diff --git a/app/models/proposal.rb b/app/models/proposal.rb
index fc3d10738..7bd4b7a92 100644
--- a/app/models/proposal.rb
+++ b/app/models/proposal.rb
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ class Proposal < ActiveRecord::Base
   scope :sort_by_random,           -> { reorder("RANDOM()") }
   scope :sort_by_relevance,        -> { all }
   scope :sort_by_flags,            -> { order(flags_count: :desc, updated_at: :desc) }
-  scope :sort_by_archival_date,    -> { archived.order(created_at: :desc) }
+  scope :sort_by_archival_date,    -> { archived.sort_by_confidence_score }
   scope :archived,                 -> { where("proposals.created_at <= ?", Setting["months_to_archive_proposals"].to_i.months.ago)}
   scope :not_archived,             -> { where("proposals.created_at > ?", Setting["months_to_archive_proposals"].to_i.months.ago)}
   scope :last_week,                -> { where("proposals.created_at >= ?", 7.days.ago)}
diff --git a/spec/features/proposals_spec.rb b/spec/features/proposals_spec.rb
index 9149531fd..0573ea334 100644
--- a/spec/features/proposals_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/features/proposals_spec.rb
@@ -765,6 +765,21 @@ feature 'Proposals' do
       end
     end
 
+    scenario "Order by votes" do
+      create(:proposal, :archived, title: "Least voted").update_column(:confidence_score, 10)
+      create(:proposal, :archived, title: "Most voted").update_column(:confidence_score, 50)
+      create(:proposal, :archived, title: "Some votes").update_column(:confidence_score, 25)
+
+      visit proposals_path
+      click_link 'Archived'
+
+      within("#proposals-list") do
+        expect(all(".proposal")[0].text).to match "Most voted"
+        expect(all(".proposal")[1].text).to match "Some votes"
+        expect(all(".proposal")[2].text).to match "Least voted"
+      end
+    end
+
   end
 
   context "Search" do