diff --git a/isso/db/comments.py b/isso/db/comments.py
index 62cfad2..a66c248 100644
--- a/isso/db/comments.py
+++ b/isso/db/comments.py
@@ -110,7 +110,7 @@ class Comments:
         return dict(comment_count)
 
     def fetchall(self, mode=5, after=0, parent='any', order_by='id',
-                 limit=100, page=0):
+                 limit=100, page=0, asc=1):
         """
         Return comments for admin with :param:`mode`.
         """
@@ -138,10 +138,16 @@ class Comments:
 
         # custom sanitization
         if order_by not in ['id', 'created', 'modified', 'likes', 'dislikes', 'tid']:
-            order_by = 'id'
-        sql.append('ORDER BY ')
-        sql.append('comments.' + order_by + ", comments.created")
-        sql.append(' DESC')
+            sql.append('ORDER BY ')
+            sql.append("comments.created")
+            if not asc:
+                sql.append(' DESC')
+        else:
+            sql.append('ORDER BY ')
+            sql.append('comments.' + order_by)
+            if not asc:
+                sql.append(' DESC')
+            sql.append(", comments.created")
 
         if limit:
             sql.append('LIMIT ?,?')
diff --git a/isso/templates/admin.html b/isso/templates/admin.html
index 9d10816..376aa59 100644
--- a/isso/templates/admin.html
+++ b/isso/templates/admin.html
@@ -61,17 +61,17 @@ function delete_com(com_id, hash) {
     <div class="outer">
       <div class="filters">
         <div class="mode">
-          <a href="?mode=1&page={{page}}">
+          <a href="?mode=1&page={{page}}&order_by={{order_by}}">
             <span class="label label-valid {% if mode == 1 %}active{% endif %}">
               Valid ({{counts.get(1, 0)}})
             </span>
           </a>
-          <a href="?mode=2&page={{page}}">
+          <a href="?mode=2&page={{page}}&order_by={{order_by}}">
             <span class="label label-pending {% if mode == 2 %}active{% endif %}">
               Pending ({{counts.get(2, 0)}})
             </span>
           </a>
-          <a href="?mode=4&page={{page}}">
+          <a href="?mode=4&page={{page}}&order_by={{order_by}}">
             <span class="label label-staled {% if mode == 4 %}active{% endif %}">
               Staled ({{counts.get(4, 0)}})
             </span>
@@ -93,8 +93,24 @@ function delete_com(com_id, hash) {
               »
             </a>
           {% endif %}
+          / {{ max_page }}
         </div>
       </div>
+        <div class="filters order">
+          Order:
+          {% for order in ['id', 'created', 'modified', 'likes', 'dislikes'] %}
+            <a href="?mode={{mode}}&page={{page}}&order_by={{order}}&asc={{1 - asc}}">
+              <span class="label label-valid {% if order == order_by %}active{% endif %}">
+                {{ order }}
+                {% if order == order_by %}
+                  {% if asc %} ↑ {% else %} ↓ {% endif %}
+                {% else %}
+                  ↓
+                {% endif %}
+              </span>
+            </a>
+          {% endfor %}
+        </div>
     </div>
     <main>
     {% set thread_id = "no_id" %}
diff --git a/isso/views/comments.py b/isso/views/comments.py
index 7dfd423..9621d7d 100644
--- a/isso/views/comments.py
+++ b/isso/views/comments.py
@@ -520,11 +520,13 @@ class API(object):
             return render_template('login.html')
         page_size = 100
         page = int(req.args.get('page', 0))
-        order_by = req.args.get('order_by', "id")
+        order_by = req.args.get('order_by', None)
+        asc = int(req.args.get('asc', 1))
         mode = int(req.args.get('mode', 2))
         comments = self.comments.fetchall(mode=mode, page=page,
                                           limit=page_size,
-                                          order_by=order_by)
+                                          order_by=order_by,
+                                          asc=asc)
         comments_enriched = []
         for comment in list(comments):
             comment['hash'] = self.isso.sign(comment['id'])
@@ -535,4 +537,4 @@ class API(object):
                                page=int(page), mode=int(mode),
                                conf=self.conf, max_page=max_page,
                                counts=comment_mode_count,
-                               order_by=order_by)
+                               order_by=order_by, asc=asc)