diff --git a/ui/src/alerts/apis/index.js b/ui/src/alerts/apis/index.js
index e99e0188b..28ad7561f 100644
--- a/ui/src/alerts/apis/index.js
+++ b/ui/src/alerts/apis/index.js
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ import {proxy} from 'utils/queryUrlGenerator';
 export function getAlerts(proxyLink) {
   return proxy({
     source: proxyLink,
-    query: "select host, value, level, alertName from alerts",
+    query: "select host, value, level, alertName from alerts order by time desc",
     db: "chronograf",
   });
 }