diff --git a/changelog b/changelog
index 438613ad..d3f60585 100644
--- a/changelog
+++ b/changelog
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+  * set initial sorting to ascending order
   * add RFC2253 representation of subject and issuer
   * to copy&paste
   * fix dialog sizes for long DNs
diff --git a/widgets/XcaTreeView.cpp b/widgets/XcaTreeView.cpp
index c749057f..14df9079 100644
--- a/widgets/XcaTreeView.cpp
+++ b/widgets/XcaTreeView.cpp
@@ -64,6 +64,7 @@ XcaTreeView::XcaTreeView(QWidget *parent)
 	setEditTriggers(QAbstractItemView::EditKeyPressed);
 	setRootIsDecorated(false);
 	setUniformRowHeights (true);
+	//setAnimated(true);
 
 	proxy = new QSortFilterProxyModel(this);
 #if QT_VERSION >= 0x040200
@@ -74,6 +75,7 @@ XcaTreeView::XcaTreeView(QWidget *parent)
 	header()->setSortIndicatorShown(true);
 #endif
 	basemodel = NULL;
+	sortByColumn(0, Qt::AscendingOrder);
 }
 
 XcaTreeView::~XcaTreeView()