diff --git a/app/common/services/api-utils.js b/app/common/services/api-utils.js
index 759d12c..140e2fb 100644
--- a/app/common/services/api-utils.js
+++ b/app/common/services/api-utils.js
@@ -766,6 +766,12 @@
                               priority: priority,
                               severity_code: severityCode,
                               severity_flags: severityFlags,
+                              // simple order value to make front-end sorting
+                              // easier to implement with orderBy
+                              severity_order:
+                                  ((severityFlags.high) ?
+                                       3 :
+                                       ((severityFlags.medium) ? 2 : 1)),
                               additional_data:
                                   content.data[key].AdditionalData.join('\n'),
                               type: content.data[key].Message,
diff --git a/app/server-health/controllers/log-controller.html b/app/server-health/controllers/log-controller.html
index 7aadc11..e017c67 100644
--- a/app/server-health/controllers/log-controller.html
+++ b/app/server-health/controllers/log-controller.html
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@
       </div>
     </div>
     <log-event
-      dir-paginate="event in (filteredLogs = (logs|filter:filterBySeverity|filter:filterByStatus|filter:filterByDate|filter:filterBySearchTerms | orderBy:'-Id'))| itemsPerPage: itemsPerPage"
+      dir-paginate="event in (filteredLogs = (logs|filter:filterBySeverity|filter:filterByStatus|filter:filterByDate|filter:filterBySearchTerms | orderBy:['-severity_order', '-Id']))| itemsPerPage: itemsPerPage"
       event="event"
       tmz="tmz"
       multi-selected="selectedEvents.length > 1"