diff --git a/Modules/DICOMReader/files.cmake b/Modules/DICOMReader/files.cmake
index 38c58efbee..2e1ba191d8 100644
--- a/Modules/DICOMReader/files.cmake
+++ b/Modules/DICOMReader/files.cmake
@@ -1,52 +1,52 @@
 file(GLOB_RECURSE H_FILES RELATIVE "${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}" "${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/include/*")
 
 set(CPP_FILES
   mitkBaseDICOMReaderService.cpp
   mitkDICOMFileReader.cpp
   mitkDICOMTagScanner.cpp
   mitkDICOMGDCMTagScanner.cpp
   mitkDICOMDCMTKTagScanner.cpp
   mitkDICOMImageBlockDescriptor.cpp
   mitkDICOMITKSeriesGDCMReader.cpp
   mitkDICOMDatasetSorter.cpp
   mitkDICOMTagBasedSorter.cpp
   mitkDICOMGDCMImageFrameInfo.cpp
   mitkDICOMImageFrameInfo.cpp
   mitkDICOMGenericImageFrameInfo.cpp
   mitkDICOMDatasetAccessingImageFrameInfo.cpp
   mitkDICOMSortCriterion.cpp
   mitkDICOMSortByTag.cpp
   mitkITKDICOMSeriesReaderHelper.cpp
   mitkEquiDistantBlocksSorter.cpp
   mitkNormalDirectionConsistencySorter.cpp
   mitkSortByImagePositionPatient.cpp
   mitkGantryTiltInformation.cpp
   mitkClassicDICOMSeriesReader.cpp
   mitkThreeDnTDICOMSeriesReader.cpp
   mitkDICOMTag.cpp
   mitkDICOMTagsOfInterestHelper.cpp
   mitkDICOMTagCache.cpp
   mitkDICOMGDCMTagCache.cpp
   mitkDICOMGenericTagCache.cpp
   mitkDICOMEnums.cpp
   mitkDICOMReaderConfigurator.cpp
   mitkDICOMFileReaderSelector.cpp
   mitkIDICOMTagsOfInterest.cpp
   mitkDICOMTagPath.cpp
   mitkDICOMProperty.cpp
   mitkDICOMFilesHelper.cpp
 )
 
 set(RESOURCE_FILES
   configurations/3D/classicreader.xml
   configurations/3D/imageposition.xml
   configurations/3D/imageposition_byacquisition.xml
   configurations/3D/instancenumber.xml
   configurations/3D/instancenumber_soft.xml
   configurations/3D/slicelocation.xml
-  configurations/3D/slicelocation_simple.xml
+  configurations/3D/simpleinstancenumber_soft.xml
 
   configurations/3DnT/classicreader.xml
   configurations/3DnT/imageposition_byacquisition.xml
   configurations/3DnT/imageposition_bytriggertime.xml
 )
diff --git a/Modules/DICOMReader/resource/configurations/3D/simpleinstancenumber_soft.xml b/Modules/DICOMReader/resource/configurations/3D/simpleinstancenumber_soft.xml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..1ef0853e19
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Modules/DICOMReader/resource/configurations/3D/simpleinstancenumber_soft.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" standalone=no>
+<DICOMFileReader
+  label="Instance Number, non-consecutive"
+  description="Sort images by Instance Number, do not require consecutive numbers"
+  class="DICOMITKSeriesGDCMReader"
+  version="1"
+  fixTiltByShearing="true"
+  simpleVolumeImport="true">
+<DICOMDatasetSorter class="DICOMTagBasedSorter" strictSorting="false" expectDistanceOne="false">
+  <Distinguishing>
+   <Tag name="SeriesInstanceUID" group="0020" element="000e"/>
+   <Tag name="SeriesDescription" group="0008" element="103e"/>
+   <Tag name="ProtocolName" group="0018" element="1030"/>
+   <Tag name="SeriesNumber" group="0020" element="0011"/>
+   <Tag name="AcquisitionNumber" group="0x0020" element="0x0012"/>
+   <Tag name="Modality" group="0x0008" element="0x0060"/>
+   <Tag name="BodyPartExamined" group="0x0018" element="0x0015"/>
+   <Tag name="SequenceName" group="0x0018" element="0x0024"/>
+  </Distinguishing>
+  <Sorting>
+   <Tag name="InstanceNumber" group="0x0020" element="0x0013"/>
+   <Tag name="SOPInstanceUID" group="0x0008" element="0x0018"/>
+  </Sorting>
+</DICOMDatasetSorter>
+</DICOMFileReader>
diff --git a/Modules/DICOMReader/resource/configurations/3D/slicelocation_simple.xml b/Modules/DICOMReader/resource/configurations/3D/slicelocation_simple.xml
deleted file mode 100644
index 9a25c0a911..0000000000
--- a/Modules/DICOMReader/resource/configurations/3D/slicelocation_simple.xml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,20 +0,0 @@
-<?xml version="1.0" standalone=no>
-<DICOMFileReader
-  label="Slice Location Simple"
-  description="Sort images by Slice Location, require equal distance between locations; simple grouping"
-  class="DICOMITKSeriesGDCMReader"
-  version="1"
-  fixTiltByShearing="true"
-  simpleVolumeImport="true">
-<DICOMDatasetSorter class="DICOMTagBasedSorter" strictSorting="true" expectDistanceOne="false">
-  <Distinguishing>
-   <Tag name="SeriesInstanceUID" group="0020" element="000e"/>
-   <Tag name="StudyInstanceUID" group="0020" element="000d"/>
-   <Tag name="PatientID" group="0010" element="0020"/>
-   <Tag name="PatientName" group="0010" element="0010"/>
-  </Distinguishing>
-  <Sorting>
-   <Tag name="SliceLocation" group="0x0020" element="0x1041"/>
-  </Sorting>
-</DICOMDatasetSorter>
-</DICOMFileReader>
diff --git a/Modules/DICOMReaderServices/src/mitkSimpleVolumeDICOMSeriesReaderService.cpp b/Modules/DICOMReaderServices/src/mitkSimpleVolumeDICOMSeriesReaderService.cpp
index 6da89034fd..f8298ea79a 100644
--- a/Modules/DICOMReaderServices/src/mitkSimpleVolumeDICOMSeriesReaderService.cpp
+++ b/Modules/DICOMReaderServices/src/mitkSimpleVolumeDICOMSeriesReaderService.cpp
@@ -1,77 +1,77 @@
 /*===================================================================
 
