diff --git a/workflow/engine/classes/class.case.php b/workflow/engine/classes/class.case.php
index ee2d53902..0aa369cd9 100755
--- a/workflow/engine/classes/class.case.php
+++ b/workflow/engine/classes/class.case.php
@@ -71,6 +71,8 @@ class Cases
 {
 
     private $appSolr = null;
+    public $dir = 'ASC';
+    public $sort = 'APP_MSG_DATE';
 
     public function __construct()
     {
@@ -5941,9 +5943,8 @@ class Cases
 
         $oCriteria = new Criteria('dbarray');
         $oCriteria->setDBArrayTable('messages');
-        
-        usort( $aMessages, 'ordProcess' );
-        $aMessages = array_splice($aMessages, $start, $limit);
+
+        usort( $aMessages, array($this, "ordProcess") );
         return $aMessages;
     }
 
@@ -6757,27 +6758,28 @@ class Cases
             }
         }
     }
-}
 
-function ordProcess ($a, $b)
-{
-    if (isset($_POST['sort'])) {
-	    if ($_POST['dir']=='ASC') {
-		    if ($a[$_POST['sort']] > $b[$_POST['sort']]) {
+    public function ordProcess ($a, $b)
+    {
+    	if ($this->sort == '') {
+    		$this->sort = 'APP_MSG_DATE';
+    	}
+	    if ($this->dir=='ASC') {
+		    if ($a[$this->sort] > $b[$this->sort]) {
 		        return 1;
-            } elseif ($a[$_POST['sort']] < $b[$_POST['sort']]) {
+            } elseif ($a[$this->sort] < $b[$this->sort]) {
                 return - 1;
             } else {
                 return 0;
             }
         } else {
-            if ($a[$_POST['sort']] > $b[$_POST['sort']]) {
+            if ($a[$this->sort] > $b[$this->sort]) {
                return - 1;
-            } elseif ($a[$_POST['sort']] < $b[$_POST['sort']]) {
+            } elseif ($a[$this->sort] < $b[$this->sort]) {
                return 1;
             } else {
                return 0;
             }
-      }
+        }
     }
-}
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/workflow/engine/methods/cases/caseMessageHistory_Ajax.php b/workflow/engine/methods/cases/caseMessageHistory_Ajax.php
index ca860287a..4a71313f5 100755
--- a/workflow/engine/methods/cases/caseMessageHistory_Ajax.php
+++ b/workflow/engine/methods/cases/caseMessageHistory_Ajax.php
@@ -36,9 +36,14 @@ if ($actionAjax == 'messageHistoryGridList_JXP') {
 
     G::LoadClass( 'case' );
     G::LoadClass( "BasePeer" );
+    
+    $dir = isset( $_POST['dir'] ) ? $_POST['dir'] : 'ASC';
+    $sort = isset( $_POST['sort'] ) ? $_POST['sort'] : '';
 
     global $G_PUBLISH;
     $oCase = new Cases();
+    $oCase->dir = $dir;
+    $oCase->sort = $sort;
 
     $appMessageArray = $oCase->getHistoryMessagesTrackerExt( $_SESSION['APPLICATION'], true, $_REQUEST['start'], $_REQUEST['limit']);
     $appMessageCountArray = $oCase->getHistoryMessagesTrackerExt( $_SESSION['APPLICATION'], true);
@@ -98,6 +103,8 @@ if ($actionAjax == 'messageHistoryGridList_JXP') {
         }
     }
 
+    $aProcesses = array_splice($aProcesses, $_REQUEST['start'], $_REQUEST['limit']);
+
     $newDir = '/tmp/test/directory';
     $r = G::verifyPath( $newDir );
     $r->data = $aProcesses;