diff --git a/app/assets/javascripts/discourse/routes/build-category-route.js.es6 b/app/assets/javascripts/discourse/routes/build-category-route.js.es6
index 26d753eb43a..75e50345142 100644
--- a/app/assets/javascripts/discourse/routes/build-category-route.js.es6
+++ b/app/assets/javascripts/discourse/routes/build-category-route.js.es6
@@ -79,7 +79,9 @@ export default function(filter, params) {
         category: model,
         period: periods.findBy('id', periodId),
         selected: [],
-        noSubcategories: params && !!params.no_subcategories
+        noSubcategories: params && !!params.no_subcategories,
+        order: model.get('params.order'),
+        ascending: model.get('params.ascending'),
       });
 
       this.controllerFor('search').set('searchContext', model.get('searchContext'));
diff --git a/app/assets/javascripts/discourse/routes/build-topic-route.js.es6 b/app/assets/javascripts/discourse/routes/build-topic-route.js.es6
index 3b764cc6a7d..2e98877ca97 100644
--- a/app/assets/javascripts/discourse/routes/build-topic-route.js.es6
+++ b/app/assets/javascripts/discourse/routes/build-topic-route.js.es6
@@ -45,6 +45,7 @@ export default function(filter, extras) {
         return 'queryParams.' + v;
       })));
 
+
       var periods = this.controllerFor('discovery').get('periods'),
           periodId = model.get('for_period') || (filter.indexOf('/') > 0 ? filter.split('/')[1] : '');
 
@@ -52,7 +53,9 @@ export default function(filter, extras) {
         model: model,
         category: null,
         period: periods.findBy('id', periodId),
-        selected: []
+        selected: [],
+        order: model.get('params.order'),
+        ascending: model.get('params.ascending'),
       });
 
       this.openTopicDraft(model);