diff --git a/app/models/issue_query.rb b/app/models/issue_query.rb
index c55143ca8..dba45cb43 100644
--- a/app/models/issue_query.rb
+++ b/app/models/issue_query.rb
@@ -310,7 +310,7 @@ class IssueQuery < Query
       :order => options[:order],
       :limit => options[:limit],
       :offset => options[:offset]
-    )
+    ).reverse
   rescue ::ActiveRecord::StatementInvalid => e
     raise StatementInvalid.new(e.message)
   end
diff --git a/app/views/issues/_history.html.erb b/app/views/issues/_history.html.erb
index 5b55de2fb..e1e2de6a3 100644
--- a/app/views/issues/_history.html.erb
+++ b/app/views/issues/_history.html.erb
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 <% reply_links = authorize_for('issues', 'edit') -%>
-<% for journal in journals %>
+<% journals.reverse.each do |journal| %>
 <!-- modified by bai -->
 <div id="change-<%= journal.id %>" class="<%= journal.css_classes %>" style=" word-wrap: break-word; word-break: break-all">
 <!-- end -->