diff --git a/HOTFIX_TRACKING.md b/HOTFIX_TRACKING.md
index 3a29c13e93af..486c8a6d40ec 100644
--- a/HOTFIX_TRACKING.md
+++ b/HOTFIX_TRACKING.md
@@ -150,4 +150,5 @@ This maintenance release includes the following code fixes:
 **Release-22.03.8**
 
 126. https://github.com/dotCMS/core/issues/25258 : WYSIWYG not adding images when it's not default lang #25258
-127. https://github.com/dotCMS/core/issues/25224 : PP - Integrity Checker, fixing conflicts is setting up identifier columns as null #25224
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+127. https://github.com/dotCMS/core/issues/25224 : PP - Integrity Checker, fixing conflicts is setting up identifier columns as null #25224
+128. https://github.com/dotCMS/core/issues/25136 : Site Browser is not sorting items by default #25136
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diff --git a/dotCMS/src/main/java/com/dotmarketing/portlets/browser/ajax/BrowserAjax.java b/dotCMS/src/main/java/com/dotmarketing/portlets/browser/ajax/BrowserAjax.java
index 47ebcdf7972a..25caced602ff 100644
--- a/dotCMS/src/main/java/com/dotmarketing/portlets/browser/ajax/BrowserAjax.java
+++ b/dotCMS/src/main/java/com/dotmarketing/portlets/browser/ajax/BrowserAjax.java
@@ -107,8 +107,8 @@ public class BrowserAjax {
     private static String SELECTED_BROWSER_PATH_OBJECT = "SELECTED_BROWSER_PATH_OBJECT";
 	Set<String> openFolders = new LinkedHashSet<>();
 
-    String lastSortBy = "name";
-    boolean lastSortDirectionDesc = false;
+    String lastSortBy = "modDate";
+    boolean lastSortDirectionDesc = true;
 
 	final static private Comparator<Map> nameComparator = new Comparator<Map>() {
 		public int compare(Map o1, Map o2) {
@@ -323,9 +323,8 @@ public List<Map<String, Object>> openFolderContent (String parentInode, String s
 
         activeFolderInode = null != siteBrowserActiveFolderInode?siteBrowserActiveFolderInode:parentInode;
 
-		this.lastSortBy = sortBy;
-
 		if (sortBy != null && UtilMethods.isSet(sortBy)) {
+			this.lastSortBy = sortBy;
 			if (sortBy.equals(lastSortBy)) {
 				this.lastSortDirectionDesc = !this.lastSortDirectionDesc;
 			}