diff --git a/src/api/chats.controller.ts b/src/api/chats.controller.ts
index 943a6b43..a6bc13f8 100644
--- a/src/api/chats.controller.ts
+++ b/src/api/chats.controller.ts
@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@ import {
   GetChatMessageQuery,
   GetChatMessagesFilter,
   GetChatMessagesQuery,
+  MessageSortField,
   OverviewBodyRequest,
   OverviewFilter,
   OverviewPaginationParams,
@@ -38,6 +39,7 @@ import {
   transformAck,
 } from '../structures/chats.dto';
 import { EditMessageRequest } from '../structures/chatting.dto';
+import { SortOrder } from '@waha/structures/pagination.dto';
 
 @ApiSecurity('api_key')
 @Controller('api/:session/chats')
@@ -120,6 +122,8 @@ class ChatsController {
     @WorkingSessionParam session: WhatsappSession,
     @Param('chatId') chatId: string,
   ) {
+    query.sortBy = query.sortBy || MessageSortField.TIMESTAMP;
+    query.sortOrder = query.sortOrder || SortOrder.DESC;
     filter = transformAck(filter);
     return session.getChatMessages(chatId, query, filter);
   }
diff --git a/src/core/engines/gows/grpc/gows.ts b/src/core/engines/gows/grpc/gows.ts
index 14a0ce40..f76a7050 100644
--- a/src/core/engines/gows/grpc/gows.ts
+++ b/src/core/engines/gows/grpc/gows.ts
@@ -8718,6 +8718,7 @@ export namespace messages {
             session?: Session;
             filters?: MessageFilters;
             pagination?: Pagination;
+            sortBy?: SortBy;
         }) {
             super();
             pb_1.Message.initialize(this, Array.isArray(data) ? data : [], 0, -1, [], this.#one_of_decls);
@@ -8731,6 +8732,9 @@ export namespace messages {
                 if ("pagination" in data && data.pagination != undefined) {
                     this.pagination = data.pagination;
                 }
+                if ("sortBy" in data && data.sortBy != undefined) {
+                    this.sortBy = data.sortBy;
+                }
             }
         }
         get session() {
@@ -8760,10 +8764,20 @@ export namespace messages {
         get has_pagination() {
             return pb_1.Message.getField(this, 3) != null;
         }
+        get sortBy() {
+            return pb_1.Message.getWrapperField(this, SortBy, 4) as SortBy;
+        }
+        set sortBy(value: SortBy) {
+            pb_1.Message.setWrapperField(this, 4, value);
+        }
+        get has_sortBy() {
+            return pb_1.Message.getField(this, 4) != null;
+        }
         static fromObject(data: {
             session?: ReturnType<typeof Session.prototype.toObject>;
             filters?: ReturnType<typeof MessageFilters.prototype.toObject>;
             pagination?: ReturnType<typeof Pagination.prototype.toObject>;
+            sortBy?: ReturnType<typeof SortBy.prototype.toObject>;
         }): GetMessagesRequest {
             const message = new GetMessagesRequest({});
             if (data.session != null) {
@@ -8775,6 +8789,9 @@ export namespace messages {
             if (data.pagination != null) {
                 message.pagination = Pagination.fromObject(data.pagination);
             }
+            if (data.sortBy != null) {
+                message.sortBy = SortBy.fromObject(data.sortBy);
+            }
             return message;
         }
         toObject() {
@@ -8782,6 +8799,7 @@ export namespace messages {
                 session?: ReturnType<typeof Session.prototype.toObject>;
                 filters?: ReturnType<typeof MessageFilters.prototype.toObject>;
                 pagination?: ReturnType<typeof Pagination.prototype.toObject>;
+                sortBy?: ReturnType<typeof SortBy.prototype.toObject>;
             } = {};
             if (this.session != null) {
                 data.session = this.session.toObject();
@@ -8792,6 +8810,9 @@ export namespace messages {
             if (this.pagination != null) {
                 data.pagination = this.pagination.toObject();
             }
+            if (this.sortBy != null) {
+                data.sortBy = this.sortBy.toObject();
+            }
             return data;
         }
         serialize(): Uint8Array;
@@ -8804,6 +8825,8 @@ export namespace messages {
                 writer.writeMessage(2, this.filters, () => this.filters.serialize(writer));
             if (this.has_pagination)
                 writer.writeMessage(3, this.pagination, () => this.pagination.serialize(writer));
+            if (this.has_sortBy)
+                writer.writeMessage(4, this.sortBy, () => this.sortBy.serialize(writer));
             if (!w)
                 return writer.getResultBuffer();
         }
@@ -8822,6 +8845,9 @@ export namespace messages {
                     case 3:
                         reader.readMessage(message.pagination, () => message.pagination = Pagination.deserialize(reader));
                         break;
+                    case 4:
+                        reader.readMessage(message.sortBy, () => message.sortBy = SortBy.deserialize(reader));
+                        break;
                     default: reader.skipField();
                 }
             }
diff --git a/src/core/engines/gows/grpc/gows_pb.js b/src/core/engines/gows/grpc/gows_pb.js
index 941bb3e7..ccc025ac 100644
--- a/src/core/engines/gows/grpc/gows_pb.js
+++ b/src/core/engines/gows/grpc/gows_pb.js
@@ -18172,7 +18172,8 @@ proto.messages.GetMessagesRequest.toObject = function(includeInstance, msg) {
   var f, obj = {
     session: (f = msg.getSession()) && proto.messages.Session.toObject(includeInstance, f),
     filters: (f = msg.getFilters()) && proto.messages.MessageFilters.toObject(includeInstance, f),
-    pagination: (f = msg.getPagination()) && proto.messages.Pagination.toObject(includeInstance, f)
+    pagination: (f = msg.getPagination()) && proto.messages.Pagination.toObject(includeInstance, f),
+    sortby: (f = msg.getSortby()) && proto.messages.SortBy.toObject(includeInstance, f)
   };
 
