diff --git a/internal/api/rest.go b/internal/api/rest.go
index db747ce8..41b8d5a3 100644
--- a/internal/api/rest.go
+++ b/internal/api/rest.go
@@ -341,7 +341,7 @@ func (api *RestApi) getJobs(rw http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
 	withMetadata := false
 	filter := &model.JobFilter{}
 	page := &model.PageRequest{ItemsPerPage: 25, Page: 1}
-	order := &model.OrderByInput{Field: "startTime", Order: model.SortDirectionEnumDesc}
+	order := &model.OrderByInput{Field: "startTime", Type: "col", Order: model.SortDirectionEnumDesc}
 
 	for key, vals := range r.URL.Query() {
 		switch key {
diff --git a/internal/repository/repository_test.go b/internal/repository/repository_test.go
index 6d1fbfcd..1ca9ec5a 100644
--- a/internal/repository/repository_test.go
+++ b/internal/repository/repository_test.go
@@ -111,7 +111,7 @@ func BenchmarkDB_QueryJobs(b *testing.B) {
 	user := "mppi133h"
 	filter.User = &model.StringInput{Eq: &user}
 	page := &model.PageRequest{ItemsPerPage: 50, Page: 1}
-	order := &model.OrderByInput{Field: "startTime", Order: model.SortDirectionEnumDesc}
+	order := &model.OrderByInput{Field: "startTime", Type: "col", Order: model.SortDirectionEnumDesc}
 
 	b.Run("QueryJobs", func(b *testing.B) {
 		db := setup(b)