diff --git a/tailbone/views/purchasing/receiving.py b/tailbone/views/purchasing/receiving.py
index 32662bc4..81a1c343 100644
--- a/tailbone/views/purchasing/receiving.py
+++ b/tailbone/views/purchasing/receiving.py
@@ -120,7 +120,8 @@ class ReceivingBatchView(PurchasingBatchView):
                                               .filter(model.PurchaseBatch.executed == None)\
                                               .filter(sa.or_(
                                                   model.PurchaseBatch.complete == None,
-                                                  model.PurchaseBatch.complete == False))
+                                                  model.PurchaseBatch.complete == False))\
+                                              .order_by(model.PurchaseBatch.id.desc())
 
     def configure_mobile_grid(self, g):
         super(ReceivingBatchView, self).configure_mobile_grid(g)