diff --git a/client/src/components/task-list/task-list.component.jsx b/client/src/components/task-list/task-list.component.jsx
index 58b8e0e61..4116a27ed 100644
--- a/client/src/components/task-list/task-list.component.jsx
+++ b/client/src/components/task-list/task-list.component.jsx
@@ -134,7 +134,7 @@ function TaskListComponent({
     dataIndex: "created_at",
     key: "created_at",
     width: "8%",
-    defaultSortOrder: "ascend",
+    defaultSortOrder: "descend",
     sorter: true,
     sortOrder: sortcolumn === "created_at" && sortorder,
     render: (text, record) => <DateTimeFormatter>{record.created_at}</DateTimeFormatter>