diff --git a/internal/db/bundb/migrations/20220830014732_regenerate_indexes_for_follows.go b/internal/db/bundb/migrations/20220830014732_regenerate_indexes_for_follows.go
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..259d757f0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/internal/db/bundb/migrations/20220830014732_regenerate_indexes_for_follows.go
@@ -0,0 +1,114 @@
+/*
+   GoToSocial
+   Copyright (C) 2021-2022 GoToSocial Authors admin@gotosocial.org
+
+   This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
+   it under the terms of the GNU Affero General Public License as published by
+   the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
+   (at your option) any later version.
+
+   This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+   but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+   MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+   GNU Affero General Public License for more details.
+
+   You should have received a copy of the GNU Affero General Public License
+   along with this program.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+*/
+
+package migrations
+
+import (
+	"context"
+
+	"github.com/superseriousbusiness/gotosocial/internal/gtsmodel"
+	"github.com/uptrace/bun"
+)
+
+func init() {
+	up := func(ctx context.Context, db *bun.DB) error {
+		return db.RunInTx(ctx, nil, func(ctx context.Context, tx bun.Tx) error {
+			// drop indexes for these tables
+			if _, err := tx.
+				NewDropIndex().
+				Index("follow_requests_account_id_idx").
+				Exec(ctx); err != nil {
+				return err
+			}
+
+			if _, err := tx.
+				NewDropIndex().
+				Index("follow_requests_target_account_id_idx").
+				Exec(ctx); err != nil {
+				return err
+			}
+
+			if _, err := tx.
+				NewDropIndex().
+				Index("follows_account_id_idx").
+				Exec(ctx); err != nil {
+				return err
+			}
+
+			if _, err := tx.
+				NewDropIndex().
+				Index("follows_target_account_id_idx").
+				Exec(ctx); err != nil {
+				return err
+			}
+
+			// now re-create them with an ordering
+			if _, err := tx.
+				NewCreateIndex().
+				Model(&gtsmodel.FollowRequest{}).
+				Index("follow_requests_account_id_idx").
+				Column("account_id").
+				ColumnExpr("updated_at DESC").
+				Exec(ctx); err != nil {
+				return err
+			}
+
+			if _, err := tx.
+				NewCreateIndex().
+				Model(&gtsmodel.FollowRequest{}).
+				Index("follow_requests_target_account_id_idx").
+				Column("target_account_id").
+				ColumnExpr("updated_at DESC").
+				Exec(ctx); err != nil {
+				return err
+			}
+
+			if _, err := tx.
+				NewCreateIndex().
+				Model(&gtsmodel.Follow{}).
+				Index("follows_account_id_idx").
+				Column("account_id").
+				ColumnExpr("updated_at DESC").
+				Exec(ctx); err != nil {
+				return err
+			}
+
+			if _, err := tx.
+				NewCreateIndex().
+				Model(&gtsmodel.Follow{}).
+				Index("follows_target_account_id_idx").
+				Column("target_account_id").
+				ColumnExpr("updated_at DESC").
+				Exec(ctx); err != nil {
+				return err
+			}
+
+			return nil
+		})
+	}
+
+	down := func(ctx context.Context, db *bun.DB) error {
+		return db.RunInTx(ctx, nil, func(ctx context.Context, tx bun.Tx) error {
+			return nil
+		})
+	}
+
+	if err := Migrations.Register(up, down); err != nil {
+		panic(err)
+	}
+}
diff --git a/internal/db/bundb/relationship.go b/internal/db/bundb/relationship.go
index 60dd72663..ba72a053a 100644
--- a/internal/db/bundb/relationship.go
+++ b/internal/db/bundb/relationship.go
@@ -292,7 +292,8 @@ func (r *relationshipDB) GetAccountFollowRequests(ctx context.Context, accountID
 	followRequests := []*gtsmodel.FollowRequest{}
 
 	q := r.newFollowQ(&followRequests).
-		Where("target_account_id = ?", accountID)
+		Where("target_account_id = ?", accountID).
+		Order("follow_request.updated_at DESC")
 
 	if err := q.Scan(ctx); err != nil {
 		return nil, r.conn.ProcessError(err)
@@ -304,7 +305,8 @@ func (r *relationshipDB) GetAccountFollows(ctx context.Context, accountID string
 	follows := []*gtsmodel.Follow{}
 
 	q := r.newFollowQ(&follows).
-		Where("account_id = ?", accountID)
+		Where("account_id = ?", accountID).
+		Order("follow.updated_at DESC")
 
 	if err := q.Scan(ctx); err != nil {
 		return nil, r.conn.ProcessError(err)
@@ -325,7 +327,8 @@ func (r *relationshipDB) GetAccountFollowedBy(ctx context.Context, accountID str
 
 	q := r.conn.
 		NewSelect().
-		Model(&follows)
+		Model(&follows).
+		Order("follow.updated_at DESC")
 
 	if localOnly {
 		q = q.ColumnExpr("follow.*").