diff --git a/awx/ui/client/src/controllers/Jobs.js b/awx/ui/client/src/controllers/Jobs.js
index af18ee2208..27cbd6f8f5 100644
--- a/awx/ui/client/src/controllers/Jobs.js
+++ b/awx/ui/client/src/controllers/Jobs.js
@@ -66,7 +66,7 @@ export function JobsListController ($rootScope, $log, $scope, $compile, $statePa
             scope: jobs_scope,
             list: AllJobsList,
             id: 'active-jobs',
-            url: GetBasePath('unified_jobs') + '?status__in=pending,waiting,running,completed,failed,successful,error,canceled',
+            url: GetBasePath('unified_jobs') + '?status__in=pending,waiting,running,completed,failed,successful,error,canceled&order_by=-finished',
             searchParams: search_params,
             spinner: false
         });
diff --git a/awx/ui/client/src/helpers/search.js b/awx/ui/client/src/helpers/search.js
index cfd917ba55..fe9beb86ad 100644
--- a/awx/ui/client/src/helpers/search.js
+++ b/awx/ui/client/src/helpers/search.js
@@ -302,6 +302,7 @@ export default
                         url += connect + scope[iterator + 'ExtraParms'];
                     }
                     url = url.replace(/\&\&/g, '&').replace(/\?\&/,'?');
+
                     if (calcOnly) {
                         scope.$emit('searchParamsReady', url);
                     }
diff --git a/awx/ui/client/src/lists/AllJobs.js b/awx/ui/client/src/lists/AllJobs.js
index 1f05eaea8b..eebb136749 100644
--- a/awx/ui/client/src/lists/AllJobs.js
+++ b/awx/ui/client/src/lists/AllJobs.js
@@ -34,8 +34,6 @@ export default
                 ]
             },
             id: {
-                key: true,
-                desc: true,
                 label: 'ID',
                 ngClick:"viewJobDetails(all_job)",
                 searchType: 'int',