diff --git a/content/posts/_index.md b/content/posts/_index.md
index 592491f..9887656 100644
--- a/content/posts/_index.md
+++ b/content/posts/_index.md
@@ -2,4 +2,6 @@
 title: Blog
 linktitle: Posts
 show_images: true
+sort_by: Date
+sort_order: desc
 ---
diff --git a/layouts/_default/list.html b/layouts/_default/list.html
index b019fe6..e05cb3b 100644
--- a/layouts/_default/list.html
+++ b/layouts/_default/list.html
@@ -4,7 +4,8 @@
     {{ if ne .Params.hide_pages "true" }}
       <div class="row">
         {{ $parent := . }}
-        {{ $valid_pages :=  where .Site.Pages.ByTitle ".Parent" "!=" nil }}
+        {{ $sorted_pages := sort .Site.Pages (default "Title" .Params.sort_by) (default "asc" .Params.sort_order)}}
+        {{ $valid_pages :=  where $sorted_pages ".Parent" "!=" nil }}
         {{ $valid_pages :=  where $valid_pages ".Params.hide_in_list" "!=" "true" }}
         {{ range where $valid_pages ".Parent.UniqueID" $parent.UniqueID }}
           {{ if $parent.Params.show_images }}
diff --git a/layouts/posts/list.html b/layouts/posts/list.html
deleted file mode 100644
index c1b932f..0000000
--- a/layouts/posts/list.html
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,20 +0,0 @@
-{{ partial "page_start.html" . }}
-<section id="main" class="container">
-  {{ partial "content.html" . }}
-  {{ if ne .Params.hide_pages "true" }}
-  <div class="row">
-    {{ $parent := . }}
-    {{ $valid_pages := sort .Site.Pages "Date" "desc" }}
-    {{ $valid_pages :=  where $valid_pages ".Parent" "!=" nil }}
-    {{ $valid_pages :=  where $valid_pages ".Params.hide_in_list" "!=" "true" }}
-    {{ range where $valid_pages ".Parent.UniqueID" $parent.UniqueID }}
-    {{ if $parent.Params.show_images }}
-    {{ partial "box_image.html" . }}
-    {{ else }}
-    {{ partial "box.html" . }}
-    {{ end }}
-    {{ end }}
-  </div>
-  {{ end }}
-</section>
-{{ partial "page_end.html" . }}