diff --git a/src/pkg/common/oscal/assessment-results.go b/src/pkg/common/oscal/assessment-results.go
index 31a2c331..0d13c401 100644
--- a/src/pkg/common/oscal/assessment-results.go
+++ b/src/pkg/common/oscal/assessment-results.go
@@ -89,9 +89,9 @@ func GenerateAssessmentResults(findingMap map[string]oscalTypes_1_1_2.Finding, o
 func MergeAssessmentResults(original *oscalTypes_1_1_2.AssessmentResults, latest *oscalTypes_1_1_2.AssessmentResults) (*oscalTypes_1_1_2.AssessmentResults, error) {
 
 	results := make([]oscalTypes_1_1_2.Result, 0)
-	// append new results first - unfurl so as to allow multiple results in the future
-	results = append(results, original.Results...)
+	// append newest to oldest results
 	results = append(results, latest.Results...)
+	results = append(results, original.Results...)
 	original.Results = results
 
 	original.Metadata.LastModified = time.Now()
diff --git a/src/test/e2e/pod_validation_test.go b/src/test/e2e/pod_validation_test.go
index 1694a75d..e96d5258 100644
--- a/src/test/e2e/pod_validation_test.go
+++ b/src/test/e2e/pod_validation_test.go
@@ -180,7 +180,7 @@ func validatePodLabelPass(ctx context.Context, t *testing.T, config *envconf.Con
 		AssessmentResults: report,
 	}
 
-	// Write the component definition to file
+	// Write the assessment results to file
 	err = oscal.WriteOscalModel("sar-test.yaml", &model)
 	if err != nil {
 		message.Fatalf(err, "error writing component to file")
@@ -193,11 +193,15 @@ func validatePodLabelPass(ctx context.Context, t *testing.T, config *envconf.Con
 	if err != nil {
 		t.Fatal("Failed generation of Assessment Results object with: ", err)
 	}
+
+	// Get the UUID of the report results - there should only be one
+	resultId := report.Results[0].UUID
+
 	model = oscalTypes_1_1_2.OscalModels{
 		AssessmentResults: report,
 	}
 
-	// Write the component definition to file
+	// Write the assessment results to file
 	err = oscal.WriteOscalModel("sar-test.yaml", &model)
 	if err != nil {
 		message.Fatalf(err, "error writing component to file")
@@ -218,6 +222,10 @@ func validatePodLabelPass(ctx context.Context, t *testing.T, config *envconf.Con
 		t.Fatal("Failed to append results to existing report")
 	}
 
+	if resultId != tempAssessment.Results[0].UUID {
+		t.Fatal("Failed to prepend results to existing report")
+	}
+
 	validatorResponse, err := validation.ValidationCommand("sar-test.yaml")
 	if err != nil {
 		t.Fatal("File failed linting")