diff --git a/pkg/ui/v1beta1/frontend/cypress/e2e/index-page.cy.ts b/pkg/ui/v1beta1/frontend/cypress/e2e/index-page.cy.ts
index b44fc3a863d..389e421de88 100644
--- a/pkg/ui/v1beta1/frontend/cypress/e2e/index-page.cy.ts
+++ b/pkg/ui/v1beta1/frontend/cypress/e2e/index-page.cy.ts
@@ -33,10 +33,18 @@ describe('Index page', () => {
 
     let i = 0;
     const experiments = this.experimentsRequest;
-    // Table is sorted by Name in ascending order by default
-    // and experiment objects are also sorted alphabetically by name
+
+    // Experiment objects are sorted alphabetically by name
+    // We sort them by startTime in descending
+    const sortedExperiments = [...experiments].sort((a, b) => {
+      const timeA = new Date(a.startTime).getTime();
+      const timeB = new Date(b.startTime).getTime();
+      return timeB - timeA;
+    });
+    
+    // Table is sorted by startTime in descending order
     cy.get(`[data-cy-resource-table-row="Name"]`).each(element => {
-      expect(element).to.contain(experiments[i].name);
+      expect(element).to.contain(sortedExperiments[i].name);
       i++;
     });
   });
diff --git a/pkg/ui/v1beta1/frontend/src/app/pages/experiments/config.ts b/pkg/ui/v1beta1/frontend/src/app/pages/experiments/config.ts
index 5f95e13b099..ecba228093d 100644
--- a/pkg/ui/v1beta1/frontend/src/app/pages/experiments/config.ts
+++ b/pkg/ui/v1beta1/frontend/src/app/pages/experiments/config.ts
@@ -95,4 +95,6 @@ export const experimentsTableConfig: TableConfig = {
       ]),
     },
   ],
+  sortByColumn: 'age',
+  sortDirection: 'desc',
 };