diff --git a/src/components/subcomponents/GithubRepos.js b/src/components/subcomponents/GithubRepos.js
index f6a0e0d..4f8d7f0 100644
--- a/src/components/subcomponents/GithubRepos.js
+++ b/src/components/subcomponents/GithubRepos.js
@@ -139,7 +139,14 @@ class GithubRepos extends React.Component {
                 }}>
                 {
                   this.sortOptions.map(option=>{
-                    return <option value={option.value} key={option.value}>{option.text}</option>;
+                    return (
+                      <option
+                        value={option.value}
+                        key={option.value}
+                        selected={option.value === this.props.sortedValue.value}
+                        >
+                          {option.text}
+                      </option>);
                   })
                 }
               </select>
diff --git a/src/reducers/githubReducer.js b/src/reducers/githubReducer.js
index 7712b8a..0da3024 100644
--- a/src/reducers/githubReducer.js
+++ b/src/reducers/githubReducer.js
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-let githubReducer = (state={repoLanguages: {}, page: 1, sortedValue: {value:'updated_at', asc:false}}, action) => {
+let githubReducer = (state={repoLanguages: {}, page: 1, sortedValue: {value:'pushed_at', asc:false}}, action) => {
     switch(action.type) {
       case 'GET_REPOS':
         return { ...state, repos: action.payload };