   if (includeInstance) {
@@ -18224,6 +18225,11 @@ proto.messages.GetMessagesRequest.deserializeBinaryFromReader = function(msg, re
       reader.readMessage(value,proto.messages.Pagination.deserializeBinaryFromReader);
       msg.setPagination(value);
       break;
+    case 4:
+      var value = new proto.messages.SortBy;
+      reader.readMessage(value,proto.messages.SortBy.deserializeBinaryFromReader);
+      msg.setSortby(value);
+      break;
     default:
       reader.skipField();
       break;
@@ -18277,6 +18283,14 @@ proto.messages.GetMessagesRequest.serializeBinaryToWriter = function(message, wr
       proto.messages.Pagination.serializeBinaryToWriter
     );
   }
+  f = message.getSortby();
+  if (f != null) {
+    writer.writeMessage(
+      4,
+      f,
+      proto.messages.SortBy.serializeBinaryToWriter
+    );
+  }
 };
 
 
@@ -18391,6 +18405,43 @@ proto.messages.GetMessagesRequest.prototype.hasPagination = function() {
 };
 
 
+/**
+ * optional SortBy sortBy = 4;
+ * @return {?proto.messages.SortBy}
+ */
+proto.messages.GetMessagesRequest.prototype.getSortby = function() {
+  return /** @type{?proto.messages.SortBy} */ (
+    jspb.Message.getWrapperField(this, proto.messages.SortBy, 4));
+};
+
+
+/**
+ * @param {?proto.messages.SortBy|undefined} value
+ * @return {!proto.messages.GetMessagesRequest} returns this
+*/
+proto.messages.GetMessagesRequest.prototype.setSortby = function(value) {
+  return jspb.Message.setWrapperField(this, 4, value);
+};
+
+
+/**
+ * Clears the message field making it undefined.
+ * @return {!proto.messages.GetMessagesRequest} returns this
+ */
+proto.messages.GetMessagesRequest.prototype.clearSortby = function() {
+  return this.setSortby(undefined);
+};
+
+
+/**
+ * Returns whether this field is set.
+ * @return {boolean}
+ */
+proto.messages.GetMessagesRequest.prototype.hasSortby = function() {
+  return jspb.Message.getField(this, 4) != null;
+};
+
+
 
