diff --git a/web/src/pages/Explore.tsx b/web/src/pages/Explore.tsx
index 2bf2bb022..ce2560868 100644
--- a/web/src/pages/Explore.tsx
+++ b/web/src/pages/Explore.tsx
@@ -116,6 +116,7 @@ export default function Explore() {
           is_submitted: searchSearchParams["is_submitted"],
           has_clip: searchSearchParams["has_clip"],
           event_id: searchSearchParams["event_id"],
+          sort: searchSearchParams["sort"],
           limit:
             Object.keys(searchSearchParams).length == 0 ? API_LIMIT : undefined,
           timezone,
@@ -148,6 +149,7 @@ export default function Explore() {
         is_submitted: searchSearchParams["is_submitted"],
         has_clip: searchSearchParams["has_clip"],
         event_id: searchSearchParams["event_id"],
+        sort: searchSearchParams["sort"],
         timezone,
         include_thumbnails: 0,
       },
@@ -165,12 +167,17 @@ export default function Explore() {
 
     const [url, params] = searchQuery;
 
-    // If it's not the first page, use the last item's start_time as the 'before' parameter
+    const isAscending = params.sort?.includes("date_asc");
+
     if (pageIndex > 0 && previousPageData) {
       const lastDate = previousPageData[previousPageData.length - 1].start_time;
       return [
         url,
-        { ...params, before: lastDate.toString(), limit: API_LIMIT },
+        {
+          ...params,
+          [isAscending ? "after" : "before"]: lastDate.toString(),
+          limit: API_LIMIT,
+        },
       ];
     }
 
diff --git a/web/src/types/search.ts b/web/src/types/search.ts
index fafedad10..1d8de1611 100644
--- a/web/src/types/search.ts
+++ b/web/src/types/search.ts
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ const SEARCH_FILTERS = [
   "zone",
   "sub",
   "source",
+  "sort",
 ] as const;
 export type SearchFilters = (typeof SEARCH_FILTERS)[number];
 export const DEFAULT_SEARCH_FILTERS: SearchFilters[] = [
@@ -16,10 +17,18 @@ export const DEFAULT_SEARCH_FILTERS: SearchFilters[] = [
   "zone",
   "sub",
   "source",
+  "sort",
 ];
 
 export type SearchSource = "similarity" | "thumbnail" | "description";
 
+export type SearchSortType =
+  | "date_asc"
+  | "date_desc"
+  | "score_asc"
+  | "score_desc"
+  | "relevance";
+
 export type SearchResult = {
   id: string;
   camera: string;
@@ -65,6 +74,7 @@ export type SearchFilter = {
   time_range?: string;
   search_type?: SearchSource[];
   event_id?: string;
+  sort?: SearchSortType;
 };
 
 export const DEFAULT_TIME_RANGE_AFTER = "00:00";
@@ -86,6 +96,7 @@ export type SearchQueryParams = {
   query?: string;
   page?: number;
   time_range?: string;
+  sort?: SearchSortType;
 };
 
 export type SearchQuery = [string, SearchQueryParams] | null;