diff --git a/app/models/mod_action.rb b/app/models/mod_action.rb
index 4978e0c0e..841aa80d2 100644
--- a/app/models/mod_action.rb
+++ b/app/models/mod_action.rb
@@ -82,7 +82,14 @@ class ModAction < ApplicationRecord
     q = search_attributes(params, :id, :created_at, :updated_at, :category, :description, :creator)
     q = q.text_attribute_matches(:description, params[:description_matches])
 
-    q.apply_default_order(params)
+    case params[:order]
+    when "created_at_asc"
+      q = q.order(created_at: :asc, id: :asc)
+    else
+      q = q.apply_default_order(params)
+    end
+
+    q
   end
 
   def category_id
diff --git a/app/views/mod_actions/_search.html.erb b/app/views/mod_actions/_search.html.erb
index 7f6f30a0b..f9000b1a7 100644
--- a/app/views/mod_actions/_search.html.erb
+++ b/app/views/mod_actions/_search.html.erb
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 <%= search_form_for(mod_actions_path) do |f| %>
   <%= f.input :creator_name, label: "Creator", input_html: { value: params[:search][:creator_name], data: { autocomplete: "user" } } %>
-  <%= f.input :description_matches, label: "Description" %>
+  <%= f.input :description_matches, label: "Description", input_html: { value: params[:search][:description_matches] } %>
   <%= f.input :category, label: "Category", collection: ModAction.categories.map {|k,v| [k.capitalize.tr("_"," "), v]}, include_blank: true,selected: params[:search][:category] %>
+  <%= f.input :order, collection: [%w[Newest created_at], %w[Oldest created_at_asc]], include_blank: true, selected: params[:search][:order] %>
   <%= f.submit "Search" %>
 <% end %>
diff --git a/app/views/mod_actions/index.html.erb b/app/views/mod_actions/index.html.erb
index f5533704b..5bc064a9f 100644
--- a/app/views/mod_actions/index.html.erb
+++ b/app/views/mod_actions/index.html.erb
@@ -5,14 +5,16 @@
     <%= render "search" %>
 
     <%= table_for @mod_actions, class: "striped autofit" do |t| %>
+      <% t.column "Message", td: {class: "col-expand"} do |mod_action| %>
+        <div class="prose">
+          <%= link_to_user mod_action.creator %> <%= format_text(mod_action.description.chomp(".").strip, inline: true) %>.
+        </div>
+      <% end %>
+
       <% t.column "Category" do |mod_action| %>
         <%= link_to mod_action.category.humanize, mod_actions_path(search: { category: mod_action.category_id }) %>
       <% end %>
-      <% t.column "Message", td: {class: "col-expand"} do |mod_action| %>
-        <div class="prose">
-          <%= format_text(mod_action.description) %>
-        </div>
-      <% end %>
+
       <% t.column "Created" do |mod_action| %>
         <%= link_to_user mod_action.creator %>
         <%= link_to "»", mod_actions_path(search: { creator_name: mod_action.creator.name }) %>
diff --git a/app/views/user_actions/index.html.erb b/app/views/user_actions/index.html.erb
index 9d0d23ea5..d4c672cd9 100644
--- a/app/views/user_actions/index.html.erb
+++ b/app/views/user_actions/index.html.erb
@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@
             <% end %>
           <% when "ModAction" %>
             <div class="prose">
-              <%= link_to_user user %> <%= format_text(model.description, inline: true) %>.
+              <%= link_to_user user %> <%= format_text(model.description.chomp(".").strip, inline: true) %>.
             </div>
           <% when "ModerationReport" %>
             <div class="prose">