diff --git a/frontend_tests/node_tests/drafts.js b/frontend_tests/node_tests/drafts.js
index 776a5ac24d..36ffd7f84a 100644
--- a/frontend_tests/node_tests/drafts.js
+++ b/frontend_tests/node_tests/drafts.js
@@ -257,27 +257,13 @@ run_test('format_drafts', () => {
 
     var expected = [
         {
-            draft_id: 'id3',
+            draft_id: 'id1',
             is_stream: true,
-            stream: 'stream 2',
+            stream: 'stream',
             stream_color: '#FFFFFF',
             topic: 'topic',
-            raw_content: 'Test Stream Message 2',
-            time_stamp: 'Jan 21',
-        },
-        {
-            draft_id: 'id4',
-            is_stream: false,
-            recipients: 'aaron',
-            raw_content: 'Test Private Message 2',
-            time_stamp: 'Jan 26',
-        },
-        {
-            draft_id: 'id5',
-            is_stream: false,
-            recipients: 'aaron',
-            raw_content: 'Test Private Message 3',
-            time_stamp: 'Jan 29',
+            raw_content: 'Test Stream Message',
+            time_stamp: '7:55 AM',
         },
         {
             draft_id: 'id2',
@@ -287,13 +273,27 @@ run_test('format_drafts', () => {
             time_stamp: 'Jan 30',
         },
         {
-            draft_id: 'id1',
+            draft_id: 'id5',
+            is_stream: false,
+            recipients: 'aaron',
+            raw_content: 'Test Private Message 3',
+            time_stamp: 'Jan 29',
+        },
+        {
+            draft_id: 'id4',
+            is_stream: false,
+            recipients: 'aaron',
+            raw_content: 'Test Private Message 2',
+            time_stamp: 'Jan 26',
+        },
+        {
+            draft_id: 'id3',
             is_stream: true,
-            stream: 'stream',
+            stream: 'stream 2',
             stream_color: '#FFFFFF',
             topic: 'topic',
-            raw_content: 'Test Stream Message',
-            time_stamp: '7:55 AM',
+            raw_content: 'Test Stream Message 2',
+            time_stamp: 'Jan 21',
         },
     ];
 
diff --git a/static/js/drafts.js b/static/js/drafts.js
index 975a15f278..96deadfed3 100644
--- a/static/js/drafts.js
+++ b/static/js/drafts.js
@@ -277,7 +277,7 @@ exports.launch = function () {
         var unsorted_raw_drafts = _.values(data);
 
         var sorted_raw_drafts = unsorted_raw_drafts.sort(function (draft_a, draft_b) {
-            return draft_a.updatedAt - draft_b.updatedAt;
+            return draft_b.updatedAt - draft_a.updatedAt;
         });
 
         var sorted_formatted_drafts = _.filter(_.map(sorted_raw_drafts, exports.format_draft));
@@ -463,12 +463,12 @@ exports.open_modal = function () {
 
 exports.set_initial_element = function (drafts) {
     if (drafts.length > 0) {
-        var curr_draft_id = drafts[drafts.length - 1].draft_id;
+        var curr_draft_id = drafts[0].draft_id;
         var selector = '[data-draft-id="' + curr_draft_id + '"]';
         var curr_draft_element = document.querySelectorAll(selector);
         var focus_element = curr_draft_element[0].children[0];
         activate_element(focus_element);
-        $(".drafts-list")[0].scrollTop = $('.drafts-list')[0].scrollHeight - $('.drafts-list').height();
+        $(".drafts-list")[0].scrollTop = 0;
     }
 };