diff --git a/radicle-tui/src/ui/widget/home.rs b/radicle-tui/src/ui/widget/home.rs
index 432c671a..832d5b21 100644
--- a/radicle-tui/src/ui/widget/home.rs
+++ b/radicle-tui/src/ui/widget/home.rs
@@ -88,7 +88,7 @@ impl IssueBrowser {
         }
 
         items.sort_by(|a, b| b.timestamp().cmp(a.timestamp()));
-        items.sort_by(|a, b| a.state().cmp(b.state()));
+        items.sort_by(|a, b| b.state().cmp(a.state()));
 
         let table = Widget::new(Table::new(&items, header, widths, theme.clone()))
             .highlight(theme.colors.item_list_highlighted_bg);
diff --git a/radicle-tui/src/ui/widget/issue.rs b/radicle-tui/src/ui/widget/issue.rs
index 908349dd..1f26ba6a 100644
--- a/radicle-tui/src/ui/widget/issue.rs
+++ b/radicle-tui/src/ui/widget/issue.rs
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ impl LargeList {
             .collect::<Vec<_>>();
 
         items.sort_by(|a, b| b.timestamp().cmp(a.timestamp()));
-        items.sort_by(|a, b| a.state().cmp(b.state()));
+        items.sort_by(|a, b| b.state().cmp(a.state()));
 
         let selected =
             selected.map(|(id, issue)| IssueItem::from((context.profile(), repo, id, issue)));