 The Medical Imaging Interaction Toolkit (MITK)
 
 Copyright (c) German Cancer Research Center,
 Division of Medical and Biological Informatics.
 All rights reserved.
 
 This software is distributed WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without
 even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR
 A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.
 
 See LICENSE.txt or http://www.mitk.org for details.
 
 ===================================================================*/
 
 #include "mitkSimpleVolumeDICOMSeriesReaderService.h"
 #include "mitkDICOMReaderConfigurator.h"
 #include <mitkDICOMITKSeriesGDCMReader.h>
 
 #include <usModuleContext.h>
 #include <usModuleResource.h>
 #include <usGetModuleContext.h>
 #include <usModuleResourceStream.h>
 #include <usModule.h>
 #include <usModuleRegistry.h>
 
 namespace mitk {
 
   SimpleVolumeDICOMSeriesReaderService::SimpleVolumeDICOMSeriesReaderService()
   : BaseDICOMReaderService("MITK Simple Volume Importer")
 {
   this->RegisterService();
 }
 
 DICOMFileReader::Pointer SimpleVolumeDICOMSeriesReaderService::GetReader(const mitk::StringList& relevantFiles) const
 {
   std::string descr;
 
   us::ModuleResource resource = 
-    us::ModuleRegistry::GetModule("MitkDICOMReader")->GetResource("configurations/3D/slicelocation_simple.xml");
+    us::ModuleRegistry::GetModule("MitkDICOMReader")->GetResource("configurations/3D/simpleinstancenumber_soft.xml");
 
   /*us::ModuleResource resource = 
     us::GetModuleContext()->GetModule()->GetResource("E:/BS-280417/MITK/Modules/DICOMReader/resource/configurations/3D/slicelocation_simple.xml");*/
 
   /*const std::vector<us::ModuleResource> configs = 
     us::GetModuleContext()->GetModule()->FindResources( "configurations/3D/slicelocation_simple.xml", "*.xml", false );
   for ( auto iter = configs.cbegin(); iter != configs.cend(); ++iter )
   {
     us::ModuleResource resource = *iter;*/
 
   if ( resource.IsValid() )
   {
     us::ModuleResourceStream stream(resource);
 
     stream.seekg(0, std::ios::end);
     descr.reserve(stream.tellg());
     stream.seekg(0, std::ios::beg);
 
     descr.assign((std::istreambuf_iterator<char>(stream)),
       std::istreambuf_iterator<char>());
   }
   //}
 
   DICOMReaderConfigurator::Pointer configurator = DICOMReaderConfigurator::New();
   DICOMFileReader::Pointer reader = configurator->CreateFromUTF8ConfigString(descr);
 
   return reader.GetPointer();
 };
 
 
   SimpleVolumeDICOMSeriesReaderService* SimpleVolumeDICOMSeriesReaderService::Clone() const
   {
     return new SimpleVolumeDICOMSeriesReaderService(*this);
   }
 
 }