diff --git a/source/server/routes/api/v1/scenes/get.ts b/source/server/routes/api/v1/scenes/get.ts
index ecb1e29a..04e4a280 100644
--- a/source/server/routes/api/v1/scenes/get.ts
+++ b/source/server/routes/api/v1/scenes/get.ts
@@ -18,7 +18,9 @@ export default async function getScenes(req :Request, res :Response){
     match,
     access,
     limit,
-    offset
+    offset,
+    orderBy,
+    orderDirection,
   } = req.query;
 
   access = ((Array.isArray(access))?access : (access?[access]:undefined)) as any;
@@ -51,14 +53,17 @@ export default async function getScenes(req :Request, res :Response){
     scenes = await Promise.all(scenesList.map(name=>vfs.getScene(name)));
   }else{
     /**@fixme ugly hach to bypass permissions when not performing a search */
-    scenes = await vfs.getScenes((u.isAdministrator && !access && !match)?undefined: u.uid, {
+    const requester_id = (u.isAdministrator && !access && !match)?undefined: u.uid;
+    scenes = await vfs.getScenes(requester_id, {
       match: match as string,
+      orderBy: orderBy as any,
+      orderDirection: orderDirection as any,
       access: access as AccessType[],
       limit: limit? parseInt(limit as string): undefined,
       offset: offset? parseInt(offset as string): undefined,
     });
   }
-
+  await (await import("node:timers/promises")).setTimeout(1000);
   //canonicalize scenes' thumb names
   scenes = scenes.map(s=>({...s, thumb: (s.thumb? new URL(encodeURI(path.join("/scenes/", s.name, s.thumb)), getHost(req)).toString() : undefined)}))
 
diff --git a/source/server/vfs/Scenes.ts b/source/server/vfs/Scenes.ts
index 0a50f80d..e678c890 100644
--- a/source/server/vfs/Scenes.ts
+++ b/source/server/vfs/Scenes.ts
@@ -6,7 +6,6 @@ import BaseVfs from "./Base.js";
 import { ItemEntry, Scene, SceneQuery } from "./types.js";
 
 
-
 export default abstract class ScenesVfs extends BaseVfs{
 
   async createScene(name :string):Promise<number>
@@ -87,14 +86,23 @@ export default abstract class ScenesVfs extends BaseVfs{
    * get all scenes when called without params
    * Search scenes with structured queries when called with filters
    */
-  async getScenes(user_id ?:number, {access, match, limit =10, offset = 0} :SceneQuery = {}) :Promise<Scene[]>{
+  async getScenes(user_id ?:number, {access, match, limit =10, offset = 0, orderBy="name", orderDirection="asc"} :SceneQuery = {}) :Promise<Scene[]>{
+
+    //Check various parameters compliance
     if(Array.isArray(access) && access.find(a=>AccessTypes.indexOf(a) === -1)){
       throw new BadRequestError(`Bad access type requested : ${access.join(", ")}`);
     }
+
     if(typeof limit !="number" || Number.isNaN(limit) || limit < 0) throw new BadRequestError(`When provided, limit must be a number`);
     if(typeof offset != "number" || Number.isNaN(offset) || offset < 0) throw new BadRequestError(`When provided, offset must be a number`);
+
+    if(["asc", "desc"].indexOf(orderDirection.toLowerCase()) === -1) throw new BadRequestError(`Invalid orderDirection: ${orderDirection}`);
+    if(["ctime", "mtime", "name"].indexOf(orderBy.toLowerCase()) === -1) throw new BadRequestError(`Invalid orderBy: ${orderBy}`);
+
     let with_filter = typeof user_id === "number" || match;
 
+    const sortString = (orderBy == "name")? "LOWER(scene_name)": orderBy;
+
     let likeness = "";
     let mParams :Record<string, string> = {};
 
@@ -155,6 +163,7 @@ export default abstract class ScenesVfs extends BaseVfs{
             last_docs.fk_scene_id = documents.fk_scene_id 
             AND last_docs.generation = documents.generation
       )
+
       SELECT 
         IFNULL(mtime, scenes.ctime) as mtime,
         scenes.ctime AS ctime,
@@ -172,9 +181,11 @@ export default abstract class ScenesVfs extends BaseVfs{
           "any", json_extract(scenes.access, '$.1'),
           "default", json_extract(scenes.access, '$.0')
         ) AS access
+      
       FROM scenes
         LEFT JOIN last_docs AS document ON fk_scene_id = scene_id
         LEFT JOIN json_tree(document.metas) AS thumb ON thumb.fullkey LIKE "$[_].images[_]" AND json_extract(thumb.value, '$.quality') = 'Thumb'
+      
       ${with_filter? "WHERE true": ""}
       ${typeof user_id === "number"? `AND 
         COALESCE(
@@ -185,8 +196,9 @@ export default abstract class ScenesVfs extends BaseVfs{
       `:""}
       ${(access?.length)? `AND json_extract(scenes.access, '$.' || $user_id) IN (${ access.map(s=>`'${s}'`).join(", ") })`:""}
       ${likeness}
+
       GROUP BY scene_id
-      ORDER BY LOWER(scene_name) ASC
+      ORDER BY ${sortString} ${orderDirection.toUpperCase()}
       LIMIT $offset, $limit
     `, {
       ...mParams,
diff --git a/source/server/vfs/types.ts b/source/server/vfs/types.ts
index 6e25c1be..38cf0887 100644
--- a/source/server/vfs/types.ts
+++ b/source/server/vfs/types.ts
@@ -81,4 +81,6 @@ export interface SceneQuery {
   match ?:string;
   offset ?:number;
   limit ?:number;
+  orderBy ?:"ctime"|"mtime"|"name";
+  orderDirection ?:"asc"|"desc";
 }
diff --git a/source/server/vfs/vfs.test.ts b/source/server/vfs/vfs.test.ts
index ced4ea8d..f8712bfa 100644
--- a/source/server/vfs/vfs.test.ts
+++ b/source/server/vfs/vfs.test.ts
@@ -319,6 +319,22 @@ describe("Vfs", function(){
 
       });
 
+      describe("ordering", function(){
+        it("rejects bad orderBy key", async function(){
+          await expect(vfs.getScenes(0, {orderBy: "bad" as any})).to.be.rejectedWith("Invalid orderBy: bad");
+        })
+        it("rejects bad orderDirection key", async function(){
+          await expect(vfs.getScenes(0, {orderDirection: "bad" as any})).to.be.rejectedWith("Invalid orderDirection: bad");
+        });
+        it("can order by name descending", async function(){
+          for(let i = 0; i < 10; i++){
+            await vfs.createScene(`${i}_scene`);
+          }
+          const scenes = await vfs.getScenes(0, {orderBy: "name", orderDirection: "desc"});
+          expect(scenes.map(s=>s.name)).to.deep.equal([9,8,7,6,5,4,3,2,1,0].map(n=>n+"_scene"));
+        });
+      });
+
       describe("pagination", function(){
         it("rejects bad LIMIT", async function(){
           let fixtures = [-1, "10", null];