diff --git a/rslib/src/storage/card/mod.rs b/rslib/src/storage/card/mod.rs
index 72ac4fb56..21f7d47cc 100644
--- a/rslib/src/storage/card/mod.rs
+++ b/rslib/src/storage/card/mod.rs
@@ -241,9 +241,9 @@ impl super::SqliteStorage {
         F: FnMut(NewCard) -> bool,
     {
         let mut stmt = self.db.prepare_cached(&format!(
-            "{}{}",
+            "{} ORDER BY {}",
             include_str!("new_cards.sql"),
-            if reverse { " order by due desc" } else { "" }
+            if reverse { "due desc" } else { "due asc" }
         ))?;
         let mut rows = stmt.query(params![deck])?;
         while let Some(row) = rows.next()? {
diff --git a/rslib/src/storage/card/new_cards.sql b/rslib/src/storage/card/new_cards.sql
index 3f461f0aa..8f68f57e1 100644
--- a/rslib/src/storage/card/new_cards.sql
+++ b/rslib/src/storage/card/new_cards.sql
@@ -6,7 +6,4 @@ SELECT id,
   odid
 FROM cards
 WHERE did = ?
-  AND queue = 0
-ORDER BY did,
-  queue,
-  due
\ No newline at end of file
+  AND queue = 0
\ No newline at end of file