 
 
diff --git a/src/core/engines/gows/session.gows.core.ts b/src/core/engines/gows/session.gows.core.ts
index 0d6ecbc8..45b35b81 100644
--- a/src/core/engines/gows/session.gows.core.ts
+++ b/src/core/engines/gows/session.gows.core.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,8 @@
-import { normalizeMessageContent, WAMessageKey } from '@adiwajshing/baileys';
-import { proto } from '@adiwajshing/baileys';
+import {
+  normalizeMessageContent,
+  proto,
+  WAMessageKey,
+} from '@adiwajshing/baileys';
 import * as grpc from '@grpc/grpc-js';
 import { connectivityState } from '@grpc/grpc-js';
 import { UnprocessableEntityException } from '@nestjs/common';
@@ -61,6 +64,7 @@ import {
   GetChatMessageQuery,
   GetChatMessagesFilter,
   GetChatMessagesQuery,
+  MessageSortField,
   OverviewFilter,
   ReadChatMessagesQuery,
   ReadChatMessagesResponse,
@@ -142,14 +146,13 @@ import {
   partition,
   retry,
   share,
+  Subject,
 } from 'rxjs';
-import { Subject } from 'rxjs';
 import { map } from 'rxjs/operators';
 import { promisify } from 'util';
 
 import * as gows from './types';
 import { MessageStatus } from './types';
-import MessageServiceClient = messages.MessageServiceClient;
 import { isFromFullSync } from '@waha/core/engines/gows/appstate';
 import { toVcardV3 } from '@waha/core/vcard';
 import { AckToStatus } from '@waha/core/utils/acks';
@@ -168,6 +171,7 @@ import {
 } from './labels.gows';
 import esm from '@waha/vendor/esm';
 import { IsEditedMessage } from '@waha/core/utils/pwa';
+import MessageServiceClient = messages.MessageServiceClient;
 
 enum WhatsMeowEvent {
   CONNECTED = 'gows.ConnectedEventData',
@@ -1776,6 +1780,13 @@ export class WhatsappSessionGoWSCore extends WhatsappSession {
         fromMe: optional(filter['filter.fromMe'], messages.OptionalBool),
         status: optional(status, messages.OptionalUInt32),
       }),
+      sortBy: new messages.SortBy({
+        field: query.sortBy || MessageSortField.TIMESTAMP,
+        order:
+          query.sortOrder === SortOrder.ASC
+            ? messages.SortBy.Order.ASC
+            : messages.SortBy.Order.DESC,
+      }),
       pagination: new messages.Pagination({
         limit: query.limit,
         offset: query.offset,
diff --git a/src/core/engines/noweb/store/NowebPersistentStore.ts b/src/core/engines/noweb/store/NowebPersistentStore.ts
index 7a49b235..69c83375 100644
--- a/src/core/engines/noweb/store/NowebPersistentStore.ts
+++ b/src/core/engines/noweb/store/NowebPersistentStore.ts
@@ -601,7 +601,7 @@ export class NowebPersistentStore implements INowebStore {
     pagination: PaginationParams,
   ): Promise<any> {
     pagination.sortBy = 'messageTimestamp';
-    pagination.sortOrder = SortOrder.DESC;
+    pagination.sortOrder = pagination.sortOrder || SortOrder.DESC;
     return this.messagesRepo.getAllByJid(chatId, filter, pagination);
   }
 
diff --git a/src/structures/chats.dto.ts b/src/structures/chats.dto.ts
index 71610c15..e7cea909 100644
--- a/src/structures/chats.dto.ts
+++ b/src/structures/chats.dto.ts
@@ -7,7 +7,6 @@ import {
   PaginationParams,
 } from '@waha/structures/pagination.dto';
 import { ChatIdProperty } from '@waha/structures/properties.dto';
-import { SessionConfig } from '@waha/structures/sessions.dto';
 import { Transform, Type } from 'class-transformer';
 import {
   IsArray,
@@ -93,16 +92,23 @@ export class ChatPictureResponse {
   url: string;
 }
 
-export class GetChatMessagesQuery {
+export enum MessageSortField {
+  TIMESTAMP = 'timestamp',
+}
+
+export class GetChatMessagesQuery extends PaginationParams {
   @IsNumber()
   @IsOptional()
   @Type(() => Number)
   limit: number = 10;
 
-  @IsNumber()
+  @ApiProperty({
+    description: 'Sort by field',
+    enum: MessageSortField,
+  })
   @IsOptional()
-  @Type(() => Number)
-  offset?: number;
+  @IsEnum(MessageSortField)
+  sortBy?: string = MessageSortField.TIMESTAMP;
 
   @ApiProperty({
     example: false,