diff --git a/src/public/app/dialogs/recent_changes.js b/src/public/app/dialogs/recent_changes.js
index d008fce35..a53520702 100644
--- a/src/public/app/dialogs/recent_changes.js
+++ b/src/public/app/dialogs/recent_changes.js
@@ -16,18 +16,18 @@ export async function showDialog(ancestorNoteId) {
         ancestorNoteId = hoistedNoteService.getHoistedNoteId();
     }
 
-    const result = await server.get('recent-changes/' + ancestorNoteId);
+    const recentChangesRows = await server.get('recent-changes/' + ancestorNoteId);
 
     // preload all notes into cache
-    await treeCache.getNotes(result.map(r => r.noteId), true);
+    await treeCache.getNotes(recentChangesRows.map(r => r.noteId), true);
 
     $content.empty();
 
-    if (result.length === 0) {
+    if (recentChangesRows.length === 0) {
         $content.append("No changes yet ...");
     }
 
-    const groupedByDate = groupByDate(result);
+    const groupedByDate = groupByDate(recentChangesRows);
 
     for (const [dateDay, dayChanges] of groupedByDate) {
         const $changesList = $('<ul>');
@@ -95,10 +95,10 @@ export async function showDialog(ancestorNoteId) {
     }
 }
 
-function groupByDate(result) {
+function groupByDate(rows) {
     const groupedByDate = new Map();
 
-    for (const row of result) {
+    for (const row of rows) {
         const dateDay = row.date.substr(0, 10);
 
         if (!groupedByDate.has(dateDay)) {
diff --git a/src/routes/api/recent_changes.js b/src/routes/api/recent_changes.js
index a4049072a..333be1f65 100644
--- a/src/routes/api/recent_changes.js
+++ b/src/routes/api/recent_changes.js
@@ -8,69 +8,55 @@ const noteCacheService = require('../../services/note_cache');
 async function getRecentChanges(req) {
     const {ancestorNoteId} = req.params;
 
-    const noteRows = await sql.getRows(
-        `
-        SELECT * FROM (
-            SELECT note_revisions.noteId,
-                   note_revisions.noteRevisionId,
-                   note_revisions.dateLastEdited AS date
-            FROM note_revisions
-            ORDER BY note_revisions.dateLastEdited DESC
-        )
-        UNION ALL SELECT * FROM (
-            SELECT 
-                   notes.noteId,
-                   NULL AS noteRevisionId,
-                   dateModified AS date 
-            FROM notes 
-            ORDER BY dateModified DESC
-        )
-        ORDER BY date DESC`);
+    let recentChanges = [];
 
-    const recentChanges = [];
+    const noteRevisions = await sql.getRows(`
+        SELECT 
+            notes.noteId,
+            notes.isDeleted AS current_isDeleted,
+            notes.deleteId AS current_deleteId,
+            notes.isErased AS current_isErased,
+            notes.title AS current_title,
+            notes.isProtected AS current_isProtected,
+            note_revisions.title,
+            note_revisions.utcDateCreated AS utcDate,
+            note_revisions.dateCreated AS date
+        FROM 
+            note_revisions
+            JOIN notes USING(noteId)`);
 
-    for (const noteRow of noteRows) {
-        if (!noteCacheService.isInAncestor(noteRow.noteId, ancestorNoteId)) {
-            continue;
-        }
-
-        if (noteRow.noteRevisionId) {
-            recentChanges.push(await sql.getRow(`
-                SELECT 
-                    notes.noteId,
-                    notes.isDeleted AS current_isDeleted,
-                    notes.deleteId AS current_deleteId,
-                    notes.isErased AS current_isErased,
-                    notes.title AS current_title,
-                    notes.isProtected AS current_isProtected,
-                    note_revisions.title,
-                    note_revisions.dateCreated AS date
-                FROM 
-                    note_revisions
-                    JOIN notes USING(noteId)
-                WHERE noteRevisionId = ?`, [noteRow.noteRevisionId]));
-        }
-        else {
-            recentChanges.push(await sql.getRow(`
-                SELECT
-                    notes.noteId,
-                    notes.isDeleted AS current_isDeleted,
-                    notes.deleteId AS current_deleteId,
-                    notes.isErased AS current_isErased,
-                    notes.title AS current_title,
-                    notes.isProtected AS current_isProtected,
-                    notes.title,
-                    notes.dateModified AS date
-                FROM
-                    notes
-                WHERE noteId = ?`, [noteRow.noteId]));
-        }
-
-        if (recentChanges.length >= 200) {
-            break;
+    for (const noteRevision of noteRevisions) {
+        if (noteCacheService.isInAncestor(noteRevision.noteId, ancestorNoteId)) {
+            recentChanges.push(noteRevision);
         }
     }
 
+    const notes = await sql.getRows(`
+        SELECT
+            notes.noteId,
+            notes.isDeleted AS current_isDeleted,
+            notes.deleteId AS current_deleteId,
+            notes.isErased AS current_isErased,
+            notes.title AS current_title,
+            notes.isProtected AS current_isProtected,
+            notes.title,
+            notes.utcDateCreated AS utcDate,
+            notes.dateCreated AS date
+        FROM
+            notes`);
+
+    for (const note of notes) {
+        if (noteCacheService.isInAncestor(note.noteId, ancestorNoteId)) {
+            recentChanges.push(note);
+        }
+    }
+
+    recentChanges.sort((a, b) => a.utcDate > b.utcDate ? -1 : 1);
+
+    recentChanges = recentChanges.slice(0, Math.min(500, recentChanges.length));
+
+    console.log(recentChanges);
+
     for (const change of recentChanges) {
         if (change.current_isProtected) {
             if (protectedSessionService.isProtectedSessionAvailable()) {
@@ -102,4 +88,4 @@ async function getRecentChanges(req) {
 
 module.exports = {
     getRecentChanges
-};
\ No newline at end of file
+};