diff --git a/gui/src/js/chatHandler.ts b/gui/src/js/chatHandler.ts
index 79191f3b..3138b07f 100644
--- a/gui/src/js/chatHandler.ts
+++ b/gui/src/js/chatHandler.ts
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ import { sendMessage, sendBroadcastChannel } from "./sock.js";
 import { displayToast } from "./popupHandler.js";
 
 //const FD = require("./src/js/freedata.js");
-import { btoa_FD } from "./freedata.js";
+import { btoa_FD,sortByProperty } from "./freedata.js";
 
 // define default message object
 interface Attachment {
@@ -279,16 +279,6 @@ function sortChatList() {
   return reorderedData;
 }
 
-//https://medium.com/@asadise/sorting-a-json-array-according-one-property-in-javascript-18b1d22cd9e9
-function sortByProperty(property) {
-  return function (a, b) {
-    if (a[property] > b[property]) return 1;
-    else if (a[property] < b[property]) return -1;
-
-    return 0;
-  };
-}
-
 export function getMessageAttachment(id) {
   return new Promise(async (resolve, reject) => {
     try {
diff --git a/gui/src/js/freedata.ts b/gui/src/js/freedata.ts
index 6f532bee..18fdd623 100644
--- a/gui/src/js/freedata.ts
+++ b/gui/src/js/freedata.ts
@@ -25,3 +25,22 @@ export function atob(data) {
   //exports.atob = function (data) {
   return window.btoa(Buffer.from(data, "base64").toString("utf8"));
 }
+//https://medium.com/@asadise/sorting-a-json-array-according-one-property-in-javascript-18b1d22cd9e9
+export function sortByProperty(property) {
+  return function (a, b) {
+    if (a[property] > b[property]) return 1;
+    else if (a[property] < b[property]) return -1;
+
+    return 0;
+  };
+}
+
+//https://medium.com/@asadise/sorting-a-json-array-according-one-property-in-javascript-18b1d22cd9e9
+export function sortByPropertyDesc(property) {
+  return function (a, b) {
+    if (a[property] < b[property]) return 1;
+    else if (a[property] > b[property]) return -1;
+
+    return 0;
+  };
+}
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