diff --git a/shared/sqlitesearch.cpp b/shared/sqlitesearch.cpp
index d30c65e..7fd18a4 100644
--- a/shared/sqlitesearch.cpp
+++ b/shared/sqlitesearch.cpp
@@ -194,8 +194,8 @@ QPair<QString, QVector<QString>> SqliteSearch::createSql(const SqliteSearch::Tok
 QSqlQuery SqliteSearch::makeSqlQuery(const QVector<SqliteSearch::Token> &tokens)
 {
 	QString whereSql;
-	QString sortSql;
 	QString limitSql;
+	QString sortSql;
 	QVector<QString> bindValues;
 	bool isContentSearch = false;
 	for(const Token &c : tokens)
@@ -223,6 +223,10 @@ QSqlQuery SqliteSearch::makeSqlQuery(const QVector<SqliteSearch::Token> &tokens)
 	QString prepSql;
 	if(isContentSearch)
 	{
+		if(sortSql.isEmpty())
+		{
+			sortSql = "ORDER BY file.mtime DESC, content.page ASC";
+		}
 		prepSql =
 			"SELECT file.path AS path, group_concat(content.page) AS pages, file.mtime AS mtime, file.size AS size, "
 			"file.filetype AS filetype FROM file INNER JOIN content ON file.id = content.fileid WHERE 1=1 AND " +
@@ -230,6 +234,10 @@ QSqlQuery SqliteSearch::makeSqlQuery(const QVector<SqliteSearch::Token> &tokens)
 	}
 	else
 	{
+		if(sortSql.isEmpty())
+		{
+			sortSql = "ORDER BY file.mtime DESC";
+		}
 		prepSql = "SELECT file.path AS path, '0' as pages,  file.mtime AS mtime, file.size AS size, file.filetype AS "
 				  "filetype FROM file WHERE  1=1 AND " +
 				  whereSql + " " + sortSql;