diff --git a/src/blackgui/components/aircraftmodelvalidationcomponent.cpp b/src/blackgui/components/aircraftmodelvalidationcomponent.cpp
index d2b99894b..a6f3f440e 100644
--- a/src/blackgui/components/aircraftmodelvalidationcomponent.cpp
+++ b/src/blackgui/components/aircraftmodelvalidationcomponent.cpp
@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@ namespace BlackGui
             ui->setupUi(this);
             ui->comp_Simulator->setMode(CSimulatorSelector::ComboBox);
             ui->comp_Simulator->setRememberSelection(false);
+            ui->comp_Messages->setNoSorting(); // keep order
 
             const CAircraftMatcherSetup setup = m_matchingSettings.get();
             ui->cb_EnableStartupCheck->setChecked(setup.doVerificationAtStartup());
@@ -60,7 +61,11 @@ namespace BlackGui
             ui->tvp_InvalidModels->updateContainerMaybeAsync(invalid);
             ui->comp_Simulator->setValue(simulator);
             ui->comp_Messages->clear();
-            ui->comp_Messages->appendStatusMessagesToList(msgs);
+
+            if (!msgs.isEmpty())
+            {
+                ui->comp_Messages->appendStatusMessagesToList(msgs.isSortedLatestLast() ? CStatusMessageList(msgs.reversed()) : msgs);
+            }
 
             const QString msg = stopped ?
                                 QStringLiteral("Validation for '%1' stopped, maybe your models are not accessible").arg(simulator.toQString(true)) :
diff --git a/src/blackmisc/simulation/backgroundvalidation.cpp b/src/blackmisc/simulation/backgroundvalidation.cpp
index 1931e9e0b..16854e2bb 100644
--- a/src/blackmisc/simulation/backgroundvalidation.cpp
+++ b/src/blackmisc/simulation/backgroundvalidation.cpp
@@ -131,7 +131,6 @@ namespace BlackMisc
                 const qint64 now = QDateTime::currentMSecsSinceEpoch();
                 const qint64 deltaTimeMs = now - started;
                 msgs.push_back(CStatusMessage(this, CStatusMessage::SeverityInfo, QStringLiteral("Validated in %1ms").arg(deltaTimeMs)));
-                msgs.setNewTimestampStartingLast(now, -1);
 
                 validated = true;