diff --git a/phpgwapi/inc/class.accounts_ldap.inc.php b/phpgwapi/inc/class.accounts_ldap.inc.php
index ee9d23e105..0f16b4c64a 100644
--- a/phpgwapi/inc/class.accounts_ldap.inc.php
+++ b/phpgwapi/inc/class.accounts_ldap.inc.php
@@ -643,7 +643,7 @@ class accounts_ldap
 	 *	or integer group-id for a list of members of that group
 	 * @param $param['start'] int first account to return (returns offset or max_matches entries) or all if not set
 	 * @param $param['order'] string column to sort after, default account_lid if unset
-	 * @param $param['sort'] string 'ASC' or 'DESC', default 'DESC' if not set
+	 * @param $param['sort'] string 'ASC' or 'DESC', default 'ASC' if not set
 	 * @param $param['query'] string to search for, no search if unset or empty
 	 * @param $param['query_type'] string:
 	 *	'all'   - query all fields for containing $param[query]
@@ -657,7 +657,7 @@ class accounts_ldap
 	 */
 	function search($param)
 	{
-		//echo "<p>accounts_ldap::search(".print_r($param,true)."): ".microtime()."</p>\n";
+		//error_log(__METHOD__."(".array2string($param).")");
 		$account_search =& accounts::$cache['account_search'];
 
 		// check if the query is cached
@@ -875,7 +875,7 @@ class accounts_ldap
 	 *
 	 * @var string
 	 */
-	private $_callback_sort = 'DESC';
+	private $_callback_sort = 'ASC';
 	/**
 	 * column_names to sort by
 	 *
@@ -894,7 +894,7 @@ class accounts_ldap
 	{
 		foreach($this->_callback_order as $col )
 		{
-			if($this->_callback_sort == 'ASC')
+			if($this->_callback_sort != 'DESC')
 			{
 				$cmp = strcasecmp( $a[$col], $b[$col] );
 			}