diff --git a/app/controllers/aspects_controller.rb b/app/controllers/aspects_controller.rb
index f468dacf6..842bd73d7 100644
--- a/app/controllers/aspects_controller.rb
+++ b/app/controllers/aspects_controller.rb
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ class AspectsController < ApplicationController
     @selected_contacts = @aspects.map { |aspect| aspect.contacts }.flatten.uniq
     @aspect_ids = @aspects.map { |a| a.id }
     @posts = current_user.raw_visible_posts(:by_members_of => @aspect_ids, :type => 'StatusMessage', :order => session[:sort_order] + ' DESC', :page => params[:page]).includes(
-      :comments, :mentions, :likes, :dislikes).paginate(:page => params[:page], :per_page => 15, :order => session[:sort_order] + ' DESC')
+      :comments, :mentions, :likes, :dislikes).paginate(:page => params[:page], :per_page => 15, :order => "posts.#{session[:sort_order]} DESC")
     @fakes = PostsFake.new(@posts)
 
     @contact_count = current_user.contacts.count
diff --git a/lib/diaspora/user/querying.rb b/lib/diaspora/user/querying.rb
index c1cb79daa..62628e9c1 100644
--- a/lib/diaspora/user/querying.rb
+++ b/lib/diaspora/user/querying.rb
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ module Diaspora
         post_ids = Post.connection.execute(posts_from_others.select('posts.id').limit(opts[:limit]).order(order_with_table).to_sql).map{|r| r.first}
         post_ids += Post.connection.execute(posts_from_self.select('posts.id').limit(opts[:limit]).order(order_with_table).to_sql).map{|r| r.first}
 
-        Post.where(:id => post_ids, :pending => false, :type => opts[:type]).select('DISTINCT `posts`.*').limit(opts[:limit]).order(opts[:order])
+        Post.where(:id => post_ids, :pending => false, :type => opts[:type]).select('DISTINCT `posts`.*').limit(opts[:limit]).order(order_with_table)
       end
 
       def visible_photos
diff --git a/spec/models/user/querying_spec.rb b/spec/models/user/querying_spec.rb
index a9b17968b..ea60c9006 100644
--- a/spec/models/user/querying_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/models/user/querying_spec.rb
@@ -133,7 +133,7 @@ describe User do
     context 'with many posts' do
       before do
         bob.move_contact(eve.person, bob.aspects.first, bob.aspects.create(:name => 'new aspect'))
-        (1..18).each do |n|
+        (1..25).each do |n|
           [alice, bob, eve].each do |u|
             post = u.post :status_message, :text => "#{u.username} - #{n}", :to => u.aspects.first.id
             post.created_at = post.created_at - n*10*u.id