diff --git a/mitterlib/ui/ui_pygtk.py b/mitterlib/ui/ui_pygtk.py
index 0d3c750..4b869ef 100644
--- a/mitterlib/ui/ui_pygtk.py
+++ b/mitterlib/ui/ui_pygtk.py
@@ -253,7 +253,7 @@ class Interface(object):
         """Add the displaying grid."""
         # Store NetworkData objects only
         grid_store = gtk.ListStore(object)
-        grid_store.set_sort_column_id(0, gtk.SORT_DESCENDING)
+        grid_store.set_sort_column_id(0, gtk.SORT_ASCENDING)
         grid_store.set_default_sort_func(self._order_datetime)
 
         self._grid = gtk.TreeView(grid_store)
@@ -493,6 +493,8 @@ class Interface(object):
         message = data.message
         username = data.username
 
+        _log.debug('Rendering: %s-%s', username, message)
+
         time = timesince.timesince(data.message_time)
 
         # unescape escaped entities that pango is okay with
@@ -621,6 +623,7 @@ class Interface(object):
             _log.debug('Data: %s', str(message))
             store.prepend([message])
         store.sort_column_changed()
+        self._grid.queue_draw()
         return
 
     def _exception_get_messages(self, widget, exception):