diff --git a/src/documents/views.py b/src/documents/views.py
index 68addd0f4..093139a0f 100644
--- a/src/documents/views.py
+++ b/src/documents/views.py
@@ -364,6 +364,7 @@ class DocumentViewSet(
     def get_queryset(self):
         return (
             Document.objects.distinct()
+            .order_by("-created")
             .annotate(num_notes=Count("notes"))
             .select_related("correspondent", "storage_path", "document_type", "owner")
             .prefetch_related("tags", "custom_fields", "notes")