diff --git a/CHANGES b/CHANGES
index 5b4dcedcb..2ab98f9b3 100644
--- a/CHANGES
+++ b/CHANGES
@@ -2603,3 +2603,5 @@
 * Add porkbun dns provider
 * Initial OpenID integration
 * dyndns: update dynamic dns of apps that are updating
+* logs: order existing logs by date
+
diff --git a/src/scripts/logtail.sh b/src/scripts/logtail.sh
index 7c0b6b974..399a231d5 100755
--- a/src/scripts/logtail.sh
+++ b/src/scripts/logtail.sh
@@ -17,4 +17,7 @@ while true; do
     esac
 done
 
-exec tail ${follow} --lines=${lines} "$@"
\ No newline at end of file
+# first sort the existing log lines
+tail --quiet --lines=${lines} -- "$@"  | sort -k1
+
+exec tail ${follow} --lines=0 "$@"
\ No newline at end of file