diff --git a/server/AyaNova/Startup.cs b/server/AyaNova/Startup.cs
index 13a090ff..5bdeb77a 100644
--- a/server/AyaNova/Startup.cs
+++ b/server/AyaNova/Startup.cs
@@ -380,7 +380,7 @@ namespace AyaNova
             // ******************** TESTING WIPE DB *****************************
             //
             //Set this to true to wipe the db and reinstall a trial license and re-seed the data
-            var TESTING_REFRESH_DB = false;//#############################################################################################
+            var TESTING_REFRESH_DB = true;//#############################################################################################
 
 #if (DEBUG)
             //TESTING
diff --git a/server/AyaNova/biz/FilterSqlOrderByBuilder.cs b/server/AyaNova/biz/FilterSqlOrderByBuilder.cs
index 4aae32e9..509bc4a9 100644
--- a/server/AyaNova/biz/FilterSqlOrderByBuilder.cs
+++ b/server/AyaNova/biz/FilterSqlOrderByBuilder.cs
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ namespace AyaNova.Biz
 
             if (string.IsNullOrWhiteSpace(dataFilter.Sort))
             {
-                return "";
+                return DefaultOrderBy();
             }
 
             StringBuilder sb = new StringBuilder();
diff --git a/server/AyaNova/util/AySchema.cs b/server/AyaNova/util/AySchema.cs
index f1011121..fc6d7134 100644
--- a/server/AyaNova/util/AySchema.cs
+++ b/server/AyaNova/util/AySchema.cs
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ namespace AyaNova.Util
         //!!!!WARNING: BE SURE TO UPDATE THE DbUtil::PrepareDatabaseForSeeding WHEN NEW TABLES ADDED!!!!
         private const int DESIRED_SCHEMA_LEVEL = 8;
 
-        internal const long EXPECTED_COLUMN_COUNT = 94;
+        internal const long EXPECTED_COLUMN_COUNT = 95;
         internal const long EXPECTED_INDEX_COUNT = 20;
 
         //!!!!WARNING: BE SURE TO UPDATE THE DbUtil::PrepareDatabaseForSeeding WHEN NEW TABLES ADDED!!!!
diff --git a/test/raven-integration/DataFilter/DataFilterOrderBy.cs b/test/raven-integration/DataFilter/DataFilterOrderBy.cs
index b567e0be..b1b779f2 100644
--- a/test/raven-integration/DataFilter/DataFilterOrderBy.cs
+++ b/test/raven-integration/DataFilter/DataFilterOrderBy.cs
@@ -11,7 +11,90 @@ namespace raven_integration
 
     public class DataFilterOrderBy
     {
+        public const string OpStartsWith = "%-";
 
+        /// <summary>
+        /// 
+        /// </summary>
+        [Fact]
+        public async void DefaultSortByIdWorks()
+        {
+
+            var WidgetNameStart = Util.Uniquify("DefaultSortByIdWorks");
+
+            //CREATE 3 TEST WIDGETS TO TEST ORDER
+            long FirstInOrderWidgetId = 0;
+            long SecondInOrderWidgetId = 0;
+            long ThirdInOrderWidgetId = 0;
+
+            dynamic w = new JObject();
+            w.name = Util.Uniquify(WidgetNameStart);
+            ApiResponse a = await Util.PostAsync("Widget", await Util.GetTokenAsync("manager", "l3tm3in"), w.ToString());
+            Util.ValidateDataReturnResponseOk(a);
+            ThirdInOrderWidgetId = a.ObjectResponse["data"]["id"].Value<long>();
+
+            w = new JObject();
+            w.name = Util.Uniquify(WidgetNameStart);
+            a = await Util.PostAsync("Widget", await Util.GetTokenAsync("manager", "l3tm3in"), w.ToString());
+            Util.ValidateDataReturnResponseOk(a);
+            SecondInOrderWidgetId = a.ObjectResponse["data"]["id"].Value<long>();
+
+            w = new JObject();
+            w.name = Util.Uniquify(WidgetNameStart);
+            a = await Util.PostAsync("Widget", await Util.GetTokenAsync("manager", "l3tm3in"), w.ToString());
+            Util.ValidateDataReturnResponseOk(a);
+            FirstInOrderWidgetId = a.ObjectResponse["data"]["id"].Value<long>();
+
+
+            //CREATE FILTER
+            dynamic d = new JObject();
+            d.name = Util.Uniquify(WidgetNameStart);
+            d["public"] = true;
+            d.listKey = "widget";
+            dynamic dfilter = new JArray();
+
+
+            //name starts with filter to constrict to widgets that this test block created only
+            dynamic DataFilterNameStart = new JObject();
+            DataFilterNameStart.fld = "name";
+            DataFilterNameStart.op = OpStartsWith;
+            DataFilterNameStart.value = WidgetNameStart;
+            dfilter.Add(DataFilterNameStart);
+            d.filter = dfilter.ToString();//it expects it to be a json string, not actual json
+
+            a = await Util.PostAsync("DataFilter", await Util.GetTokenAsync("manager", "l3tm3in"), d.ToString());
+            Util.ValidateDataReturnResponseOk(a);
+
+            long DataFilterId = a.ObjectResponse["data"]["id"].Value<long>();
+
+            //NOW FETCH WIDGET LIST WITH FILTER
+            a = await Util.GetAsync($"Widget/listwidgets?Offset=0&Limit=999&DataFilterId={DataFilterId.ToString()}", await Util.GetTokenAsync("manager", "l3tm3in"));
+            Util.ValidateDataReturnResponseOk(a);
+            Util.ValidateHTTPStatusCode(a, 200);
+
+            //assert contains exactly 3 records
+            ((JArray)a.ObjectResponse["data"]).Count.Should().Be(3);
+
+            //assert the order returned
+            a.ObjectResponse["data"][0]["id"].Value<long>().Should().Be(FirstInOrderWidgetId);
+            a.ObjectResponse["data"][1]["id"].Value<long>().Should().Be(SecondInOrderWidgetId);
+            a.ObjectResponse["data"][2]["id"].Value<long>().Should().Be(ThirdInOrderWidgetId);
+
+
+            a = await Util.DeleteAsync("Widget/" + FirstInOrderWidgetId.ToString(), await Util.GetTokenAsync("manager", "l3tm3in"));
+            Util.ValidateHTTPStatusCode(a, 204);
+
+            a = await Util.DeleteAsync("Widget/" + SecondInOrderWidgetId.ToString(), await Util.GetTokenAsync("manager", "l3tm3in"));
+            Util.ValidateHTTPStatusCode(a, 204);
+
+            a = await Util.DeleteAsync("Widget/" + ThirdInOrderWidgetId.ToString(), await Util.GetTokenAsync("manager", "l3tm3in"));
+            Util.ValidateHTTPStatusCode(a, 204);
+
+            //DELETE DATAFILTER
+            a = await Util.DeleteAsync("DataFilter/" + DataFilterId.ToString(), await Util.GetTokenAsync("manager", "l3tm3in"));
+            Util.ValidateHTTPStatusCode(a, 204);
+
+        }
 
     }//eoc
 }//eons