diff --git a/src/lib/prisma.test.ts b/src/lib/prisma.test.ts
index 3a8e9df2e..cbb417bea 100644
--- a/src/lib/prisma.test.ts
+++ b/src/lib/prisma.test.ts
@@ -24,9 +24,10 @@ vi.mock('@/generated/prisma/client', () => ({
 }));
 
 let getRawQueryClient!: typeof import('./prisma').getRawQueryClient;
+let prisma!: typeof import('./prisma').default;
 
 beforeAll(async () => {
-  ({ getRawQueryClient } = await import('./prisma'));
+  ({ getRawQueryClient, default: prisma } = await import('./prisma'));
 });
 
 interface RawQueryClient {
@@ -80,3 +81,58 @@ describe('getRawQueryClient', () => {
     expect(getRawQueryClient(client, { write: true })).toBe(client);
   });
 });
+
+describe('pagedRawQuery default ordering', () => {
+  function mockQueries(count = '4') {
+    const queryRaw = vi.mocked((prisma.client as any).$queryRawUnsafe);
+    queryRaw.mockClear();
+    queryRaw.mockImplementation(async (sql: string) =>
+      sql.includes('count(*) as num') ? [{ num: count }] : [{ id: 1 }],
+    );
+    return queryRaw;
+  }
+
+  test.each([undefined, 5])(
+    'applies trusted default order only to the page query with cap %s',
+    async maxResults => {
+      const queryRaw = mockQueries('5');
+      const result = await prisma.pagedRawQuery(
+        'select * from thing',
+        {},
+        { page: 2, pageSize: 2, maxResults },
+        'test',
+        'max(created_at) desc, session_id',
+      );
+
+      expect(queryRaw).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(2);
+      expect(queryRaw.mock.calls[0][0]).not.toContain('order by max(created_at) desc');
+      expect(queryRaw.mock.calls[1][0]).toContain('order by max(created_at) desc, session_id');
+      expect(queryRaw.mock.calls[1][0]).toContain('limit 2 offset 2');
+      expect(result).toEqual({
+        data: [{ id: 1 }],
+        count: 5,
+        page: 2,
+        pageSize: 2,
+        isCapped: !!maxResults,
+        orderBy: undefined,
+      });
+    },
+  );
+
+  test('keeps explicit ordering and legacy no-order behavior', async () => {
+    const queryRaw = mockQueries();
+    const result = await prisma.pagedRawQuery(
+      'select * from thing',
+      {},
+      { page: 1, pageSize: 2, orderBy: 'name', sortDescending: true },
+      undefined,
+      'max(created_at) desc, session_id',
+    );
+    expect(queryRaw.mock.calls[1][0]).toContain('order by name desc');
+    expect(queryRaw.mock.calls[1][0]).not.toContain('order by max(created_at) desc, session_id');
+    expect(result.orderBy).toBe('name');
+    queryRaw.mockClear();
+    await prisma.pagedRawQuery('select * from thing', {}, { page: 1, pageSize: 2 });
+    expect(queryRaw.mock.calls[1][0]).not.toMatch(/order by/);
+  });
+});
diff --git a/src/lib/prisma.ts b/src/lib/prisma.ts
index 2a09c6ad0..11dc2a189 100644
--- a/src/lib/prisma.ts
+++ b/src/lib/prisma.ts
@@ -786,6 +786,7 @@ async function pagedRawQuery(
   queryParams: Record<string, any>,
   filters: QueryFilters,
   name?: string,
+  defaultOrderBy?: string,
 ) {
   const { page = 1, pageSize, orderBy, sortDescending = false } = filters;
   const size = +pageSize || DEFAULT_PAGE_SIZE;
@@ -793,7 +794,7 @@ async function pagedRawQuery(
   const direction = sortDescending ? 'desc' : 'asc';
 
   const statements = [
-    orderBy && `order by ${orderBy} ${direction}`,
+    orderBy ? `order by ${orderBy} ${direction}` : defaultOrderBy && `order by ${defaultOrderBy}`,
     +size > 0 && `limit ${+size} offset ${offset}`,
   ]
     .filter(n => n)
diff --git a/src/queries/sql/sessions/getWebsiteSessions.ts b/src/queries/sql/sessions/getWebsiteSessions.ts
index 67d8f7323..541b69be5 100644
--- a/src/queries/sql/sessions/getWebsiteSessions.ts
+++ b/src/queries/sql/sessions/getWebsiteSessions.ts
@@ -75,11 +75,11 @@ async function relationalQuery(websiteId: string, filters: QueryFilters) {
       session.country, 
       session.region, 
       session.city
-    order by max(website_event.created_at) desc, session.session_id
     `,
     queryParams,
     filters,
     FUNCTION_NAME,
+    'max(website_event.created_at) desc, session.session_id',
   );
 }