diff --git a/app/views/layouts/new_base_user.html.erb b/app/views/layouts/new_base_user.html.erb
index c6231de11..14c739009 100644
--- a/app/views/layouts/new_base_user.html.erb
+++ b/app/views/layouts/new_base_user.html.erb
@@ -232,10 +232,10 @@
 
         <% if @user.projects.visible.count > 0
            project_order_ids = "(" +
-            ForgeActivity.find_by_sql("SELECT  p.project_id, p.created_at FROM
-	(SELECT fa.project_id, MAX(fa.created_at) AS created_at FROM forge_activities fa WHERE fa.project_id IN (" + @user.projects.visible.select('projects.id').map{|p| p.id}.join(',') + ")
+            ForgeActivity.find_by_sql("SELECT  p.project_id, p.updated_at FROM
+	(SELECT fa.project_id, MAX(fa.updated_at) AS updated_at FROM forge_activities fa WHERE fa.project_id IN (" + @user.projects.visible.select('projects.id').map{|p| p.id}.join(',') + ")
 	GROUP BY fa.project_id) AS p
-	ORDER BY p.created_at DESC limit 5").map {|p| p.project_id}.join(",") + ")"
+	ORDER BY p.updated_at DESC limit 5").map {|p| p.project_id}.join(",") + ")"
          projects = Project.where("projects.id in #{project_order_ids}")
             else
              projects = []