diff --git a/application/controllers/Logbookadvanced.php b/application/controllers/Logbookadvanced.php
index 4975a7ac8..e597d29b3 100644
--- a/application/controllers/Logbookadvanced.php
+++ b/application/controllers/Logbookadvanced.php
@@ -159,7 +159,8 @@ class Logbookadvanced extends CI_Controller {
 			'qrzSent' => xss_clean($this->input->post('qrzSent')),
 			'qrzReceived' => xss_clean($this->input->post('qrzReceived')),
 			'distance' => xss_clean($this->input->post('distance')),
-			'sortorder' => xss_clean($this->input->post('sortorder'))
+			'sortcolumn' => xss_clean($this->input->post('sortcolumn')),
+			'sortdirection' => xss_clean($this->input->post('sortdirection'))
 		);
 	}
 
@@ -390,7 +391,8 @@ class Logbookadvanced extends CI_Controller {
 			'qrzReceived' => '',
 			'ids' => json_decode(xss_clean($this->input->post('ids'))),
 			'qsoids' => xss_clean($this->input->post('qsoids')),
-			'sortorder' => 'qsotimedesc'
+			'sortcolumn' => 'qsotime',
+			'sortdirection' => 'desc'
 		);
 
 		$result = $this->logbookadvanced_model->getSearchResultArray($searchCriteria);
diff --git a/application/models/Logbookadvanced_model.php b/application/models/Logbookadvanced_model.php
index 80e6445b9..ee85f82a1 100644
--- a/application/models/Logbookadvanced_model.php
+++ b/application/models/Logbookadvanced_model.php
@@ -604,26 +604,36 @@ class Logbookadvanced_model extends CI_Model {
 
 		$sortorder = '';
 
-		if ($searchCriteria['sortorder'] !== '') {
-			switch($searchCriteria['sortorder']) {
-				case 'qsotimedesc':
-					$sortorder .= ' ORDER BY qsos.COL_TIME_ON desc, qsos.COL_PRIMARY_KEY desc';
-					break;
-				case 'qsotimeasc':
-					$sortorder .= ' ORDER BY qsos.COL_TIME_ON asc, qsos.COL_PRIMARY_KEY asc';
+		$sortColumn = '';
+		$sortDirection = isset($searchCriteria['sortdirection']) && strtolower($searchCriteria['sortdirection']) === 'asc' ? 'asc' : 'desc';
+
+		if ($searchCriteria['sortcolumn'] !== '') {
+			switch($searchCriteria['sortcolumn']) {
+				case 'qsotime':
+					$sortColumn = 'qsos.COL_TIME_ON';
 					break;
 				case 'band':
-					$sortorder .= ' ORDER BY qsos.COL_BAND asc, qsos.COL_PRIMARY_KEY asc';
+					$sortColumn = 'qsos.COL_BAND';
 					break;
 				case 'mode':
-					$sortorder .= ' ORDER BY qsos.COL_MODE asc, qsos.COL_SUBMODE asc, qsos.COL_PRIMARY_KEY asc';
+					$sortColumn = 'qsos.COL_MODE';
 					break;
-				case 'qso_modifieddesc':
-					$sortorder .= ' ORDER BY qsos.last_modified desc, qsos.COL_PRIMARY_KEY desc';
+				case 'qsomodified':
+					$sortColumn = 'qsos.last_modified';
 					break;
 				default:
-					$sortorder .= ' ORDER BY qsos.COL_TIME_ON desc, qsos.COL_PRIMARY_KEY desc';
+					$sortColumn = 'qsos.COL_TIME_ON';
 			}
+
+			$secondarySort = $sortDirection === 'asc' ? 'asc' : 'desc';
+			$sortorder .= " ORDER BY $sortColumn $sortDirection";
+
+			// Add secondary sorts for mode column
+			if ($searchCriteria['sortdirection'] === 'mode') {
+				$sortorder .= ", qsos.COL_SUBMODE $sortDirection";
+			}
+
+			$sortorder .= ", qsos.COL_PRIMARY_KEY $secondarySort";
 		}
 
 		$sql = "
diff --git a/application/views/logbookadvanced/index.php b/application/views/logbookadvanced/index.php
index 134ea17ee..589f86426 100644
--- a/application/views/logbookadvanced/index.php
+++ b/application/views/logbookadvanced/index.php
@@ -509,13 +509,19 @@ $options = json_decode($options);
                                 </div>
 								<div class="row">
                                     <div class="mb-3 col-lg-2 col-md-2 col-sm-3 col-xl">
-                                        <label class="form-label" for="sortorder"><?= __("Sort order"); ?></label>
-										<select id="sortorder" name="sortorder" class="form-select form-select-sm border border-secondary">
-                                            <option value="qsotimedesc"><?= __("QSO Time descending"); ?></option>
-                                            <option value="qsotimeasc"><?= __("QSO Time ascending"); ?></option>
+                                        <label class="form-label" for="sortcolumn"><?= __("Sort column"); ?></label>
+										<select id="sortcolumn" name="sortcolumn" class="form-select form-select-sm border border-secondary">
+                                            <option value="qsotime"><?= __("QSO Time"); ?></option>
                                             <option value="band"><?= __("Band"); ?></option>
                                             <option value="mode"><?= __("Mode"); ?></option>
-                                            <option value="qso_modifieddesc"><?= __("QSO Modified descending"); ?></option>
+                                            <option value="qsomodified"><?= __("QSO Modified"); ?></option>
+                                        </select>
+                                    </div>
+									<div class="mb-3 col-lg-2 col-md-2 col-sm-3 col-xl">
+                                        <label class="form-label" for="sortdirection"><?= __("Sort direction"); ?></label>
+										<select id="sortdirection" name="sortdirection" class="form-select form-select-sm border border-secondary">
+                                            <option value="desc"><?= __("Descending"); ?></option>
+                                            <option value="asc"><?= __("Ascending"); ?></option>
                                         </select>
                                     </div>
                                 </div>
diff --git a/assets/js/sections/logbookadvanced.js b/assets/js/sections/logbookadvanced.js
index d05b3d4d2..5aa76e50a 100644
--- a/assets/js/sections/logbookadvanced.js
+++ b/assets/js/sections/logbookadvanced.js
@@ -764,7 +764,8 @@ $(document).ready(function () {
 				qrzSent: this.qrzSent.value,
 				qrzReceived: this.qrzReceived.value,
 				distance: this.distance.value,
-				sortorder: this.sortorder.value
+				sortcolumn: this.sortcolumn.value,
+				sortdirection: this.sortdirection.value
 			},
 			dataType: 'json',
 			success: function (data) {
diff --git a/assets/js/sections/logbookadvanced_map.js b/assets/js/sections/logbookadvanced_map.js
index 7f48662d3..753b5b96a 100644
--- a/assets/js/sections/logbookadvanced_map.js
+++ b/assets/js/sections/logbookadvanced_map.js
@@ -550,6 +550,8 @@ function getFormData(form) {
 		qrzSent: form.qrzSent.value,
 		qrzReceived: form.qrzReceived.value,
 		distance: form.distance.value,
+		sortcolumn: form.sortcolumn.value,
+		sortdirection: form.sortdirection.value
 	};
 }