diff --git a/src/Sonarr.Api.V3/Wanted/MissingModule.cs b/src/Sonarr.Api.V3/Wanted/MissingModule.cs
index f7b59d0f4..b8313adb1 100644
--- a/src/Sonarr.Api.V3/Wanted/MissingModule.cs
+++ b/src/Sonarr.Api.V3/Wanted/MissingModule.cs
@@ -23,14 +23,7 @@ namespace Sonarr.Api.V3.Wanted
 
         private PagingResource<EpisodeResource> GetMissingEpisodes(PagingResource<EpisodeResource> pagingResource)
         {
-            var pagingSpec = new PagingSpec<Episode>
-            {
-                Page = pagingResource.Page,
-                PageSize = pagingResource.PageSize,
-                SortKey = pagingResource.SortKey,
-                SortDirection = pagingResource.SortDirection
-            };
-
+            var pagingSpec = pagingResource.MapToPagingSpec<EpisodeResource, Episode>("airDateUtc", SortDirection.Descending);
             var includeSeries = Request.GetBooleanQueryParameter("includeSeries");
             var includeImages = Request.GetBooleanQueryParameter("includeImages");
             var monitoredFilter = pagingResource.Filters.FirstOrDefault(f => f.Key == "monitored");
diff --git a/src/Sonarr.Http/PagingResource.cs b/src/Sonarr.Http/PagingResource.cs
index 4525f80cc..2a49402de 100644
--- a/src/Sonarr.Http/PagingResource.cs
+++ b/src/Sonarr.Http/PagingResource.cs
@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@ namespace Sonarr.Http
             if (pagingResource.SortKey == null)
             {
                 pagingSpec.SortKey = defaultSortKey;
+
                 if(pagingResource.SortDirection == SortDirection.Default)
                 {
                     pagingSpec.SortDirection = defaultSortDirection;