diff --git a/src/app/components/shared/comment-list/comment-list.component.html b/src/app/components/shared/comment-list/comment-list.component.html
index cf32c8a6609dd8748f39047ab79fa18aae82c3e7..a03d29cdc3a6db94236dc8ff38fa6337c6b07651 100644
--- a/src/app/components/shared/comment-list/comment-list.component.html
+++ b/src/app/components/shared/comment-list/comment-list.component.html
@@ -35,14 +35,14 @@
 
   <mat-menu #sortMenu="matMenu" xPosition="before">
       <button mat-icon-button (focus)="hideCommentsList=false" (click)="sortComments(votedesc)">
-        <mat-icon>arrow_upwards</mat-icon>
+        <mat-icon>keyboard_arrow_up</mat-icon>
       </button>
 
       <button mat-icon-button (focus)="hideCommentsList=false" (click)="sortComments(voteasc)">
-        <mat-icon>arrow_downwards</mat-icon>
+        <mat-icon>keyboard_arrow_down</mat-icon>
       </button>
 
-      <button mat-icon-button (focus)="hideCommentsList=false" (click)="sortComments(currentSort === timedesc ? timeasc : timedesc)">
+      <button mat-icon-button (focus)="hideCommentsList=false" (click)="sortComments(time)">
         <mat-icon>access_time</mat-icon>
       </button>
   </mat-menu>
diff --git a/src/app/components/shared/comment-list/comment-list.component.ts b/src/app/components/shared/comment-list/comment-list.component.ts
index dae81293fac8310a2d82d2e7f253fe17e77b9be6..8e313d94a7a67b689545947e39214cca79101c40 100644
--- a/src/app/components/shared/comment-list/comment-list.component.ts
+++ b/src/app/components/shared/comment-list/comment-list.component.ts
@@ -31,8 +31,7 @@ export class CommentListComponent implements OnInit {
   isLoading = true;
   voteasc = 'vote_asc';
   votedesc = 'vote_desc';
-  timeasc = 'time_asc';
-  timedesc = 'time_desc';
+  time = 'time';
   currentSort = this.votedesc;
   read = 'read';
   unread = 'unread';
@@ -205,9 +204,7 @@ export class CommentListComponent implements OnInit {
         return b.score - a.score;
       }
       const dateA = new Date(a.timestamp), dateB = new Date(b.timestamp);
-      if (type === this.timedesc) {
-        return +dateA - +dateB;
-      } else {
+      if (type === this.time) {
         return +dateB - +dateA;
       }
     });