diff --git a/app/controllers/recurring_item_ranges_controller.rb b/app/controllers/recurring_item_ranges_controller.rb
index ca95114444a3045adb828818853494f27a1c79e7..790a4d8be792fcaa6c64e9b0e9da05e456ae5218 100644
--- a/app/controllers/recurring_item_ranges_controller.rb
+++ b/app/controllers/recurring_item_ranges_controller.rb
@@ -9,7 +9,9 @@ class RecurringItemRangesController < ApplicationController
          :redirect_to => { :action => :list }
 
   def list
-    @recurring_item_range_pages, @recurring_item_ranges = paginate :recurring_item_ranges, :per_page => 10
+    @recurring_item_range_pages, @recurring_item_ranges = paginate(
+     :recurring_item_ranges, :per_page => 10,
+     :order => "recurring_item_id, startdate")
   end
 
   def show