diff --git a/hugolib/index.go b/hugolib/index.go
index 4150d87e3..028f64a70 100644
--- a/hugolib/index.go
+++ b/hugolib/index.go
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ func (p IndexedPages) Less(i, j int) bool {
 	if p[i].Weight == p[j].Weight {
 		return p[i].Page.Date.Unix() > p[j].Page.Date.Unix()
 	} else {
-		return p[i].Weight > p[j].Weight
+		return p[i].Weight < p[j].Weight
 	}
 }
 
diff --git a/hugolib/site_test.go b/hugolib/site_test.go
index e08f0d6d5..a20c6e299 100644
--- a/hugolib/site_test.go
+++ b/hugolib/site_test.go
@@ -372,8 +372,8 @@ func TestOrderedPages(t *testing.T) {
 		t.Fatalf("Unable to build site metadata: %s", err)
 	}
 
-	if s.Sections["sect"][0].Weight != 6 || s.Sections["sect"][3].Weight != 2 {
-		t.Errorf("Pages in unexpected order. First should be '%s', got '%s'", 6, s.Sections["sect"][0].Weight)
+	if s.Sections["sect"][0].Weight != 2 || s.Sections["sect"][3].Weight != 6 {
+		t.Errorf("Pages in unexpected order. First should be '%s', got '%s'", 2, s.Sections["sect"][0].Weight)
 	}
 
 	if s.Sections["sect"][1].Page.Title != "Three" || s.Sections["sect"][2].Page.Title != "Four" {
@@ -437,12 +437,12 @@ func TestWeightedIndexes(t *testing.T) {
 		t.Fatalf("Unable to build site metadata: %s", err)
 	}
 
-	if s.Indexes["tags"]["a"][0].Page.Title != "bar" {
-		t.Errorf("Pages in unexpected order, 'bar' expected first, got '%v'", s.Indexes["tags"]["a"][0].Page.Title)
+	if s.Indexes["tags"]["a"][0].Page.Title != "foo" {
+		t.Errorf("Pages in unexpected order, 'foo' expected first, got '%v'", s.Indexes["tags"]["a"][0].Page.Title)
 	}
 
-	if s.Indexes["categories"]["d"][0].Page.Title != "foo" {
-		t.Errorf("Pages in unexpected order, 'foo' expected first, got '%v'", s.Indexes["categories"]["d"][0].Page.Title)
+	if s.Indexes["categories"]["d"][0].Page.Title != "bar" {
+		t.Errorf("Pages in unexpected order, 'bar' expected first, got '%v'", s.Indexes["categories"]["d"][0].Page.Title)
 	}
 
 	if s.Indexes["categories"]["e"][0].Page.Title != "bza" {