diff --git a/maildir.go b/maildir.go
index d102549..5785d38 100644
--- a/maildir.go
+++ b/maildir.go
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ import (
 	"os"
 	"path/filepath"
 	"strings"
-
+        "sort"
 	"github.com/mailhog/data"
 )
 
@@ -138,6 +138,11 @@ func (maildir *Maildir) List(start, limit int) (*data.Messages, error) {
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, err
 	}
+        sort.Slice(n, func(i, j int) bool {
+          return  n[i].ModTime().After(n[j].ModTime())
+        })
+
+
 
 	for _, fileinfo := range n {
 		b, err := ioutil.ReadFile(filepath.Join(maildir.Path, fileinfo.Name()))