diff --git a/app/src/main/kotlin/com/simplemobiletools/smsmessenger/extensions/Context.kt b/app/src/main/kotlin/com/simplemobiletools/smsmessenger/extensions/Context.kt
index 82185071..4efd922f 100644
--- a/app/src/main/kotlin/com/simplemobiletools/smsmessenger/extensions/Context.kt
+++ b/app/src/main/kotlin/com/simplemobiletools/smsmessenger/extensions/Context.kt
@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@ fun Context.getMessages(threadId: Int): ArrayList<Message> {
 
     val selection = "${Sms.THREAD_ID} = ?"
     val selectionArgs = arrayOf(threadId.toString())
-    val sortOrder = "${Sms._ID} DESC LIMIT 100"
+    val sortOrder = "${Sms._ID} LIMIT 100"
 
     var messages = ArrayList<Message>()
     queryCursor(uri, projection, selection, selectionArgs, sortOrder, showErrors = true) { cursor ->
@@ -84,7 +84,7 @@ fun Context.getMessages(threadId: Int): ArrayList<Message> {
 
     messages.addAll(getMMS(threadId, sortOrder))
     messages = messages.filter { it.participants.isNotEmpty() }
-        .sortedByDescending { it.date }.toMutableList() as ArrayList<Message>
+        .sortedWith(compareBy<Message> { it.date }.thenBy { it.id }).toMutableList() as ArrayList<Message>
 
     return messages
 }