diff --git a/modules/services/panoramax.js b/modules/services/panoramax.js
index 021cc4ee5..1e0efb2c6 100644
--- a/modules/services/panoramax.js
+++ b/modules/services/panoramax.js
@@ -76,7 +76,7 @@ function searchLimited(limit, projection, rtree) {
                     return 0;
                 })
                 .slice(0, limit)
-                .map(function(d) { return d.data; });
+                .map(d => d.data);
 
             return (found.length ? result.concat(found) : result);
         }, []);
@@ -158,6 +158,7 @@ function loadTileDataToCache(data, tile, zoom) {
             d = {
                 loc: loc,
                 capture_time: feature.properties.ts,
+                capture_time_parsed: new Date(feature.properties.ts),
                 id: feature.properties.id,
                 account_id: feature.properties.account_id,
                 sequence_id: feature.properties.sequences.split('\"')[1],
diff --git a/modules/svg/panoramax_images.js b/modules/svg/panoramax_images.js
index e4374e376..439564f42 100644
--- a/modules/svg/panoramax_images.js
+++ b/modules/svg/panoramax_images.js
@@ -254,9 +254,11 @@ export function svgPanoramaxImages(projection, context, dispatch) {
         const markers = groups
             .merge(groupsEnter)
             .sort(function(a, b) {
+                // active image on top
                 if (a.id === activeImageId) return  1;
                 if (b.id === activeImageId) return -1;
-                return b.loc[1] - a.loc[1];  // sort Y
+                // else: sort by capture time (newest on top)
+                return a.capture_time_parsed - b.capture_time_parsed;
             })
             .attr('transform', transform)
             .select('.viewfield-scale');