diff --git a/src/JamesMoss/Flywheel/Query.php b/src/JamesMoss/Flywheel/Query.php
index ae7854a..b74989c 100644
--- a/src/JamesMoss/Flywheel/Query.php
+++ b/src/JamesMoss/Flywheel/Query.php
@@ -178,7 +178,7 @@ protected function sort(array $array, array $args)
                 } elseif (is_bool($valueA)) {
                     $cmp = $valueA - $valueB;
                 } else {
-                    $cmp = ($valueA == $valueB) ? 0 : (($valueA > $valueB) ? -1 : 1);
+                    $cmp = ($valueA == $valueB) ? 0 : (($valueA < $valueB) ? -1 : 1);
                 }
 
                 if ($args[$i][1] === SORT_DESC) {
diff --git a/test/JamesMoss/Flywheel/QueryTest.php b/test/JamesMoss/Flywheel/QueryTest.php
index fc55730..8aad34b 100644
--- a/test/JamesMoss/Flywheel/QueryTest.php
+++ b/test/JamesMoss/Flywheel/QueryTest.php
@@ -76,6 +76,28 @@ public function testOrdering()
         $this->assertEquals('Heard Island and McDonald Islands', $result[$result->count() -1]->id);
     }
 
+    public function testOrderingWithInteger()
+    {
+        $path   = __DIR__ . '/fixtures/datastore/querytest';
+        $config = new Config($path . '/');
+        $repo   = new Repository('countries', $config);
+        $query  = new Query($repo);
+
+        $query->orderBy('population DESC');
+
+        $result = $query->execute();
+
+        $this->assertEquals('China', $result->first()->id);
+        $this->assertEquals('India', $result[1]->id);
+
+        $query  = new Query($repo);
+        $query->orderBy('population')->where('population', '>', 0);
+        $result = $query->execute();
+
+        $this->assertEquals('Pitcairn Islands', $result->first()->name);
+        $this->assertEquals('Cocos (Keeling) Islands', $result[1]->name);
+    }
+
     public function testBadData()
     {
         $path   = __DIR__ . '/fixtures/datastore/querytest';