diff --git a/retroshare-gui/src/gui/NewsFeed.cpp b/retroshare-gui/src/gui/NewsFeed.cpp
index aaad6ea19..6df5c8881 100644
--- a/retroshare-gui/src/gui/NewsFeed.cpp
+++ b/retroshare-gui/src/gui/NewsFeed.cpp
@@ -108,10 +108,14 @@ NewsFeed::NewsFeed(QWidget *parent) :
 
 	ui->feedWidget->enableRemove(true);
 
+	ui->sortComboBox->addItem(tr("Newest on top"), Qt::DescendingOrder);
+	ui->sortComboBox->addItem(tr("Oldest on top"), Qt::AscendingOrder);
+
+	connect(ui->sortComboBox, SIGNAL(currentIndexChanged(int)), this, SLOT(sortChanged(int)));
+
 	connect(ui->removeAllButton, SIGNAL(clicked()), ui->feedWidget, SLOT(clear()));
 	connect(ui->feedOptionsButton, SIGNAL(clicked()), this, SLOT(feedoptions()));
 	connect(ui->feedWidget, SIGNAL(feedCountChanged()), this, SLOT(sendNewsFeedChanged()));
-	connect(NotifyQt::getInstance(), SIGNAL(settingsChanged()), this, SLOT(settingsChanged()));
 
 QString hlp_str = tr(
  " <h1><img width=\"32\" src=\":/images/64px_help.png\">&nbsp;&nbsp;News Feed</h1>                                                          \
@@ -129,11 +133,15 @@ QString hlp_str = tr(
 
 	registerHelpButton(ui->helpButton,hlp_str) ;
 
-	settingsChanged();
+	// load settings
+	processSettings(true);
 }
 
 NewsFeed::~NewsFeed()
 {
+	// save settings
+	processSettings(false);
+
 	if (instance == this) {
 		instance = NULL;
 	}
@@ -154,9 +162,31 @@ UserNotify *NewsFeed::getUserNotify(QObject *parent)
 	return new NewsFeedUserNotify(this, parent);
 }
 
-void NewsFeed::settingsChanged()
+void NewsFeed::processSettings(bool load)
 {
-	ui->feedWidget->setSortRole(ROLE_RECEIVED, Settings->getAddFeedsAtEnd() ? Qt::AscendingOrder : Qt::DescendingOrder);
+	Settings->beginGroup("NewsFeed");
+
+	if (load) {
+		// load settings
+
+		// state of sort order
+		Qt::SortOrder sortOrder = (Qt::SortOrder) Settings->value("SortOrder", Qt::AscendingOrder).toInt();
+		ui->sortComboBox->setCurrentIndex(ui->sortComboBox->findData(sortOrder));
+		sortChanged(ui->sortComboBox->currentIndex());
+	} else {
+		// save settings
+
+		// state of sort order
+		Settings->setValue("SortOrder", ui->sortComboBox->itemData(ui->sortComboBox->currentIndex()).toInt());
+	}
+
+	Settings->endGroup();
+}
+
+void NewsFeed::sortChanged(int index)
+{
+	Qt::SortOrder sortOrder = (Qt::SortOrder) ui->sortComboBox->itemData(index).toInt();
+	ui->feedWidget->setSortRole(ROLE_RECEIVED, sortOrder);
 }
 
 void NewsFeed::updateDisplay()
@@ -735,7 +765,7 @@ void NewsFeed::addFeedItem(FeedItem *item)
 
 	// costly, but not really a problem here
 	int feedItemCount;
-	bool fromTop = Settings->getAddFeedsAtEnd();
+	bool fromTop = 	(ui->sortComboBox->itemData(ui->sortComboBox->currentIndex()).toInt() == Qt::AscendingOrder);
 
 	while ((feedItemCount = ui->feedWidget->feedItemCount()) >= MAX_FEEDITEM_COUNT) {
 		FeedItem *feedItem = ui->feedWidget->feedItem(fromTop ? 0 : feedItemCount - 1);
diff --git a/retroshare-gui/src/gui/NewsFeed.h b/retroshare-gui/src/gui/NewsFeed.h
index b48bafbd6..21091c1e2 100644
--- a/retroshare-gui/src/gui/NewsFeed.h
+++ b/retroshare-gui/src/gui/NewsFeed.h
@@ -69,13 +69,15 @@ signals:
 	void newsFeedChanged(int count);
 
 protected:
+	void processSettings(bool load);
+
 	/* TokenResponse */
 	virtual void loadRequest(const TokenQueue *queue, const TokenRequest &req);
 
 private slots:
 //	void toggleChanMsgItems(bool on);
 	void feedoptions();
-	void settingsChanged();
+	void sortChanged(int index);
 
