diff --git a/views.go b/views.go
index 497dbf587..a31864ef3 100644
--- a/views.go
+++ b/views.go
@@ -262,7 +262,7 @@ func autocomplete(c *gin.Context) {
 		return
 	}
 
-	acData := []string{}
+	acData := sort.StringSlice{}
 
 	store.Store.Lock.RLock()
 	for _, hint := range store.Store.Autocomplete {
@@ -278,7 +278,7 @@ func autocomplete(c *gin.Context) {
 	}
 	store.Store.Lock.RUnlock()
 
-	sort.Strings(acData)
+	sort.Sort(sort.Reverse(acData))
 	data, err := json.Marshal(acData)
 	if err != nil {
 		log.Error(err.Error())
diff --git a/views_test.go b/views_test.go
index f11fff370..3b6c4d1b7 100644
--- a/views_test.go
+++ b/views_test.go
@@ -206,122 +206,122 @@ var acTests = []acTestCase{
 	acTestCase{
 		Term: "a",
 		Results: []string{
-			"@age<10m",
-			"@age<1h",
-			"@age>10m",
-			"@age>1h",
-			"alertname!=Free_Disk_Space_Too_Low",
-			"alertname!=HTTP_Probe_Failed",
-			"alertname!=Host_Down",
-			"alertname!=Memory_Usage_Too_High",
-			"alertname=Free_Disk_Space_Too_Low",
-			"alertname=HTTP_Probe_Failed",
-			"alertname=Host_Down",
 			"alertname=Memory_Usage_Too_High",
+			"alertname=Host_Down",
+			"alertname=HTTP_Probe_Failed",
+			"alertname=Free_Disk_Space_Too_Low",
+			"alertname!=Memory_Usage_Too_High",
+			"alertname!=Host_Down",
+			"alertname!=HTTP_Probe_Failed",
+			"alertname!=Free_Disk_Space_Too_Low",
+			"@age>1h",
+			"@age>10m",
+			"@age<1h",
+			"@age<10m",
 		},
 	},
 	acTestCase{
 		Term: "alert",
 		Results: []string{
-			"alertname!=Free_Disk_Space_Too_Low",
-			"alertname!=HTTP_Probe_Failed",
-			"alertname!=Host_Down",
-			"alertname!=Memory_Usage_Too_High",
-			"alertname=Free_Disk_Space_Too_Low",
-			"alertname=HTTP_Probe_Failed",
-			"alertname=Host_Down",
 			"alertname=Memory_Usage_Too_High",
+			"alertname=Host_Down",
+			"alertname=HTTP_Probe_Failed",
+			"alertname=Free_Disk_Space_Too_Low",
+			"alertname!=Memory_Usage_Too_High",
+			"alertname!=Host_Down",
+			"alertname!=HTTP_Probe_Failed",
+			"alertname!=Free_Disk_Space_Too_Low",
 		},
 	},
 	acTestCase{
 		Term: "alertname",
 		Results: []string{
-			"alertname!=Free_Disk_Space_Too_Low",
-			"alertname!=HTTP_Probe_Failed",
-			"alertname!=Host_Down",
-			"alertname!=Memory_Usage_Too_High",
-			"alertname=Free_Disk_Space_Too_Low",
-			"alertname=HTTP_Probe_Failed",
-			"alertname=Host_Down",
 			"alertname=Memory_Usage_Too_High",
+			"alertname=Host_Down",
+			"alertname=HTTP_Probe_Failed",
+			"alertname=Free_Disk_Space_Too_Low",
+			"alertname!=Memory_Usage_Too_High",
+			"alertname!=Host_Down",
+			"alertname!=HTTP_Probe_Failed",
+			"alertname!=Free_Disk_Space_Too_Low",
 		},
 	},
 	acTestCase{
 		Term: "aLeRtNaMe",
 		Results: []string{
-			"alertname!=Free_Disk_Space_Too_Low",
-			"alertname!=HTTP_Probe_Failed",
-			"alertname!=Host_Down",
-			"alertname!=Memory_Usage_Too_High",
-			"alertname=Free_Disk_Space_Too_Low",
-			"alertname=HTTP_Probe_Failed",
-			"alertname=Host_Down",
 			"alertname=Memory_Usage_Too_High",
+			"alertname=Host_Down",
+			"alertname=HTTP_Probe_Failed",
+			"alertname=Free_Disk_Space_Too_Low",
+			"alertname!=Memory_Usage_Too_High",
+			"alertname!=Host_Down",
+			"alertname!=HTTP_Probe_Failed",
+			"alertname!=Free_Disk_Space_Too_Low",
 		},
 	},
 	acTestCase{
 		Term: "http",
 		Results: []string{
-			"alertname!=HTTP_Probe_Failed",
 			"alertname=HTTP_Probe_Failed",
+			"alertname!=HTTP_Probe_Failed",
 		},
 	},
 	acTestCase{
 		Term: "hTTp_",
 		Results: []string{
-			"alertname!=HTTP_Probe_Failed",
 			"alertname=HTTP_Probe_Failed",
+			"alertname!=HTTP_Probe_Failed",
 		},
 	},
 	acTestCase{
 		Term: "@",
 		Results: []string{
-			"@age<10m",
-			"@age<1h",
-			"@age>10m",
-			"@age>1h",
-			"@limit=10",
-			"@limit=50",
-			"@receiver!=by-cluster-service",
-			"@receiver!=by-name",
-			"@receiver=by-cluster-service",
-			"@receiver=by-name",
-			"@silence_author!=john@example.com",
-			"@silence_author!~john@example.com",
-			"@silence_author=john@example.com",
-			"@silence_author=~john@example.com",
-			"@state!=active",
-			"@state!=suppressed",
-			"@state=active",
 			"@state=suppressed",
+			"@state=active",
+			"@state!=suppressed",
+			"@state!=active",
+			"@silence_author=~john@example.com",
+			"@silence_author=john@example.com",
+			"@silence_author!~john@example.com",
+			"@silence_author!=john@example.com",
+			"@receiver=by-name",
+			"@receiver=by-cluster-service",
+			"@receiver!=by-name",
+			"@receiver!=by-cluster-service",
+			"@limit=50",
+			"@limit=10",
+			"@age>1h",
+			"@age>10m",
+			"@age<1h",
+			"@age<10m",
 		},
 	},
 	acTestCase{
 		Term: "nod",
 		Results: []string{
-			"job!=node_exporter",
-			"job!=node_ping",
-			"job=node_exporter",
 			"job=node_ping",
+			"job=node_exporter",
+			"job!=node_ping",
+			"job!=node_exporter",
 		},
 	},
 	acTestCase{
 		Term: "Nod",
 		Results: []string{
-			"job!=node_exporter",
-			"job!=node_ping",
-			"job=node_exporter",
 			"job=node_ping",
+			"job=node_exporter",
+			"job!=node_ping",
+			"job!=node_exporter",
 		},
 	},
 	// duplicated to test reponse caching
 	acTestCase{
 		Term: "Nod",
 		Results: []string{
-			"job!=node_exporter",
-			"job!=node_ping",
-			"job=node_exporter",
 			"job=node_ping",
+			"job=node_exporter",
+			"job!=node_ping",
+			"job!=node_exporter",
 		},
 	},
 }