diff --git a/evennia/utils/dbserialize.py b/evennia/utils/dbserialize.py
index ddfdb765de..bca3021a6e 100644
--- a/evennia/utils/dbserialize.py
+++ b/evennia/utils/dbserialize.py
@@ -229,6 +229,13 @@ class _SaverMutable(object):
     def __ne__(self, other):
         return self._data != other
 
+    def __lt__(self, other):
+        return self._data < other
+
+    def __gt__(self, other):
+        return self._data > other
+
+
     @_save
     def __setitem__(self, key, value):
         self._data.__setitem__(key, self._convert_mutables(value))
@@ -274,6 +281,13 @@ class _SaverList(_SaverMutable, MutableSequence):
     def index(self, value, *args):
         return self._data.index(value, *args)
 
+    @_save
+    def sort(self, *, key=None, reverse=False):
+        self._data.sort(key=key, reverse=reverse)
+
+    def copy(self):
+        return self._data.copy()
+
 
 class _SaverDict(_SaverMutable, MutableMapping):
     """
diff --git a/evennia/utils/evmore.py b/evennia/utils/evmore.py
index 08ac316389..1db4c8d67c 100644
--- a/evennia/utils/evmore.py
+++ b/evennia/utils/evmore.py
@@ -298,7 +298,7 @@ class EvMore(object):
         nsize = len(inp)
         self._npages = nsize // self.height + (0 if nsize % self.height == 0 else 1)
         self._data = inp
-        self._paginator_slice
+        self._paginator = self.paginator_slice
 
     def init_f_str(self, text):
         """
diff --git a/evennia/utils/tests/test_dbserialize.py b/evennia/utils/tests/test_dbserialize.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..9d00abfae4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/evennia/utils/tests/test_dbserialize.py
@@ -0,0 +1,58 @@
+"""
+Tests for dbserialize module
+"""
+
+from django.test import TestCase
+from evennia.utils import dbserialize
+from evennia.objects.objects import DefaultObject
+
+
+class TestDbSerialize(TestCase):
+    """
+    Database serialization operations.
+    """
+    def setUp(self):
+        self.obj = DefaultObject(db_key="Tester", )
+        self.obj.save()
+
+    def test_constants(self):
+        self.obj.db.test = 1
+        self.obj.db.test += 1
+        self.assertEqual(self.obj.db.test, 2)
+        self.obj.db.test -= 3
+        self.assertEqual(self.obj.db.test, -1)
+        self.obj.db.test *= -2
+        self.assertEqual(self.obj.db.test, 2)
+        self.obj.db.test /= 2
+        self.assertEqual(self.obj.db.test, 1)
+
+    def test_saverlist(self):
+        self.obj.db.test = [1, 2, 3]
+        self.assertEqual(self.obj.db.test, [1, 2, 3])
+        self.obj.db.test.append("4")
+        self.assertEqual(self.obj.db.test, [1, 2, 3, "4"])
+        self.obj.db.test.insert(1, 1.5)
+        self.assertEqual(self.obj.db.test, [1, 1.5, 2, 3, "4"])
+        self.obj.db.test.pop()
+        self.assertEqual(self.obj.db.test, [1, 1.5, 2, 3])
+        self.obj.db.test.pop(0)
+        self.assertEqual(self.obj.db.test, [1.5, 2, 3])
+        self.obj.db.test.reverse()
+        self.assertEqual(self.obj.db.test, [3, 2, 1.5])
+
+    def test_saverlist__sort(self):
+        self.obj.db.test = [3, 2, 1.5]
+        self.obj.db.test.sort()
+        self.assertEqual(self.obj.db.test, [1.5, 2, 3])
+        self.obj.db.test.extend([0, 4, 5])
+        self.assertEqual(self.obj.db.test, [1.5, 2, 3, 0, 4, 5])
+        self.obj.db.test.sort()
+        self.assertEqual(self.obj.db.test, [0, 1.5, 2, 3, 4, 5])
+        self.obj.db.test = [[4, 5, 6], [1, 2, 3]]
+        self.assertEqual(self.obj.db.test, [[4, 5, 6], [1, 2, 3]])
+        self.obj.db.test.sort()
+        self.assertEqual(self.obj.db.test, [[1, 2, 3], [4, 5, 6]])
+        self.obj.db.test = [{1: 0}, {0: 1}]
+        self.assertEqual(self.obj.db.test, [{1: 0}, {0: 1}])
+        self.obj.db.test.sort(key=lambda d:  str(d))
+        self.assertEqual(self.obj.db.test, [{0: 1}, {1: 0}])