diff --git a/apps/web-api/src/focus-areas/focus-areas.service.ts b/apps/web-api/src/focus-areas/focus-areas.service.ts
index ae3feb432..e0c2ab45e 100644
--- a/apps/web-api/src/focus-areas/focus-areas.service.ts
+++ b/apps/web-api/src/focus-areas/focus-areas.service.ts
@@ -13,6 +13,9 @@ export class FocusAreasService {
       include: {
         children: this.buildQueryByLevel(4, type, query), // level denotes depth of children.
         ...this.buildAncestorFocusAreasFilterByType(type, query)
+      },
+      orderBy: {
+        createdAt: "desc"
       }
     });
     return result;