diff --git a/lib/api/entries/index.js b/lib/api/entries/index.js
index 21b59aa9b1a..0f1113ab2c6 100644
--- a/lib/api/entries/index.js
+++ b/lib/api/entries/index.js
@@ -472,11 +472,6 @@ function configure (app, wares, ctx, env) {
       });
     } else {
       inMemoryCollection = ctx.cache.getData('entries');
-
-      inMemoryCollection = _.sortBy(inMemoryCollection, function(item) {
-        const age = item.mills | item.date;
-        return age;
-      }).reverse();
     }
 
     if (inMemoryPossible && query.count <= inMemoryCollection.length) {
diff --git a/lib/server/entries.js b/lib/server/entries.js
index 50c8e0cc41a..7e6ac90d35f 100644
--- a/lib/server/entries.js
+++ b/lib/server/entries.js
@@ -99,8 +99,11 @@ function storage (env, ctx) {
 
       // Normalize dates to be in UTC, store offset in utcOffset
 
-      var _sysTime = moment(doc.dateString).isValid() ? moment.parseZone(doc.dateString) : moment(doc.date);
-      _sysTime = _sysTime.isValid() ? _sysTime : moment();
+      var _sysTime;
+
+      if (doc.dateString) { _sysTime = moment.parseZone(doc.dateString); }
+      if (!_sysTime && doc.date) { _sysTime = moment(doc.date); }
+      if (!_sysTime) _sysTime = moment();
 
       doc.utcOffset = _sysTime.utcOffset();
       doc.sysTime = _sysTime.toISOString();
@@ -163,17 +166,11 @@ function storage (env, ctx) {
   api.aggregate = require('./aggregate')({}, api);
   api.indexedFields = [
     'date'
-    
     , 'type'
-    
     , 'sgv'
-    
     , 'mbg'
-    
     , 'sysTime'
-    
     , 'dateString'
-    
     , { 'type': 1, 'date': -1, 'dateString': 1 }
  ];
   return api;
diff --git a/tests/api.entries.test.js b/tests/api.entries.test.js
index cbb1c885631..07fe0cc4aeb 100644
--- a/tests/api.entries.test.js
+++ b/tests/api.entries.test.js
@@ -4,8 +4,12 @@ var request = require('supertest');
 var load = require('./fixtures/load');
 var bootevent = require('../lib/server/bootevent');
 var language = require('../lib/language')();
+const _ = require('lodash');
+
 require('should');
 
+const FIVE_MINUTES=1000*60*5;
+ 
 describe('Entries REST api', function ( ) {
   var entries = require('../lib/api/entries/');
   var self = this;
@@ -24,17 +28,38 @@ describe('Entries REST api', function ( ) {
     bootevent(self.env, language).boot(function booted (ctx) {
       self.app.use('/', entries(self.app, self.wares, ctx, self.env));
       self.archive = require('../lib/server/entries')(self.env, ctx);
-
-      var creating = load('json');
-      creating.push({type: 'sgv', sgv: 100, date: Date.now()});
-      self.archive.create(creating, done);
+      self.ctx = ctx;
+      done();
     });
   });
 
   beforeEach(function (done) {
     var creating = load('json');
-    creating.push({type: 'sgv', sgv: 100, date: Date.now()});
-    self.archive.create(creating, done);
+
+    for (let i = 0; i < 20; i++) {
+      const e = {type: 'sgv', sgv: 100, date: Date.now()};
+      e.date = e.date - FIVE_MINUTES * i;
+      creating.push(e);
+    }
+
+    creating = _.sortBy(creating, function(item) {
+      return item.date;
+    });
+
+    function setupDone() {
+      console.log('Setup complete');
+      done();
+    }
+
+    function waitForASecond() {
+      // wait for event processing of cache entries to actually finish
+      setTimeout(function() {
+        setupDone();
+       }, 100);
+    }
+
+    self.archive.create(creating, waitForASecond);
+
   });
 
   afterEach(function (done) {
@@ -89,6 +114,23 @@ describe('Entries REST api', function ( ) {
       });
   });
 
+  it('gets entries in right order without type specifier', function (done) {
+    var defaultCount = 10;
+    request(self.app)
+      .get('/entries.json')
+      .expect(200)
+      .end(function (err, res) {
+        res.body.should.be.instanceof(Array).and.have.lengthOf(defaultCount);
+        
+        var array = res.body;
+        var firstEntry = array[0];
+        var secondEntry = array[1];
+        
+        firstEntry.date.should.be.above(secondEntry.date);
+        
+        done( );
+      });
+  });
 
   it('/echo/ api shows query', function (done) {
     request(self.app)