diff --git a/app/routers/events.py b/app/routers/events.py
index 6a208f4..9899f38 100644
--- a/app/routers/events.py
+++ b/app/routers/events.py
@@ -126,7 +126,7 @@ async def read_events(
     # Fetch and return results
     event_repository = events.EventRepository(database=database.database)
     list_events = []
-    for event_index in event_repository.find_by(object_search, limit=limit, skip=skip):
+    for event_index in event_repository.find_by(object_search, limit=limit, skip=skip, sort=[("start_date", 1)]):
         event = events.EventOut(
             id=event_index.id,
             tags=event_index.tags,
@@ -200,7 +200,7 @@ async def search_events(
     # Fetch and return results
     event_repository = events.EventRepository(database=database.database)
     list_events = []
-    for event_index in event_repository.find_by(object_search, limit=limit, skip=skip):
+    for event_index in event_repository.find_by(object_search, limit=limit, skip=skip, sort=[("start_date", 1)]):
         event = events.EventOut(
             id=event_index.id,
             tags=event_index.tags,