diff --git a/hugolib/pageSort.go b/hugolib/pageSort.go
index b4bc9d2a3..99c01f630 100644
--- a/hugolib/pageSort.go
+++ b/hugolib/pageSort.go
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ func (by PageBy) Sort(pages Pages) {
 var DefaultPageSort = func(p1, p2 *Page) bool {
 	if p1.Weight == p2.Weight {
 		if p1.Date.Unix() == p2.Date.Unix() {
-			return strings.Compare(p1.LinkTitle(), p2.LinkTitle()) == 1
+			return strings.Compare(p1.LinkTitle(), p2.LinkTitle()) == -1
 		}
 		return p1.Date.Unix() > p2.Date.Unix()
 	}
diff --git a/hugolib/pageSort_test.go b/hugolib/pageSort_test.go
index 4a16ab87d..20c025961 100644
--- a/hugolib/pageSort_test.go
+++ b/hugolib/pageSort_test.go
@@ -10,16 +10,16 @@ import (
 	"github.com/spf13/hugo/source"
 )
 
-func TesDefaultSort(t *testing.T) {
+func TestDefaultSort(t *testing.T) {
 
 	d1 := time.Now()
-	d2 := d1.Add(1 * time.Hour)
-	d3 := d1.Add(2 * time.Hour)
+	d2 := d1.Add(-1 * time.Hour)
+	d3 := d1.Add(-2 * time.Hour)
 
 	p := createSortTestPages(3)
 
 	// first by weight
-	setSortVals([3]time.Time{d1, d2, d3}, [3]string{"a", "b", "c"}, [3]int{3, 2, 1}, p)
+	setSortVals([3]time.Time{d1, d2, d3}, [3]string{"b", "a", "c"}, [3]int{3, 2, 1}, p)
 	p.Sort()
 	assert.Equal(t, 1, p[0].Weight)
 
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ func TesDefaultSort(t *testing.T) {
 	assert.Equal(t, d1, p[0].Date)
 
 	// finally by title
-	setSortVals([3]time.Time{d3, d3, d3}, [3]string{"b", "a", "c"}, [3]int{1, 1, 1}, p)
+	setSortVals([3]time.Time{d3, d3, d3}, [3]string{"b", "c", "a"}, [3]int{1, 1, 1}, p)
 	p.Sort()
 	assert.Equal(t, "a", p[0].Title)
 	assert.Equal(t, "b", p[1].Title)