diff --git a/core/modules/wiki.js b/core/modules/wiki.js
index 30bc5feb43..c5d551685e 100755
--- a/core/modules/wiki.js
+++ b/core/modules/wiki.js
@@ -375,25 +375,13 @@ exports.sortTiddlers = function(titles,sortField,isDescending,isCaseSensitive,is
 	if(sortField === "title") {
 		if(!isNumeric && !isAlphaNumeric) {
 			if(isCaseSensitive) {
-				if(isDescending) {
-					titles.sort(function(a,b) {
-						return b.localeCompare(a, locale);
-					});
-				} else {
-					titles.sort(function(a,b) {
-						return a.localeCompare(b, locale);
-					});
-				}	
+				titles.sort(function(a,b) {
+					return a.localeCompare(b, locale);
+				});
 			} else {
-				if(isDescending) {
-					titles.sort(function(a,b) {
-						return b.toLowerCase().localeCompare(a.toLowerCase(), locale);
-					});
-				} else {
-					titles.sort(function(a,b) {
-						return a.toLowerCase().localeCompare(b.toLowerCase(), locale);
-					});
-				}	
+				titles.sort(function(a,b) {
+					return a.toLowerCase().localeCompare(b.toLowerCase(), locale);
+				});
 			}
 		} else {
 			titles.sort(function(a,b) {
@@ -405,24 +393,24 @@ exports.sortTiddlers = function(titles,sortField,isDescending,isCaseSensitive,is
 						if(isNaN(y)) {
 							// If neither value is a number then fall through to a textual comparison
 						} else {
-							return isDescending ? -1 : 1;
+							return 1;
 						}
 					} else {
 						if(isNaN(y)) {
-							return isDescending ? 1 : -1;
+							return -1;
 						} else {
-							return isDescending ? y - x :  x - y;
+							return x - y;
 						}
 					}
 				}
 				if(isAlphaNumeric) {
-					return isDescending ? b.localeCompare(a,locale,{numeric: true,sensitivity: "base"}) : a.localeCompare(b,locale,{numeric: true,sensitivity: "base"});
+					return a.localeCompare(b,locale,{numeric: true,sensitivity: "base"});
 				}
 				if(!isCaseSensitive) {
 					a = a.toLowerCase();
 					b = b.toLowerCase();
 				}
-				return isDescending ? b.localeCompare(a, locale) : a.localeCompare(b, locale);
+				return a.localeCompare(b, locale);
 			});
 		}
 	} else {
@@ -449,31 +437,34 @@ exports.sortTiddlers = function(titles,sortField,isDescending,isCaseSensitive,is
 					if(isNaN(y)) {
 						// If neither value is a number then fall through to a textual comparison
 					} else {
-						return isDescending ? -1 : 1;
+						return 1;
 					}
 				} else {
 					if(isNaN(y)) {
-						return isDescending ? 1 : -1;
+						return -1;
 					} else {
-						return isDescending ? y - x :  x - y;
+						return x - y;
 					}
 				}
 			}
 			if(Object.prototype.toString.call(a) === "[object Date]" && Object.prototype.toString.call(b) === "[object Date]") {
-				return isDescending ? b - a : a - b;
+				return a - b;
 			}
 			a = String(a);
 			b = String(b);
 			if(isAlphaNumeric) {
-				return isDescending ? b.localeCompare(a,locale,{numeric: true,sensitivity: "base"}) : a.localeCompare(b,locale,{numeric: true,sensitivity: "base"});
+				return a.localeCompare(b,locale,{numeric: true,sensitivity: "base"});
 			}
 			if(!isCaseSensitive) {
 				a = a.toLowerCase();
 				b = b.toLowerCase();
 			}
-			return isDescending ? b.localeCompare(a, locale) : a.localeCompare(b, locale);
+			return a.localeCompare(b, locale);
 		});
 	}
+	if(isDescending) {
+		titles.reverse();
+	}
 };
 
 /*