diff --git a/docs/dev/db-schema.plantuml b/docs/dev/db-schema.plantuml
index 9527984f5..56063af26 100644
--- a/docs/dev/db-schema.plantuml
+++ b/docs/dev/db-schema.plantuml
@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@ entity "Session" as seesion {
 
 
 entity "Revision" {
-  *id : uuid <<generated>>
+  *id : number <<generated>>
   --
   *noteId : uuid <<FK Note>>
   *content : text
@@ -78,7 +78,7 @@ entity "Authorship" {
 }
 
 entity "RevisionAuthorship" {
-  *revisionId : uuid <<FK Revision>>
+  *revisionId : number <<FK Revision>>
   *authorshipId : uuid <<FK Authorship>>
 }
 
diff --git a/src/revisions/revision-metadata.dto.ts b/src/revisions/revision-metadata.dto.ts
index 897e64501..68c2cda65 100644
--- a/src/revisions/revision-metadata.dto.ts
+++ b/src/revisions/revision-metadata.dto.ts
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ import { IsDate, IsNumber, IsString } from 'class-validator';
 import { Revision } from './revision.entity';
 
 export class RevisionMetadataDto {
-  @IsString()
+  @IsNumber()
   id: Revision['id'];
 
   @IsDate()
diff --git a/src/revisions/revision.dto.ts b/src/revisions/revision.dto.ts
index c917f8990..faff5e6ba 100644
--- a/src/revisions/revision.dto.ts
+++ b/src/revisions/revision.dto.ts
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
-import { IsString } from 'class-validator';
+import { IsNumber, IsString } from 'class-validator';
 import { Revision } from './revision.entity';
 
 export class RevisionDto {
-  @IsString()
+  @IsNumber()
   id: Revision['id'];
   @IsString()
   content: string;
diff --git a/src/revisions/revision.entity.ts b/src/revisions/revision.entity.ts
index 2c15515af..4cf7a93ba 100644
--- a/src/revisions/revision.entity.ts
+++ b/src/revisions/revision.entity.ts
@@ -16,8 +16,8 @@ import { Authorship } from './authorship.entity';
  */
 @Entity()
 export class Revision {
-  @PrimaryGeneratedColumn('uuid')
-  id: string;
+  @PrimaryGeneratedColumn()
+  id: number;
 
   /**
    * The patch from the previous revision to this one.
diff --git a/src/revisions/revisions.service.ts b/src/revisions/revisions.service.ts
index dad768872..167274fc4 100644
--- a/src/revisions/revisions.service.ts
+++ b/src/revisions/revisions.service.ts
@@ -16,14 +16,14 @@ export class RevisionsService {
     this.logger.warn('Using hardcoded data!');
     return [
       {
-        id: 'some-uuid',
+        id: 42,
         updatedAt: new Date(),
         length: 42,
       },
     ];
   }
 
-  getNoteRevision(noteIdOrAlias: string, revisionId: string): RevisionDto {
+  getNoteRevision(noteIdOrAlias: string, revisionId: number): RevisionDto {
     this.logger.warn('Using hardcoded data!');
     return {
       id: revisionId,
@@ -39,6 +39,7 @@ export class RevisionsService {
       },
       order: {
         createdAt: 'DESC',
+        id: 'DESC',
       },
     });
   }