diff --git a/server/AyaNova/DataList/DataListSqlFilterOrderByBuilder.cs b/server/AyaNova/DataList/DataListSqlFilterOrderByBuilder.cs
index 010d66cf..3593796d 100644
--- a/server/AyaNova/DataList/DataListSqlFilterOrderByBuilder.cs
+++ b/server/AyaNova/DataList/DataListSqlFilterOrderByBuilder.cs
@@ -17,7 +17,14 @@ namespace AyaNova.DataList
 
             if (string.IsNullOrWhiteSpace(dataFilter.Sort))
             {
-                return string.Empty;//used to be default order by
+                //sort by default field descending which should in theory always be the id column of the main object in the list
+                //which should return the results to user with most recent records at the top if no sort order was specified
+                if(objectFieldsList[0].FieldKey=="df"){
+                    return $"ORDER BY {objectFieldsList[0].SqlIdColumnName} DESC";
+                }else{
+                    //no default column so no idea how to sort
+                    return string.Empty;
+                }               
             }
 
             StringBuilder sb = new StringBuilder();