diff --git a/grails-app/controllers/streama/UserActivityController.groovy b/grails-app/controllers/streama/UserActivityController.groovy
index 0d5fa7810..638efd4dd 100644
--- a/grails-app/controllers/streama/UserActivityController.groovy
+++ b/grails-app/controllers/streama/UserActivityController.groovy
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ class UserActivityController {
 
     def index(Integer max) {
       params.max = Math.min(max ?: 20, 100)
-      params.sort = 'id'
+      params.sort = params.sort ?: 'id'
       params.order = 'DESC'
       params.offset = params.int('offset') ?: 0