diff --git a/src/apps/content-editor/src/app/views/ItemList/ItemListTable.tsx b/src/apps/content-editor/src/app/views/ItemList/ItemListTable.tsx
index 50fb6fb7ea..08f89f3277 100644
--- a/src/apps/content-editor/src/app/views/ItemList/ItemListTable.tsx
+++ b/src/apps/content-editor/src/app/views/ItemList/ItemListTable.tsx
@@ -405,7 +405,16 @@ export const ItemListTable = memo(({ loading, rows }: ItemListTableProps) => {
       sortModel={sortModel}
       sortingMode="server"
       onSortModelChange={(newSortModel) => {
-        setSortModel(newSortModel);
+        if (!Object.entries(newSortModel)?.length) {
+          setSortModel([
+            {
+              field: "lastSaved",
+              sort: "desc",
+            },
+          ]);
+        } else {
+          setSortModel(newSortModel);
+        }
       }}
       onSelectionModelChange={(newSelection) => setSelectedItems(newSelection)}
       selectionModel={
diff --git a/src/apps/content-editor/src/app/views/ItemList/TableSortProvider.tsx b/src/apps/content-editor/src/app/views/ItemList/TableSortProvider.tsx
index 46af57c1a4..bb6bee3b40 100644
--- a/src/apps/content-editor/src/app/views/ItemList/TableSortProvider.tsx
+++ b/src/apps/content-editor/src/app/views/ItemList/TableSortProvider.tsx
@@ -15,7 +15,13 @@ type TableSortProviderType = {
   children?: React.ReactNode;
 };
 export const TableSortProvider = ({ children }: TableSortProviderType) => {
-  const [sortModel, setSortModel] = useState<GridSortModel>([]);
+  // Note: We always want it to default to lastSaved if no other sorting is applied
+  const [sortModel, setSortModel] = useState<GridSortModel>([
+    {
+      field: "lastSaved",
+      sort: "desc",
+    },
+  ]);
   const { modelZUID } = useRouterParams<{ modelZUID: string }>();
 
   useLayoutEffect(() => {