diff --git a/app/components/doctrine_index_component/doctrine_index_component.html.erb b/app/components/doctrine_index_component/doctrine_index_component.html.erb
index d03dee2..bf9132e 100644
--- a/app/components/doctrine_index_component/doctrine_index_component.html.erb
+++ b/app/components/doctrine_index_component/doctrine_index_component.html.erb
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
       <p class="fw-bold fst-normal"> <%= headnote %> </p>
 
       <h5 class="clickable-link" style="color: darkred;" href="<%= document_path(jurisprudence, is_index_table: false, subject_ids: params[:subject_ids]) %>"> <%= [document_title, jurisprudence.reference_number, date_or_year].join(", ") %> </h5>
-      <% annotations.each do |annotation| %>
+      <% annotations.order(created_at: :desc).each do |annotation| %>
         <p class="mb-2 ms-3 clickable-link" href="<%= show_url %>">
           <% annotated_documents_title = [] %>
           <% annotation.documents.each do |annotated_document| %>
diff --git a/app/components/document_doctrine_index_component/document_doctrine_index_component.html.erb b/app/components/document_doctrine_index_component/document_doctrine_index_component.html.erb
index 4c2622b..f51bcdf 100644
--- a/app/components/document_doctrine_index_component/document_doctrine_index_component.html.erb
+++ b/app/components/document_doctrine_index_component/document_doctrine_index_component.html.erb
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@
         <h5 style="color: darkred;"> <%= [document_title, jurisprudence.reference_number, date_or_year].join(", ") %> </h5>
       <% end %>
 
-      <% annotations.each do |annotation| %>
+      <% annotations.order(created_at: :desc).each do |annotation| %>
         <p class="mb-2 ms-3">
           <% annotated_documents_title = [] %>
           <% annotation.documents.each do |annotated_document| %>
diff --git a/app/components/document_doctrine_show_component/document_doctrine_show_component.html.erb b/app/components/document_doctrine_show_component/document_doctrine_show_component.html.erb
index ab87917..9ed4042 100644
--- a/app/components/document_doctrine_show_component/document_doctrine_show_component.html.erb
+++ b/app/components/document_doctrine_show_component/document_doctrine_show_component.html.erb
@@ -89,7 +89,7 @@
     <div class="annot-header"> <h5> Annotations </h5> </div>
     <div class="" id="annotationsIndexView">
       <%= render(partial: "/shared/annotations_pagination", locals: { annotations: annotations, opts: { current_page: 1 } }) %>
-      <% annotations.each do |annotation| %>
+      <% annotations.order(created_at: :desc).each do |annotation| %>
         <% document_title = annotation.document.short_title || annotation.document.title %>
         <% date_or_year = annotation.document.docdate.present? ? annotation.document.docdate.strftime("%B %d, %Y") : annotation.document.year %>
         <% annotated_documents_title = [] %>
diff --git a/app/models/annotation.rb b/app/models/annotation.rb
index b138e9e..c8071e8 100644
--- a/app/models/annotation.rb
+++ b/app/models/annotation.rb
@@ -33,6 +33,9 @@ class Annotation < ApplicationRecord
     integer :document_id
     integer :doctrine_id
 
+    date :created_at
+    date :updated_at
+
     text :phil_rep
 
     string :phil_rep