diff --git a/src/pylorax/api/recipes.py b/src/pylorax/api/recipes.py
index 8b0faa6c..700662f9 100644
--- a/src/pylorax/api/recipes.py
+++ b/src/pylorax/api/recipes.py
@@ -568,7 +568,7 @@ def list_commits(repo, branch, filename):
     :raises: Can raise errors from Ggit
     """
     revwalk = Git.RevisionWalker.new(repo)
-    revwalk.set_sort_mode(Git.SortMode.TIME | Git.SortMode.REVERSE)
+    revwalk.set_sort_mode(Git.SortMode.TIME)
     branch_ref = "refs/heads/%s" % branch
     revwalk.push_ref(branch_ref)
 
diff --git a/tests/pylorax/test_recipes.py b/tests/pylorax/test_recipes.py
index cf1da3a2..cd6110cc 100644
--- a/tests/pylorax/test_recipes.py
+++ b/tests/pylorax/test_recipes.py
@@ -188,7 +188,7 @@ class GitRecipesTest(unittest.TestCase):
 
         commits = recipes.list_commits(self.repo, "master", "http-server.toml")
         self.assertEqual(len(commits), 2, "Wrong number of commits: %s" % commits)
-        self.assertEqual(commits[1].message, "Recipe http-server.toml reverted to commit %s" % revert_to)
+        self.assertEqual(commits[0].message, "Recipe http-server.toml reverted to commit %s" % revert_to)
 
     def test_10_tag_new_commit(self):
         """Test tagging a newer commit of a recipe"""