diff --git a/web/components/supabase-search.tsx b/web/components/supabase-search.tsx
index dd6ccfc34a..ddcf3967e2 100644
--- a/web/components/supabase-search.tsx
+++ b/web/components/supabase-search.tsx
@@ -730,7 +730,7 @@ const useSearchQueryState = (props: {
   const [lastSort, setLastSort, localStateReady] =
     usePersistentLocalState<Sort>(
       defaultSort ?? 'score',
-      `${persistPrefix}-last-search-sort`
+      `${persistPrefix}-last-search-sort-2`
     )
 
   const defaults = {
@@ -749,9 +749,9 @@ const useSearchQueryState = (props: {
 
   useEffect(() => {
     if (localStateReady) setLastSort(state.s)
-  }, [state.s, ready])
+  }, [state.s, localStateReady])
 
-  return [state, setState, localStateReady] as const
+  return [state, setState, ready] as const
 }
 
 const useShim = <T extends Record<string, string | undefined>>(
diff --git a/web/pages/browse/[[...slug]].tsx b/web/pages/browse/[[...slug]].tsx
index 62f34eb1a1..17365986fb 100644
--- a/web/pages/browse/[[...slug]].tsx
+++ b/web/pages/browse/[[...slug]].tsx
@@ -208,7 +208,7 @@ export function GroupPageContent(props: {
       setTopics={setTopicResults}
       topicSlug={topicSlug}
       defaultFilter="open"
-      defaultSort="score"
+      defaultSort="freshness-score"
       defaultForYou="1"
       shownTopics={shownTopics}
       setTopicSlug={(slug) => {