diff --git a/infolog/templates/default/index.xet b/infolog/templates/default/index.xet
index 4c776612cb..e0e55983a1 100644
--- a/infolog/templates/default/index.xet
+++ b/infolog/templates/default/index.xet
@@ -58,9 +58,9 @@
 					<nextmatch-customfields id="customfields"/>
 					<nextmatch-header label="Category" id="cat_id"/>
 					<vbox>
-						<nextmatch-sortheader label="Startdate" id="info_startdate"/>
-						<nextmatch-sortheader label="Enddate" id="info_enddate"/>
-						<nextmatch-sortheader label="Date completed" id="info_datecompleted"/>
+						<nextmatch-sortheader label="Startdate" id="info_startdate" sortmode="DESC"/>
+						<nextmatch-sortheader label="Enddate" id="info_enddate" sortmode="DESC"/>
+						<nextmatch-sortheader label="Date completed" id="info_datecompleted" sortmode="DESC"/>
 					</vbox>
 					<vbox>
 						<nextmatch-sortheader label="Times" id="info_used_time"/>
diff --git a/mail/templates/default/index.xet b/mail/templates/default/index.xet
index e63c053f0b..533400513f 100644
--- a/mail/templates/default/index.xet
+++ b/mail/templates/default/index.xet
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@
 					<nextmatch-header statustext="Status" label="St." id="status"/>
 					<nextmatch-header statustext="attachments, ..." label="..." id="attachments"/>
 					<nextmatch-sortheader label="subject" id="subject"/>
-					<nextmatch-sortheader align="center" label="date" id="date"/>
+					<nextmatch-sortheader align="center" label="date" id="date" sortmode="DESC"/>
 					<nextmatch-sortheader label="mail-address" id="address"/>
 					<nextmatch-sortheader label="to" id="toaddress"/>
 					<nextmatch-sortheader label="from" id="fromaddress"/>