diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index c6b7093..1fb5447 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -37,6 +37,7 @@ class MyModel extends Model implements Sortable
     public $sortable = [
         'order_column_name' => 'order_column',
         'sort_when_creating' => true,
+        'order_direction' => 'desc'
     ];
 }
 ```
diff --git a/src/Controllers/GridSortableController.php b/src/Controllers/GridSortableController.php
index e36c4db..81284e1 100644
--- a/src/Controllers/GridSortableController.php
+++ b/src/Controllers/GridSortableController.php
@@ -11,11 +11,13 @@ class GridSortableController extends Controller
     public function sort(Request $request)
     {
         $sorts = $request->get('_sort');
+        $direction = $request->get('_direction');
+        $_sort_method = (strtolower($direction) === 'desc') ? 'sortDesc' : 'sort';
 
         $sorts = collect($sorts)
             ->pluck('key')
             ->combine(
-                collect($sorts)->pluck('sort')->sort()
+                collect($sorts)->pluck('sort')->$_sort_method()
             );
 
         $status     = true;
diff --git a/src/GridSortable.php b/src/GridSortable.php
index f381287..36b17b6 100644
--- a/src/GridSortable.php
+++ b/src/GridSortable.php
@@ -30,11 +30,12 @@ public function install()
             if (!request()->has($sortName)
                 && $this->model()->eloquent() instanceof Sortable
             ) {
-                $this->model()->ordered();
+                $direction = data_get($this->model()->getOriginalModel()->sortable, 'order_direction', 'asc');
+                $this->model()->ordered($direction);
             }
 
             $this->column($column, ' ')
                 ->displayUsing(SortableDisplay::class);
         });
     }
-}
\ No newline at end of file
+}
diff --git a/src/SaveOrderBtn.php b/src/SaveOrderBtn.php
index 53044a4..44448da 100644
--- a/src/SaveOrderBtn.php
+++ b/src/SaveOrderBtn.php
@@ -14,6 +14,8 @@ protected function script()
         $class = get_class($this->getGrid()->model()->getOriginalModel());
 
         $class = str_replace('\\', '\\\\', $class);
+        
+        $direction = data_get($this->getGrid()->model()->getOriginalModel()->sortable, 'order_direction', 'asc');
 
         $script = <<<SCRIPT
 (function () {
@@ -24,6 +26,7 @@ protected function script()
             _token: $.admin.token,
             _model: '{$class}',
             _sort: $(this).data('sort'),
+            _direction: '{$direction}',
         },
         function(data){
         
@@ -53,4 +56,4 @@ public function render()
 </button>
 HTML;
     }
-}
\ No newline at end of file
+}