diff --git a/app/controllers/debates_controller.rb b/app/controllers/debates_controller.rb
index 5219c1308..68570dd70 100644
--- a/app/controllers/debates_controller.rb
+++ b/app/controllers/debates_controller.rb
@@ -82,8 +82,8 @@ class DebatesController < ApplicationController
     end
 
     def parse_order
-      @valid_orders = ['created_at', 'score', 'most_commented', 'random']
-      @order = @valid_orders.include?(params[:order]) ? params[:order] : 'created_at'
+      @valid_orders = ['hot_score', 'created_at', 'score', 'most_commented', 'random']
+      @order = @valid_orders.include?(params[:order]) ? params[:order] : @valid_orders.first
     end
 
     def parse_tag_filter
diff --git a/app/models/debate.rb b/app/models/debate.rb
index 25ba8aca8..0ce52a168 100644
--- a/app/models/debate.rb
+++ b/app/models/debate.rb
@@ -32,6 +32,7 @@ class Debate < ActiveRecord::Base
   scope :sort_by_created_at, -> { reorder(created_at: :desc) }
   scope :sort_by_most_commented, -> { reorder(comments_count: :desc) }
   scope :sort_by_random, -> { reorder("RANDOM()") }
+  scope :sort_by_hot_score , -> { order(hot_score: :desc) }
 
   # Ahoy setup
   visitable # Ahoy will automatically assign visit_id on create
diff --git a/config/locales/en.yml b/config/locales/en.yml
index c4583ffd8..58b576c89 100644
--- a/config/locales/en.yml
+++ b/config/locales/en.yml
@@ -69,6 +69,7 @@ en:
       select_order: Order by
       select_order_long: Order debates by
       orders:
+        hot_score: most active
         created_at: newest
         score: best rated
         most_commented: most commented
diff --git a/config/locales/es.yml b/config/locales/es.yml
index 62ab28997..fe4b033d9 100644
--- a/config/locales/es.yml
+++ b/config/locales/es.yml
@@ -69,6 +69,7 @@ es:
       select_order: Ordenar por
       select_order_long: Estás viendo los debates
       orders:
+        hot_score: "más activos"
         created_at: "más nuevos"
         score: "mejor valorados"
         most_commented: "más comentados"
diff --git a/spec/features/debates_spec.rb b/spec/features/debates_spec.rb
index d45e1c46f..7ea8ad459 100644
--- a/spec/features/debates_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/features/debates_spec.rb
@@ -350,67 +350,63 @@ feature 'Debates' do
     expect(Flag.flagged?(user, debate)).to_not be
   end
 
-  feature 'Debate index order filters', :js do
+  feature 'Debate index order filters' do
 
-    before do
-      @most_commented_debate  = create(:debate)
-      @most_score_debate      = create(:debate)
-      @most_recent_debate     = create(:debate)
-      create_list(:comment, 2, commentable: @most_commented_debate)
-      create_list(:vote, 2, votable: @most_score_debate)
-      create_list(:vote, 2, votable: @most_recent_debate, vote_flag: false)
-      create(:vote, votable: @most_recent_debate)
-      create(:comment, commentable: @most_recent_debate)
-    end
+    scenario 'Default order is hot_score', :js do
+      create(:debate, title: 'best',   hot_score: 10)
+      create(:debate, title: 'medium', hot_score: 5)
+      create(:debate, title: 'worst',  hot_score: 2)
 
-    scenario 'Default order is created_at' do
       visit debates_path
 
-      expect(page).to have_select('order-selector', selected: 'newest')
-      expect(@most_recent_debate.title).to appear_before(@most_score_debate.title)
-      expect(@most_score_debate.title).to appear_before(@most_commented_debate.title)
+      expect(page).to have_select('order-selector', selected: 'most active')
+      expect('best').to appear_before('medium')
+      expect('medium').to appear_before('worst')
     end
 
