diff --git a/cgitrc b/cgitrc
index fb489b104a0730a133f7ff6c518b28cbccd3028c..f76f9640491edd19997345746951d419e4a78df5 100644
--- a/cgitrc
+++ b/cgitrc
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
-branch-sort=date
-repo.branch-sort=date
+branch-sort=age
+repo.branch-sort=age