diff --git a/src/Radarr.Api.V3/Blocklist/BlocklistController.cs b/src/Radarr.Api.V3/Blocklist/BlocklistController.cs
index e070902cb..9cca018d6 100644
--- a/src/Radarr.Api.V3/Blocklist/BlocklistController.cs
+++ b/src/Radarr.Api.V3/Blocklist/BlocklistController.cs
@@ -31,8 +31,6 @@ public PagingResource<BlocklistResource> GetBlocklist([FromQuery] PagingRequestR
         {
             var pagingResource = new PagingResource<BlocklistResource>(paging);
             var pagingSpec = pagingResource.MapToPagingSpec<BlocklistResource, NzbDrone.Core.Blocklisting.Blocklist>(
-                "date",
-                SortDirection.Descending,
                 new HashSet<string>(StringComparer.OrdinalIgnoreCase)
                 {
                     "movieMetadata.sortTitle",
@@ -41,7 +39,9 @@ public PagingResource<BlocklistResource> GetBlocklist([FromQuery] PagingRequestR
                     "quality",
                     "date",
                     "indexer"
-                });
+                },
+                "date",
+                SortDirection.Descending);
 
             if (movieIds?.Any() == true)
             {
diff --git a/src/Radarr.Api.V3/History/HistoryController.cs b/src/Radarr.Api.V3/History/HistoryController.cs
index 0f6d98aea..194d96518 100644
--- a/src/Radarr.Api.V3/History/HistoryController.cs
+++ b/src/Radarr.Api.V3/History/HistoryController.cs
@@ -65,15 +65,15 @@ public PagingResource<HistoryResource> GetHistory([FromQuery] PagingRequestResou
         {
             var pagingResource = new PagingResource<HistoryResource>(paging);
             var pagingSpec = pagingResource.MapToPagingSpec<HistoryResource, MovieHistory>(
-                "date",
-                SortDirection.Descending,
                 new HashSet<string>(StringComparer.OrdinalIgnoreCase)
                 {
                     "movieMetadata.sortTitle",
                     "languages",
                     "quality",
                     "date"
-                });
+                },
+                "date",
+                SortDirection.Descending);
 
             if (eventTypes != null && eventTypes.Any())
             {
diff --git a/src/Radarr.Api.V3/ImportLists/ImportListExclusionController.cs b/src/Radarr.Api.V3/ImportLists/ImportListExclusionController.cs
index 9a7e8725a..9c2bdea06 100644
--- a/src/Radarr.Api.V3/ImportLists/ImportListExclusionController.cs
+++ b/src/Radarr.Api.V3/ImportLists/ImportListExclusionController.cs
@@ -49,15 +49,15 @@ public PagingResource<ImportListExclusionResource> GetImportListExclusionsPaged(
         {
             var pagingResource = new PagingResource<ImportListExclusionResource>(paging);
             var pageSpec = pagingResource.MapToPagingSpec<ImportListExclusionResource, ImportListExclusion>(
-                "id",
-                SortDirection.Descending,
                 new HashSet<string>(StringComparer.OrdinalIgnoreCase)
                 {
                     "id",
                     "tmdbId",
                     "movieTitle",
                     "movieYear"
-                });
+                },
+                "id",
+                SortDirection.Descending);
 
             return pageSpec.ApplyToPage(_importListExclusionService.Paged, ImportListExclusionResourceMapper.ToResource);
         }
diff --git a/src/Radarr.Api.V3/Logs/LogController.cs b/src/Radarr.Api.V3/Logs/LogController.cs
index 0912fd22c..f6ed810bf 100644
--- a/src/Radarr.Api.V3/Logs/LogController.cs
+++ b/src/Radarr.Api.V3/Logs/LogController.cs
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+using System;
+using System.Collections.Generic;
 using Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc;
 using NzbDrone.Common.Extensions;
 using NzbDrone.Core.Configuration;
@@ -29,7 +31,11 @@ public PagingResource<LogResource> GetLogs([FromQuery] PagingRequestResource pag
             }
 
             var pagingResource = new PagingResource<LogResource>(paging);
-            var pageSpec = pagingResource.MapToPagingSpec<LogResource, Log>();
+            var pageSpec = pagingResource.MapToPagingSpec<LogResource, Log>(new HashSet<string>(StringComparer.OrdinalIgnoreCase)
+            {
+                "id",
+                "time"
+            });
 
             if (pageSpec.SortKey == "time")
             {
diff --git a/src/Radarr.Api.V3/Queue/QueueController.cs b/src/Radarr.Api.V3/Queue/QueueController.cs
index 5b2e15311..9d649112b 100644
--- a/src/Radarr.Api.V3/Queue/QueueController.cs
+++ b/src/Radarr.Api.V3/Queue/QueueController.cs
@@ -139,7 +139,7 @@ public object RemoveMany([FromBody] QueueBulkResource resource, [FromQuery] bool
         public PagingResource<QueueResource> GetQueue([FromQuery] PagingRequestResource paging, bool includeUnknownMovieItems = false, bool includeMovie = false, [FromQuery] int[] movieIds = null, DownloadProtocol? protocol = null, [FromQuery] int[] languages = null, int? quality = null)
         {
             var pagingResource = new PagingResource<QueueResource>(paging);
-            var pagingSpec = pagingResource.MapToPagingSpec<QueueResource, NzbDrone.Core.Queue.Queue>("timeleft", SortDirection.Ascending);
+            var pagingSpec = pagingResource.MapToPagingSpec<QueueResource, NzbDrone.Core.Queue.Queue>(null, "timeleft", SortDirection.Ascending);
 
