diff --git a/app/controllers/aspects_controller.rb b/app/controllers/aspects_controller.rb
index 9a4b0cd6994fc20c96b6da9f2a6d7bf6facd407f..66ebf6940ef5b21efa4970767761a5d2a1b53733 100644
--- a/app/controllers/aspects_controller.rb
+++ b/app/controllers/aspects_controller.rb
@@ -142,7 +142,7 @@ class AspectsController < ApplicationController
     if params[:sort_order].present?
       session[:sort_order] = (params[:sort_order] == 'created_at') ? 'created_at' : 'updated_at'
     elsif session[:sort_order].blank?
-      session[:sort_order] = 'updated_at'
+      session[:sort_order] = 'created_at'
     else
       session[:sort_order] = (session[:sort_order] == 'created_at') ? 'created_at' : 'updated_at'
     end
diff --git a/app/views/aspects/_aspect_stream.haml b/app/views/aspects/_aspect_stream.haml
index 29a6ccd5e6605a275906a322a87cc267136c0a55..01791295c9ec51f8d6a84a8522fa7fb46d9f2569 100644
--- a/app/views/aspects/_aspect_stream.haml
+++ b/app/views/aspects/_aspect_stream.haml
@@ -6,9 +6,9 @@
   #sort_by
     = t('.recently')
     %span.controls
-      = link_to_if(session[:sort_order] == 'created_at', t('.commented_on'), aspects_path(:a_ids => stream.aspect_ids, :sort_order => 'updated_at'))
-      ·
       = link_to_if(session[:sort_order] == 'updated_at', t('.posted'), aspects_path(:a_ids => stream.aspect_ids, :sort_order => 'created_at' ))
+      ·
+      = link_to_if(session[:sort_order] == 'created_at', t('.commented_on'), aspects_path(:a_ids => stream.aspect_ids, :sort_order => 'updated_at'))
 
   %h3
     - if stream.for_all_aspects?