diff --git a/app/controllers/api/products_controller.rb b/app/controllers/api/products_controller.rb
index 96465c24cb..42413e30f4 100644
--- a/app/controllers/api/products_controller.rb
+++ b/app/controllers/api/products_controller.rb
@@ -143,7 +143,7 @@ module Api
     end
 
     def query_params_with_defaults
-      params[:q].to_h.reverse_merge!('s' => 'created_at desc')
+      params[:q].to_h.reverse_merge('s' => 'name asc')
     end
 
     def pagination_data(results)