diff --git a/cli/commandsearch.cpp b/cli/commandsearch.cpp
index 0eaf069..02b95f2 100644
--- a/cli/commandsearch.cpp
+++ b/cli/commandsearch.cpp
@@ -7,24 +7,26 @@ int CommandSearch::handle(QStringList arguments)
 {
     QCommandLineParser parser;
     parser.addOptions({
-                          { { "r", "reverse" }, "Print most-recent changed files first" },
-                          { "pattern", "Only delete files from index matching the pattern, e. g. */.git/*. Only applies to --deleted or standalone.", "pattern" },
+                          { { "r", "reverse" }, "Print most-recent changed files first. This is short for adding \"sort:(mtime asc)\" to the query." },
                       });
 
     parser.addHelpOption();
-    parser.addPositionalArgument("delete", "Delete paths from the index", "delete [paths...]");
-
     parser.process(arguments);
-    bool reverse = parser.isSet("reverse");
-    if(reverse)
-    {
-        throw QSSGeneralException("Reverse option to be implemented");
-    }
 
 
     QStringList files = parser.positionalArguments();
     QString queryStrings = files.join(' ');
-    auto results = dbService->search(QSSQuery::build(queryStrings));
+    QSSQuery query = QSSQuery::build(queryStrings);
+    bool reverse = parser.isSet("reverse");
+    if(reverse)
+    {
+        SortCondition sc;
+        sc.field = FILE_MTIME;
+        sc.order = ASC;
+        query.addSortCondition(sc);
+    }
+
+    auto results = dbService->search(query);
 
     for(SearchResult &result : results)
     {
diff --git a/shared/qssquery.cpp b/shared/qssquery.cpp
index 1555665..3bdbef0 100644
--- a/shared/qssquery.cpp
+++ b/shared/qssquery.cpp
@@ -21,7 +21,12 @@ const QVector<SortCondition> &QSSQuery::getSortConditions() const
 
 QueryType QSSQuery::getQueryType()
 {
-   return static_cast<QueryType>(tokensMask & COMBINED);
+    return static_cast<QueryType>(tokensMask & COMBINED);
+}
+
+void QSSQuery::addSortCondition(SortCondition sc)
+{
+    this->sortConditions.append(sc);
 }
 
 bool QSSQuery::checkParanthesis(QString expression)
diff --git a/shared/qssquery.h b/shared/qssquery.h
index 09f238e..190a660 100644
--- a/shared/qssquery.h
+++ b/shared/qssquery.h
@@ -48,6 +48,7 @@ public:
     const QVector<SortCondition> & getSortConditions() const;
     QueryType getQueryType();
     int getTokensMask() const { return tokensMask; }
+    void addSortCondition(SortCondition sc);
     static bool checkParanthesis(QString query);
     static QSSQuery build(QString query);