diff --git a/components/payments/cmd/api/internal/storage/accounts.go b/components/payments/cmd/api/internal/storage/accounts.go
index d09661de5e..919ae0ab40 100644
--- a/components/payments/cmd/api/internal/storage/accounts.go
+++ b/components/payments/cmd/api/internal/storage/accounts.go
@@ -26,11 +26,12 @@ func (s *Storage) ListAccounts(ctx context.Context, q ListAccountsQuery) (*api.C
 		(*bunpaginate.OffsetPaginatedQuery[PaginatedQueryOptions[AccountQuery]])(&q),
 		func(query *bun.SelectQuery) *bun.SelectQuery {
 			query = query.
-				Relation("PoolAccounts").
-				Order("created_at DESC")
+				Relation("PoolAccounts")
 
 			if q.Options.Sorter != nil {
 				query = q.Options.Sorter.Apply(query)
+			} else {
+				query = query.Order("created_at DESC")
 			}
 
 			return query
diff --git a/components/payments/cmd/api/internal/storage/balances.go b/components/payments/cmd/api/internal/storage/balances.go
index a98a752616..7303264347 100644
--- a/components/payments/cmd/api/internal/storage/balances.go
+++ b/components/payments/cmd/api/internal/storage/balances.go
@@ -81,13 +81,12 @@ func (s *Storage) ListBalances(ctx context.Context, q ListBalancesQuery) (*api.C
 	return PaginateWithOffset[PaginatedQueryOptions[BalanceQuery], models.Balance](s, ctx,
 		(*bunpaginate.OffsetPaginatedQuery[PaginatedQueryOptions[BalanceQuery]])(&q),
 		func(query *bun.SelectQuery) *bun.SelectQuery {
-			query = query.
-				Order("created_at DESC")
-
 			query = applyBalanceQuery(query, q.Options.Options)
 
 			if q.Options.Sorter != nil {
 				query = q.Options.Sorter.Apply(query)
+			} else {
+				query = query.Order("created_at DESC")
 			}
 
 			return query
diff --git a/components/payments/cmd/api/internal/storage/bank_accounts.go b/components/payments/cmd/api/internal/storage/bank_accounts.go
index b17eae5b95..b2326731fa 100644
--- a/components/payments/cmd/api/internal/storage/bank_accounts.go
+++ b/components/payments/cmd/api/internal/storage/bank_accounts.go
@@ -27,11 +27,12 @@ func (s *Storage) ListBankAccounts(ctx context.Context, q ListBankAccountQuery)
 		(*bunpaginate.OffsetPaginatedQuery[PaginatedQueryOptions[BankAccountQuery]])(&q),
 		func(query *bun.SelectQuery) *bun.SelectQuery {
 			query = query.
-				Relation("RelatedAccounts").
-				Order("created_at DESC")
+				Relation("RelatedAccounts")
 
 			if q.Options.Sorter != nil {
 				query = q.Options.Sorter.Apply(query)
+			} else {
+				query = query.Order("created_at DESC")
 			}
 
 			return query
diff --git a/components/payments/cmd/api/internal/storage/payments.go b/components/payments/cmd/api/internal/storage/payments.go
index 1749489a9e..35d2a14988 100644
--- a/components/payments/cmd/api/internal/storage/payments.go
+++ b/components/payments/cmd/api/internal/storage/payments.go
@@ -30,11 +30,12 @@ func (s *Storage) ListPayments(ctx context.Context, q ListPaymentsQuery) (*api.C
 			query = query.
 				Relation("Connector").
 				Relation("Metadata").
-				Relation("Adjustments").
-				Order("created_at DESC")
+				Relation("Adjustments")
 
 			if q.Options.Sorter != nil {
 				query = q.Options.Sorter.Apply(query)
+			} else {
+				query = query.Order("created_at DESC")
 			}
 
 			return query
diff --git a/components/payments/cmd/api/internal/storage/pools.go b/components/payments/cmd/api/internal/storage/pools.go
index 624e612772..9395817864 100644
--- a/components/payments/cmd/api/internal/storage/pools.go
+++ b/components/payments/cmd/api/internal/storage/pools.go
@@ -76,11 +76,12 @@ func (s *Storage) ListPools(ctx context.Context, q ListPoolsQuery) (*api.Cursor[
 		(*bunpaginate.OffsetPaginatedQuery[PaginatedQueryOptions[PoolQuery]])(&q),
 		func(query *bun.SelectQuery) *bun.SelectQuery {
 			query = query.
-				Relation("PoolAccounts").
-				Order("created_at DESC")
+				Relation("PoolAccounts")
 
 			if q.Options.Sorter != nil {
 				query = q.Options.Sorter.Apply(query)
+			} else {
+				query = query.Order("created_at DESC")
 			}
 
 			return query
diff --git a/components/payments/cmd/api/internal/storage/transfer_initiation.go b/components/payments/cmd/api/internal/storage/transfer_initiation.go
index d5212bf7fd..4cd68afc09 100644
--- a/components/payments/cmd/api/internal/storage/transfer_initiation.go
+++ b/components/payments/cmd/api/internal/storage/transfer_initiation.go
@@ -70,8 +70,7 @@ func (s *Storage) ListTransferInitiations(ctx context.Context, q ListTransferIni
 		func(query *bun.SelectQuery) *bun.SelectQuery {
 			query = query.
 				Column("id", "connector_id", "created_at", "scheduled_at", "description", "type", "source_account_id", "destination_account_id", "provider", "initial_amount", "amount", "asset", "metadata").
-				Relation("RelatedAdjustments").
-				Order("created_at DESC")
+				Relation("RelatedAdjustments")
 
 			if q.Options.QueryBuilder != nil {
 				where, args, err := s.transferInitiationQueryContext(q.Options.QueryBuilder)
@@ -84,6 +83,8 @@ func (s *Storage) ListTransferInitiations(ctx context.Context, q ListTransferIni
 
 			if q.Options.Sorter != nil {
 				query = q.Options.Sorter.Apply(query)
+			} else {
+				query = query.Order("created_at DESC")
 			}
 
 			return query