             return pagingSpec.ApplyToPage((spec) => GetQueue(spec, movieIds?.ToHashSet(), protocol, languages?.ToHashSet(), quality, includeUnknownMovieItems), (q) => MapToResource(q, includeMovie));
         }
diff --git a/src/Radarr.Api.V3/Wanted/CutoffController.cs b/src/Radarr.Api.V3/Wanted/CutoffController.cs
index 3d02de570..5503a3bb7 100644
--- a/src/Radarr.Api.V3/Wanted/CutoffController.cs
+++ b/src/Radarr.Api.V3/Wanted/CutoffController.cs
@@ -47,8 +47,6 @@ public PagingResource<MovieResource> GetCutoffUnmetMovies([FromQuery] PagingRequ
         {
             var pagingResource = new PagingResource<MovieResource>(paging);
             var pagingSpec = pagingResource.MapToPagingSpec<MovieResource, Movie>(
-                "movieMetadata.sortTitle",
-                SortDirection.Ascending,
                 new HashSet<string>(StringComparer.OrdinalIgnoreCase)
                 {
                     "movieMetadata.sortTitle",
@@ -57,7 +55,9 @@ public PagingResource<MovieResource> GetCutoffUnmetMovies([FromQuery] PagingRequ
                     "movieMetadata.digitalRelease",
                     "movieMetadata.physicalRelease",
                     "movies.lastSearchTime"
-                });
+                },
+                "movieMetadata.sortTitle",
+                SortDirection.Ascending);
 
             pagingSpec.FilterExpressions.Add(v => v.Monitored == monitored);
 
diff --git a/src/Radarr.Api.V3/Wanted/MissingController.cs b/src/Radarr.Api.V3/Wanted/MissingController.cs
index dd0172485..eeccbb515 100644
--- a/src/Radarr.Api.V3/Wanted/MissingController.cs
+++ b/src/Radarr.Api.V3/Wanted/MissingController.cs
@@ -43,8 +43,6 @@ public PagingResource<MovieResource> GetMissingMovies([FromQuery] PagingRequestR
         {
             var pagingResource = new PagingResource<MovieResource>(paging);
             var pagingSpec = pagingResource.MapToPagingSpec<MovieResource, Movie>(
-                "movieMetadata.sortTitle",
-                SortDirection.Ascending,
                 new HashSet<string>(StringComparer.OrdinalIgnoreCase)
                 {
                     "movieMetadata.sortTitle",
@@ -53,7 +51,9 @@ public PagingResource<MovieResource> GetMissingMovies([FromQuery] PagingRequestR
                     "movieMetadata.digitalRelease",
                     "movieMetadata.physicalRelease",
                     "movies.lastSearchTime"
-                });
+                },
+                "movieMetadata.sortTitle",
+                SortDirection.Ascending);
 
             pagingSpec.FilterExpressions.Add(v => v.Monitored == monitored);
 
diff --git a/src/Radarr.Http/PagingResource.cs b/src/Radarr.Http/PagingResource.cs
index 72d097364..89f677f18 100644
--- a/src/Radarr.Http/PagingResource.cs
+++ b/src/Radarr.Http/PagingResource.cs
@@ -40,9 +40,9 @@ public static class PagingResourceMapper
     {
         public static PagingSpec<TModel> MapToPagingSpec<TResource, TModel>(
             this PagingResource<TResource> pagingResource,
-            string defaultSortKey = "Id",
-            SortDirection defaultSortDirection = SortDirection.Ascending,
-            HashSet<string> allowedSortKeys = null)
+            HashSet<string> allowedSortKeys,
+            string defaultSortKey = "id",
+            SortDirection defaultSortDirection = SortDirection.Ascending)
         {
             var pagingSpec = new PagingSpec<TModel>
             {
@@ -52,21 +52,15 @@ public static PagingSpec<TModel> MapToPagingSpec<TResource, TModel>(
                 SortDirection = pagingResource.SortDirection,
             };
 
-            if (pagingResource.SortKey == null)
-            {
-                pagingSpec.SortKey = defaultSortKey;
-                if (pagingResource.SortDirection == SortDirection.Default)
-                {
-                    pagingSpec.SortDirection = defaultSortDirection;
-                }
-            }
+            pagingSpec.SortKey = pagingResource.SortKey != null &&
+                                 allowedSortKeys is { Count: > 0 } &&
+                                 allowedSortKeys.Contains(pagingResource.SortKey)
+                ? pagingResource.SortKey
+                : defaultSortKey;
 
-            if (pagingResource.SortKey != null &&
-                allowedSortKeys is { Count: > 0 } &&
-                !allowedSortKeys.Contains(pagingResource.SortKey))
-            {
-                pagingSpec.SortKey = defaultSortKey;
-            }
+            pagingSpec.SortDirection = pagingResource.SortDirection == SortDirection.Default
+                ? defaultSortDirection
+                : pagingResource.SortDirection;
 
             return pagingSpec;
         }