></td>';k.find("thead").append(e+="</tr>").find(".filter").bind("keyup",function(){a=k.find(".filter").map(function(){return(b(this).val()|| "").toLowerCase()}).get();""===a.join("")?k.find("tr").show():k.find("tbody").find("tr:not(.expand-child)").each(function(){d=!0;h=b(this).nextUntil("tr:not(.expand-child)");f=h.length&&("undefined"!==typeof i.widgetFilterChildRows?i.widgetFilterChildRows:1)?h.text():"";c=b(this).find("td");for(g=0;g<j;g++)""!==a[g]&&0<=(c.eq(g).text()+f).toLowerCase().indexOf(a[g])?d=d?!0:!1:""!==a[g]&&(d=!1);b(this)[d?"show":"hide"]();if(h.length)h[d?"show":"hide"]()});k.trigger("applyWidgets")});i.filtering=!0; i.debug&&b.tablesorter.benchmark("Applying Filter widget",l)}}});
+b.tablesorter.addWidget({id:"stickyHeaders",format:function(e){if(!b(e).hasClass("hasStickyHeaders")){var g=b(e).addClass("hasStickyHeaders"),a=b(window),d=b(e).find("thead"),f=d.find("tr").children(),h=f.eq(0),c=parseInt(f.eq(0).css("border-left-width"),10),i=d.find("tr:not(.filters)").clone().addClass("stickyHeader").css({width:d.outerWidth()+2*c,position:"fixed",left:h.offset().left,marginLeft:-c,top:0,visibility:"hidden",zIndex:10}), j=i.children(),k;g.bind("sortEnd",function(a,c){var d=b(c).find("thead tr"),e=d.filter(".stickyHeader").children();d.filter(":not(.stickyHeader)").children().each(function(a){e.eq(a).attr("class",b(this).attr("class"))})}).bind("pagerComplete",function(){a.resize()});f.each(function(a){var c=b(this);j.eq(a).width(c.width()).bind("click",function(a){c.trigger(a)}).bind("mousedown",function(){this.onselectstart=function(){return!1};return!1})});d.prepend(i);a.scroll(function(){var c=h.offset(),b=a.scrollTop(), b=b>c.top&&b<c.top+g.find("tbody").height()?"visible":"hidden";i.css({left:c.left-a.scrollLeft(),visibility:b});b!==k&&(a.resize(),k=b)}).resize(function(){i.css({left:h.offset().left-a.scrollLeft(),width:d.outerWidth()+2*c});j.each(function(a){b(this).width(f.eq(a).width())})})}}});
+b.tablesorter.addWidget({id:"resizable",format:function(e){if(!e.config.resizable){var g,a=e.config,d=a.headerList,f=d.length,h=function(){a.resizable_position=0;a.resizable_target=null;b(window).trigger("resize")};a.resizable_target= null;a.resizable_position=0;for(g=1;g<f;g++)b(d[g]).append('<div class="resizer" style="cursor:w-resize;position:absolute;height:100%;width:20px;left:-20px;top:0;z-index:1;"></div>').wrapInner('<div style="position:relative;height:100%;width:100%"></div>').find(".resizer").bind("mousedown",function(c){a.resizable_target=b(c.target).closest("th");a.resizable_position=c.pageX}).end().bind("mousemove",function(c){if(!(0===a.resizable_position||null===typeof a.resizable_target)){var b=c.pageX-a.resizable_position, d=a.resizable_target.closest("th").prev();a.resizable_target.width()<-b||d&&d.width()<=b||(d.width(d.width()+b),a.resizable_position=c.pageX)}}).bind("mouseup",function(){h();return!1});b(e).find("thead").bind("mouseup mouseleave",function(){h()});a.resizable=!0}}});
+b.tablesorter.addWidget({id:"saveSort",init:function(b,g,a){a.format(b,!0)},format:function(e,g){var a,d,f,h,c=e.config;f='{"sortList":'+JSON.stringify(c.sortList)+"}";c.debug&&(h=new Date);if(c.widgetsavesort)a="tablesorter"+(c.tableIndex|| 0)+e.id,c.hasLocalStorage?localStorage[a]=f:(d=new Date,d.setTime(d.getTime()+31536E6),document.cookie=a+"="+f+"; expires="+d.toGMTString()+"; path=/"),c.debug&&b.tablesorter.benchmark('saveSort: Saving sort to "'+a+'" in '+(c.hasLocalStorage?"local storage":"a cookie"),h);else{c.widgetsavesort=!0;c.hasLocalStorage=!1;try{localStorage.getItem&&(c.hasLocalStorage=!0)}catch(i){}c.tableIndex=b(".tablesorter").index(b(e));a="tablesorter"+(c.tableIndex||0)+e.id;c.hasLocalStorage?d=localStorage[a]:(f=document.cookie.split(/[;\s|=]/), d=b.inArray(a,f)+1,d=0!==d?f[d]:"");try{d=b.parseJSON(d)}catch(j){d=""}f=d&&d.hasOwnProperty("sortList")&&b.isArray(d.sortList)?d.sortList:"";c.debug&&b.tablesorter.benchmark('saveSort: Last sort for "'+a+'" obtained from '+(c.hasLocalStorage?"local storage":"a cookie"),h);g&&f&&0<f.length?c.sortList=f:f&&0<f.length&&b(e).trigger("sorton",[f])}}})
 })(jQuery);
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index edf633c2..330c0fca 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
     "name": "tablesorter",
-    "version": "2.0.27",
+    "version": "2.0.28",
     "title": "tablesorter",
     "author": {
         "name": "Christian Bach",