-    scenario 'Debates are ordered by best rated' do
-      visit debates_path
+    scenario 'Debates are ordered by best rated', :js do
+      create(:debate, title: 'best',   cached_votes_score: 10)
+      create(:debate, title: 'medium', cached_votes_score: 5)
+      create(:debate, title: 'worst',  cached_votes_score: 2)
 
+      visit debates_path
       select 'best rated', from: 'order-selector'
+
       expect(page).to have_select('order-selector', selected: 'best rated')
-      expect(find("#debates .debate", match: :first)).to have_content(@most_score_debate.title)
-
+      expect('best').to appear_before('medium')
+      expect('medium').to appear_before('worst')
       expect(current_url).to include('order=score')
-      expect(@most_score_debate.title).to appear_before(@most_commented_debate.title)
-      expect(@most_commented_debate.title).to appear_before(@most_recent_debate.title)
     end
 
-    scenario 'Debates are ordered by most commented' do
-      visit debates_path
+    scenario 'Debates are ordered by most commented', :js do
+      create(:debate, title: 'best',   comments_count: 10)
+      create(:debate, title: 'medium', comments_count: 5)
+      create(:debate, title: 'worst',  comments_count: 2)
 
+      visit debates_path
       select 'most commented', from: 'order-selector'
+
       expect(page).to have_select('order-selector', selected: 'most commented')
-      expect(find("#debates .debate", match: :first)).to have_content(@most_commented_debate.title)
-
+      expect('best').to appear_before('medium')
+      expect('medium').to appear_before('worst')
       expect(current_url).to include('order=most_commented')
-      expect(@most_commented_debate.title).to appear_before(@most_recent_debate.title)
-      expect(@most_recent_debate.title).to appear_before(@most_score_debate.title)
     end
 
-    scenario 'Debates are ordered by newest' do
+    scenario 'Debates are ordered by newest', :js do
+      create(:debate, title: 'best',   created_at: Time.now)
+      create(:debate, title: 'medium', created_at: Time.now - 1.hour)
+      create(:debate, title: 'worst',  created_at: Time.now - 1.day)
+
       visit debates_path
-
-      select 'best rated', from: 'order-selector'
-      expect(find("#debates .debate", match: :first)).to have_content(@most_score_debate.title)
-
       select 'newest', from: 'order-selector'
-      expect(page).to have_select('order-selector', selected: 'newest')
-      expect(find("#debates .debate", match: :first)).to have_content(@most_recent_debate.title)
 
+      expect(page).to have_select('order-selector', selected: 'newest')
+      expect('best').to appear_before('medium')
+      expect('medium').to appear_before('worst')
       expect(current_url).to include('order=created_at')
-      expect(@most_recent_debate.title).to appear_before(@most_score_debate.title)
-      expect(@most_score_debate.title).to appear_before(@most_commented_debate.title)
     end
 
-    scenario 'Debates are ordered randomly' do
+    scenario 'Debates are ordered randomly', :js do
       create_list(:debate, 12)
       visit debates_path
 
@@ -420,7 +416,6 @@ feature 'Debates' do
 
       select 'most commented', from: 'order-selector'
       expect(page).to have_select('order-selector', selected: 'most commented')
-      expect(find("#debates .debate", match: :first)).to have_content(@most_commented_debate.title)
 
       select 'random', from: 'order-selector'
       expect(page).to have_select('order-selector', selected: 'random')
diff --git a/spec/support/matchers/appear_before.rb b/spec/support/matchers/appear_before.rb
index bb1d65072..73df35139 100644
--- a/spec/support/matchers/appear_before.rb
+++ b/spec/support/matchers/appear_before.rb
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 RSpec::Matchers.define :appear_before do |later_content|
   match do |earlier_content|
-    page.body.index(earlier_content) < page.body.index(later_content)
+    text = page.text
+    text.index(earlier_content) < text.index(later_content)
   end
 end