diff --git a/rhodecode/lib/pagination.py b/rhodecode/lib/pagination.py
--- a/rhodecode/lib/pagination.py
+++ b/rhodecode/lib/pagination.py
@@ -994,7 +994,7 @@ class Page(CustomPager):
     def __init__(self, collection, page=1, items_per_page=20, item_count=None,
                  url_maker=None, **kwargs):
         """
-        Special type of pager. We intercept collection to wrap it in our custom
+        Special type of pager. We intercept a collection to wrap it in our custom
         logic instead of using wrapper_class
         """
 
@@ -1011,14 +1011,20 @@ class SqlPage(CustomPager):
     def __init__(self, collection, page=1, items_per_page=20, item_count=None,
                  url_maker=None, **kwargs):
         """
-        Special type of pager. We intercept collection to wrap it in our custom
+        Special type of pager. We intercept a collection to wrap it in our custom
         logic instead of using wrapper_class
         """
         collection = SqlalchemyOrmWrapper(self, collection)
 
-        super(SqlPage, self).__init__(collection=collection, page=page,
-                                      items_per_page=items_per_page, item_count=item_count,
-                                      wrapper_class=None, url_maker=url_maker, **kwargs)
+        super().__init__(
+            collection=collection,
+            page=page,
+            items_per_page=items_per_page,
+            item_count=item_count,
+            wrapper_class=None,
+            url_maker=url_maker,
+            **kwargs
+        )
 
 
 class RepoCommitsWrapper(object):
diff --git a/rhodecode/model/notification.py b/rhodecode/model/notification.py
--- a/rhodecode/model/notification.py
+++ b/rhodecode/model/notification.py
@@ -192,6 +192,7 @@ class NotificationModel(BaseModel):
         elif filter_:
             q = q.filter(Notification.type_.in_(filter_))
 
+        q = q.order_by(Notification.created_on.desc())
         return q
 
     def mark_read(self, user, notification):
diff --git a/rhodecode/tests/vcs_operations/conftest.py b/rhodecode/tests/vcs_operations/conftest.py
--- a/rhodecode/tests/vcs_operations/conftest.py
+++ b/rhodecode/tests/vcs_operations/conftest.py
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ GIT_REPO_WITH_GROUP = f'{REPO_GROUP}/{GI
 log = logging.getLogger(__name__)
 
 # Docker image running httpbin...
-HTTPBIN_DOMAIN = 'http://httpbin'
+HTTPBIN_DOMAIN = 'http://httpbin:9090'
 HTTPBIN_POST = HTTPBIN_DOMAIN + '/post'