lib/PublicInbox/Search.pm | 2 +-

diff --git a/lib/PublicInbox/Search.pm b/lib/PublicInbox/Search.pm
index fd79b63f6311a7539df8d5e1e6869573a538ece7..1874ee9df6d4a6d7ef92881def30abc2aee7a44f 100644
--- a/lib/PublicInbox/Search.pm
+++ b/lib/PublicInbox/Search.pm
@@ -118,7 +118,7 @@ 	$enquire->set_query($query);
 	if ($opts->{relevance}) {
 		$enquire->set_sort_by_relevance_then_value(TS, 1);
 	} else {
-		$enquire->set_sort_by_value(TS, 1);
+		$enquire->set_sort_by_value_then_relevance(TS, 1);
 	}
 	$opts ||= {};
 	my $offset = $opts->{offset} || 0;