diff --git a/app/controllers/aspects_controller.rb b/app/controllers/aspects_controller.rb
index 4572e2048..9a4b0cd69 100644
--- a/app/controllers/aspects_controller.rb
+++ b/app/controllers/aspects_controller.rb
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ class AspectsController < ApplicationController
   def index
     aspect_ids = (params[:a_ids] ? params[:a_ids] : [])
     @stream = AspectStream.new(current_user, aspect_ids,
-                               :order => session[:sort_order],
+                               :order => sort_order,
                                :max_time => params[:max_time].to_i)
 
     if params[:only_posts]
@@ -148,4 +148,8 @@ class AspectsController < ApplicationController
     end
   end
 
+  def sort_order
+    is_mobile_device? ? 'created_at' : session[:sort_order]
+  end
+
 end