 	void sendNewsFeedChanged();
 
diff --git a/retroshare-gui/src/gui/NewsFeed.ui b/retroshare-gui/src/gui/NewsFeed.ui
index a5fb207c0..7a69b63aa 100644
--- a/retroshare-gui/src/gui/NewsFeed.ui
+++ b/retroshare-gui/src/gui/NewsFeed.ui
@@ -77,6 +77,9 @@
         </property>
        </spacer>
       </item>
+      <item>
+       <widget class="QComboBox" name="sortComboBox"/>
+      </item>
       <item>
        <widget class="QPushButton" name="feedOptionsButton">
         <property name="text">
diff --git a/retroshare-gui/src/gui/settings/NotifyPage.cpp b/retroshare-gui/src/gui/settings/NotifyPage.cpp
index 8021eae81..6e2f8e56d 100755
--- a/retroshare-gui/src/gui/settings/NotifyPage.cpp
+++ b/retroshare-gui/src/gui/settings/NotifyPage.cpp
@@ -198,8 +198,6 @@ NotifyPage::save(QString &/*errmsg*/)
     MainWindow::installGroupChatNotifier();
     MainWindow::installNotifyIcons();
 
-    Settings->setAddFeedsAtEnd(ui.addFeedsAtEnd->isChecked());
-
     int index = ui.comboBoxToasterPosition->currentIndex();
     if (index != -1) {
         Settings->setToasterPosition((RshareSettings::enumToasterPosition) ui.comboBoxToasterPosition->itemData(index).toInt());
@@ -244,8 +242,6 @@ void NotifyPage::load()
     ui.systray_GroupChat->setChecked(Settings->getDisplayTrayGroupChat());
     ui.systray_ChatLobby->setChecked(Settings->getDisplayTrayChatLobby());
 
-    ui.addFeedsAtEnd->setChecked(Settings->getAddFeedsAtEnd());
-
     ui.pushButtonDisableAll->setChecked(NotifyQt::isAllDisable());
 
     RshareSettings::enumToasterPosition toasterPosition = Settings->getToasterPosition();
diff --git a/retroshare-gui/src/gui/settings/NotifyPage.ui b/retroshare-gui/src/gui/settings/NotifyPage.ui
index dab8dda9f..8e25187dc 100755
--- a/retroshare-gui/src/gui/settings/NotifyPage.ui
+++ b/retroshare-gui/src/gui/settings/NotifyPage.ui
@@ -86,20 +86,6 @@
           <item>
            <layout class="QVBoxLayout" name="feedLayout"/>
           </item>
-          <item>
-           <widget class="Line" name="line">
-            <property name="orientation">
-             <enum>Qt::Horizontal</enum>
-            </property>
-           </widget>
-          </item>
-          <item>
-           <widget class="QCheckBox" name="addFeedsAtEnd">
-            <property name="text">
-             <string>Add feeds at end</string>
-            </property>
-           </widget>
-          </item>
          </layout>
         </item>
         <item>
diff --git a/retroshare-gui/src/gui/settings/rsharesettings.cpp b/retroshare-gui/src/gui/settings/rsharesettings.cpp
index 1aba677f3..da361b77a 100644
--- a/retroshare-gui/src/gui/settings/rsharesettings.cpp
+++ b/retroshare-gui/src/gui/settings/rsharesettings.cpp
@@ -486,16 +486,6 @@ void RshareSettings::setDisplayTrayGroupChat(bool bValue)
 	setValue("DisplayTrayGroupChat", bValue);
 }
 
-bool RshareSettings::getAddFeedsAtEnd()
-{
-	return value("AddFeedsAtEnd").toBool();
-}
-
-void RshareSettings::setAddFeedsAtEnd(bool bValue)
-{
-	setValue("AddFeedsAtEnd", bValue);
-}
-
 bool RshareSettings::getChatSendMessageWithCtrlReturn()
 {
 	return valueFromGroup("Chat", "SendMessageWithCtrlReturn", false).toBool();
diff --git a/retroshare-gui/src/gui/settings/rsharesettings.h b/retroshare-gui/src/gui/settings/rsharesettings.h
index 38e02a8f7..36246b2be 100644
--- a/retroshare-gui/src/gui/settings/rsharesettings.h
+++ b/retroshare-gui/src/gui/settings/rsharesettings.h
@@ -199,9 +199,6 @@ public:
 	bool getDisplayTrayGroupChat();
 	void setDisplayTrayGroupChat(bool bValue);
 
-	bool getAddFeedsAtEnd();
-	void setAddFeedsAtEnd(bool bValue);
-
 	bool getChatSendMessageWithCtrlReturn();
 	void setChatSendMessageWithCtrlReturn(bool bValue);