diff --git a/server/api/atlases.js b/server/api/atlases.js
index 2e1d9ce10..4e1d52a34 100644
--- a/server/api/atlases.js
+++ b/server/api/atlases.js
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 import Router from 'koa-router';
 import httpErrors from 'http-errors';
-import _orderBy from 'lodash/orderBy';
+import _orderBy from 'lodash/orderby';
 
 import auth from './authentication';
 import pagination from './middlewares/pagination';
diff --git a/server/presenters.js b/server/presenters.js
index 4f598c342..c835af72f 100644
--- a/server/presenters.js
+++ b/server/presenters.js
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+import _orderBy from 'lodash/orderby';
 import Document from './models/Document';
 
 export function presentUser(user) {
@@ -45,7 +46,7 @@ export function presentAtlas(atlas, includeRecentDocuments=false) {
       await Promise.all(documents.map(async (document) => {
         recentDocuments.push(await presentDocument(document, true));
       }))
-      data.recentDocuments = recentDocuments;
+      data.recentDocuments = _orderBy(recentDocuments, ['updatedAt'], ['desc']);
     }
 
     resolve(data);