diff --git a/changedetectionio/__init__.py b/changedetectionio/__init__.py
index 61e8ca3e..d3388972 100644
--- a/changedetectionio/__init__.py
+++ b/changedetectionio/__init__.py
@@ -430,15 +430,26 @@ def changedetection_app(config=None, datastore_o=None):
                                  has_unviewed=datastore.has_unviewed,
                                  hosted_sticky=os.getenv("SALTED_PASS", False) == False,
                                  queued_uuids=[q_uuid.item['uuid'] for q_uuid in update_q.queue],
+                                 sort_attribute=request.args.get('sort') if request.args.get('sort') else request.cookies.get('sort'),
+                                 sort_order=request.args.get('order') if request.args.get('order') else request.cookies.get('order'),
                                  system_default_fetcher=datastore.data['settings']['application'].get('fetch_backend'),
                                  tags=existing_tags,
                                  watches=sorted_watches
                                  )
 
-
         if session.get('share-link'):
             del(session['share-link'])
-        return output
+
+        resp = make_response(output)
+
+        # The template can run on cookie or url query info
+        if request.args.get('sort'):
+            resp.set_cookie('sort', request.args.get('sort'))
+        if request.args.get('order'):
+            resp.set_cookie('order', request.args.get('order'))
+
+        return resp
+
 
 
     # AJAX endpoint for sending a test
diff --git a/changedetectionio/model/Watch.py b/changedetectionio/model/Watch.py
index c2b48c2e..ca654d04 100644
--- a/changedetectionio/model/Watch.py
+++ b/changedetectionio/model/Watch.py
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ base_config = {
     'body': None,
     'check_unique_lines': False,  # On change-detected, compare against all history if its something new
     'check_count': 0,
+    'date_created': None,
     'consecutive_filter_failures': 0,  # Every time the CSS/xPath filter cannot be located, reset when all is fine.
     'extract_text': [],  # Extract text by regex after filters
     'extract_title_as_title': False,
diff --git a/changedetectionio/store.py b/changedetectionio/store.py
index f7bffbe8..123e5db7 100644
--- a/changedetectionio/store.py
+++ b/changedetectionio/store.py
@@ -316,7 +316,8 @@ class ChangeDetectionStore:
             # #Re 569
             new_watch = Watch.model(datastore_path=self.datastore_path, default={
                 'url': url,
-                'tag': tag
+                'tag': tag,
+                'date_created': int(time.time())
             })
 
             new_uuid = new_watch['uuid']
@@ -679,3 +680,13 @@ class ChangeDetectionStore:
             except:
                 continue
         return
+
+    # We don't know when the date_created was in the past until now, so just add an index number for now.
+    def update_11(self):
+        i = 0
+        for uuid, watch in self.data['watching'].items():
+            if not watch.get('date_created'):
+                watch['date_created'] = i
+            i+=1
+        return
+
diff --git a/changedetectionio/templates/watch-overview.html b/changedetectionio/templates/watch-overview.html
index 24027ff4..9aa5e5e7 100644
--- a/changedetectionio/templates/watch-overview.html
+++ b/changedetectionio/templates/watch-overview.html
@@ -49,18 +49,18 @@
         {% endfor %}
     </div>
 
-    {% set sort_order = request.args.get('order', 'asc') == 'asc' %}
-    {% set sort_attribute = request.args.get('sort', 'last_changed')   %}
+    {% set sort_order = sort_order or 'asc' %}
+    {% set sort_attribute = sort_attribute or 'last_changed'  %}
     {% set pagination_page = request.args.get('page', 0) %}
 
     <div id="watch-table-wrapper">
         <table class="pure-table pure-table-striped watch-table">
             <thead>
             <tr>
-                <th><input style="vertical-align: middle" type="checkbox" id="check-all"/> #</th>
-                <th></th>
-                {% set link_order = "desc" if sort_order else "asc" %}
+                {% set link_order = "desc" if sort_order  == 'asc' else "asc" %}
                 {% set arrow_span = "" %}
+                <th><input style="vertical-align: middle" type="checkbox" id="check-all"/> <a class="{{ 'active '+link_order if sort_attribute == 'date_created' else 'inactive' }}"  href="{{url_for('index', sort='date_created', order=link_order, tag=active_tag)}}"># <span class='arrow {{link_order}}'></span></a></th>
+                <th></th>
                 <th><a class="{{ 'active '+link_order if sort_attribute == 'label' else 'inactive' }}" href="{{url_for('index', sort='label', order=link_order, tag=active_tag)}}">Website <span class='arrow {{link_order}}'></span></a></th>
                 <th><a class="{{ 'active '+link_order if sort_attribute == 'last_checked' else 'inactive' }}" href="{{url_for('index', sort='last_checked', order=link_order, tag=active_tag)}}">Last Checked <span class='arrow {{link_order}}'></span></a></th>
                 <th><a class="{{ 'active '+link_order if sort_attribute == 'last_changed' else 'inactive' }}" href="{{url_for('index', sort='last_changed', order=link_order, tag=active_tag)}}">Last Changed <span class='arrow {{link_order}}'></span></a></th>
@@ -69,8 +69,7 @@
             </thead>
             <tbody>
 
-            {% set sorted_watches = watches|sort(attribute=sort_attribute, reverse=sort_order) %}
-            {% for watch in sorted_watches %}
+            {% for watch in watches|sort(attribute=sort_attribute, reverse=sort_order == 'asc') %}
 
             {# WIP for pagination, disabled for now
               {% if not ( loop.index >= 3 and loop.index <=4) %}{% continue %}{% endif %} -->