diff --git a/src/blackgui/components/statusmessagesdetail.cpp b/src/blackgui/components/statusmessagesdetail.cpp
index 0c4d8c1b8..ca9ab8138 100644
--- a/src/blackgui/components/statusmessagesdetail.cpp
+++ b/src/blackgui/components/statusmessagesdetail.cpp
@@ -120,6 +120,7 @@ namespace BlackGui
                 newMsgs.keepLatest(m_maxLogMessages);
             }
 
+            ui->tvp_StatusMessages->adjustOrderColumn(newMsgs);
             ui->tvp_StatusMessages->updateContainerMaybeAsync(newMsgs);
         }
 
diff --git a/src/blackgui/models/statusmessagelistmodel.cpp b/src/blackgui/models/statusmessagelistmodel.cpp
index 1e20e1e18..b5253b723 100644
--- a/src/blackgui/models/statusmessagelistmodel.cpp
+++ b/src/blackgui/models/statusmessagelistmodel.cpp
@@ -52,16 +52,23 @@ namespace BlackGui
             }
         }
 
+        void CStatusMessageListModel::adjustOrderColumn(const CStatusMessageList &messages)
+        {
+            this->setMode(m_mode, messages);
+        }
+
         void CStatusMessageListModel::setMode(CStatusMessageListModel::Mode mode)
         {
             m_columns.clear();
             m_sortColumn = CStatusMessage::IndexUtcTimestamp;
+            m_mode = mode;
 
             switch (mode)
             {
             case DetailedWithOrder:
                 m_columns.addColumn(CColumn::orderColumn());
                 m_sortColumn = CStatusMessage::IndexOrder;
+                m_sortOrder = Qt::DescendingOrder;
                 Q_FALLTHROUGH();
             case Detailed:
                 {
@@ -71,8 +78,6 @@ namespace BlackGui
                     m_columns.addColumn(col);
                     m_columns.addColumn(CColumn::standardString("message", CStatusMessage::IndexMessage));
                     m_columns.addColumn(CColumn::standardString("category", CStatusMessage::IndexCategoryHumanReadableOrTechnicalAsString));
-
-                    m_sortOrder = Qt::DescendingOrder;
                 }
                 break;
             case SimplifiedWithOrder:
@@ -86,9 +91,6 @@ namespace BlackGui
                     col.setSortPropertyIndex(CStatusMessage::IndexSeverityAsString);
                     m_columns.addColumn(col);
                     m_columns.addColumn(CColumn::standardString("message", CStatusMessage::IndexMessage));
-
-                    m_sortColumn = CStatusMessage::IndexUtcTimestamp;
-                    m_sortOrder = Qt::DescendingOrder;
                 }
                 break;
             }
diff --git a/src/blackgui/models/statusmessagelistmodel.h b/src/blackgui/models/statusmessagelistmodel.h
index a82a87067..7c09e872a 100644
--- a/src/blackgui/models/statusmessagelistmodel.h
+++ b/src/blackgui/models/statusmessagelistmodel.h
@@ -50,8 +50,14 @@ namespace BlackGui
             //! Set mode and adjust order/no order
             void setMode(Mode mode, const BlackMisc::CStatusMessageList &messages);
 
+            //! Adjust order column depending on messages
+            void adjustOrderColumn(const BlackMisc::CStatusMessageList &messages);
+
             //! \copydoc QAbstractItemModel::data
             virtual QVariant data(const QModelIndex &index, int role) const override;
+
+        private:
+            Mode m_mode; //!< used mode
         };
     } // ns
 } // ns
diff --git a/src/blackgui/views/statusmessageview.cpp b/src/blackgui/views/statusmessageview.cpp
index e0de111ae..b3bf1b97b 100644
--- a/src/blackgui/views/statusmessageview.cpp
+++ b/src/blackgui/views/statusmessageview.cpp
@@ -38,6 +38,11 @@ namespace BlackGui
             this->derivedModel()->setMode(mode, messages);
         }
 
+        void CStatusMessageView::adjustOrderColumn(const CStatusMessageList &messages)
+        {
+            this->derivedModel()->adjustOrderColumn(messages);
+        }
+
         void CStatusMessageView::addFilterDialog()
         {
             if (this->getFilterDialog()) { return; } // already existing
diff --git a/src/blackgui/views/statusmessageview.h b/src/blackgui/views/statusmessageview.h
index 667adb5ee..cf0a44808 100644
--- a/src/blackgui/views/statusmessageview.h
+++ b/src/blackgui/views/statusmessageview.h
@@ -40,6 +40,9 @@ namespace BlackGui
             //! Set mode and adjust order/no order
             void setMode(Models::CStatusMessageListModel::Mode mode, const BlackMisc::CStatusMessageList &messages);
 
+            //! \copydoc BlackGui::Models::CStatusMessageListModel::adjustOrderColumn
+            void adjustOrderColumn(const BlackMisc::CStatusMessageList &messages);
+
             //! Add my own filter dialog
             void addFilterDialog();