diff --git a/app/react/components/datatables/useTableState.ts b/app/react/components/datatables/useTableState.ts
index daa01e51e..bd4d3957e 100644
--- a/app/react/components/datatables/useTableState.ts
+++ b/app/react/components/datatables/useTableState.ts
@@ -33,7 +33,8 @@ export function useTableStateWithStorage<T extends BasicTableSettings>(
 }
 
 export function useTableStateWithoutStorage(
-  defaultSortKey?: string
+  defaultSortKey?: string,
+  defaultSortDesc: boolean = false
 ): BasicTableSettings & {
   setSearch: (search: string) => void;
   search: string;
@@ -41,7 +42,7 @@ export function useTableStateWithoutStorage(
   const [search, setSearch] = useState('');
   const [pageSize, setPageSize] = useState(10);
   const [sortBy, setSortBy] = useState(
-    defaultSortKey ? { id: defaultSortKey, desc: false } : undefined
+    defaultSortKey ? { id: defaultSortKey, desc: defaultSortDesc } : undefined
   );
 
   return {
diff --git a/app/react/portainer/logs/ActivityLogsView/ActivityLogsView.tsx b/app/react/portainer/logs/ActivityLogsView/ActivityLogsView.tsx
index cae9d0702..240f29701 100644
--- a/app/react/portainer/logs/ActivityLogsView/ActivityLogsView.tsx
+++ b/app/react/portainer/logs/ActivityLogsView/ActivityLogsView.tsx
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ export function ActivityLogsView() {
     { start: Date; end: Date | null } | undefined
   >(undefined);
   const [page, setPage] = useState(0);
-  const tableState = useTableStateWithoutStorage('Timestamp');
+  const tableState = useTableStateWithoutStorage('Timestamp', true);
   const offset = page * tableState.pageSize;
 
   const query = {