lib/PublicInbox/Search.pm | 4 ++--

diff --git a/lib/PublicInbox/Search.pm b/lib/PublicInbox/Search.pm
index 831c4fd786144352e426026b6d5cbe3908d26791..8b32ef38675262f1055be21b2e82b211781423c6 100644
--- a/lib/PublicInbox/Search.pm
+++ b/lib/PublicInbox/Search.pm
@@ -115,9 +115,9 @@ 		$query = $mail_query;
 	}
 	$enquire->set_query($query);
 	if ($opts->{relevance}) {
-		$enquire->set_sort_by_relevance_then_value(TS, 0);
+		$enquire->set_sort_by_relevance_then_value(TS, 1);
 	} else {
-		$enquire->set_sort_by_value(TS, 0);
+		$enquire->set_sort_by_value(TS, 1);
 	}
 	$opts ||= {};
 	my $offset = $opts->{offset} || 0;