diff --git a/src/AngularComponents/src/app/components/riskhotspots/riskhotspots.component.ts b/src/AngularComponents/src/app/components/riskhotspots/riskhotspots.component.ts
index c06fc5f8..643cbbbf 100644
--- a/src/AngularComponents/src/app/components/riskhotspots/riskhotspots.component.ts
+++ b/src/AngularComponents/src/app/components/riskhotspots/riskhotspots.component.ts
@@ -44,21 +44,21 @@ import { RiskHotspotsSettings } from "./data/riskhotspots-settings.class";
           <thead>
             <tr>
               <th><a href="#" (click)="updateSorting('assembly', $event)"><i class="icon-down-dir"
-                [ngClass]="{'icon-up-dir_active': settings.sortBy === 'assembly' && settings.sortOrder === 'desc',
-                'icon-down-dir_active': settings.sortBy === 'assembly' && settings.sortOrder === 'asc',
+                [ngClass]="{'icon-up-dir_active': settings.sortBy === 'assembly' && settings.sortOrder === 'asc',
+                'icon-down-dir_active': settings.sortBy === 'assembly' && settings.sortOrder === 'desc',
                 'icon-down-dir': settings.sortBy !== 'assembly'}"></i>{{translations.assembly}}</a></th>
               <th><a href="#" (click)="updateSorting('class', $event)"><i class="icon-down-dir"
-              [ngClass]="{'icon-up-dir_active': settings.sortBy === 'class' && settings.sortOrder === 'desc',
-              'icon-down-dir_active': settings.sortBy === 'class' && settings.sortOrder === 'asc',
+              [ngClass]="{'icon-up-dir_active': settings.sortBy === 'class' && settings.sortOrder === 'asc',
+              'icon-down-dir_active': settings.sortBy === 'class' && settings.sortOrder === 'desc',
               'icon-down-dir': settings.sortBy !== 'class'}"></i>{{translations.class}}</a></th>
               <th><a href="#" (click)="updateSorting('method', $event)"><i class="icon-down-dir"
-              [ngClass]="{'icon-up-dir_active': settings.sortBy === 'method' && settings.sortOrder === 'desc',
-              'icon-down-dir_active': settings.sortBy === 'method' && settings.sortOrder === 'asc',
+              [ngClass]="{'icon-up-dir_active': settings.sortBy === 'method' && settings.sortOrder === 'asc',
+              'icon-down-dir_active': settings.sortBy === 'method' && settings.sortOrder === 'desc',
               'icon-down-dir': settings.sortBy !== 'method'}"></i>{{translations.method}}</a></th>
               <th *ngFor="let riskHotspotMetric of riskHotspotMetrics; index as i">
                 <a href="#" (click)="updateSorting('' + i, $event)"><i class="icon-down-dir"
-                [ngClass]="{'icon-up-dir_active': settings.sortBy === '' + i && settings.sortOrder === 'desc',
-                'icon-down-dir_active': settings.sortBy === '' + i && settings.sortOrder === 'asc',
+                [ngClass]="{'icon-up-dir_active': settings.sortBy === '' + i && settings.sortOrder === 'asc',
+                'icon-down-dir_active': settings.sortBy === '' + i && settings.sortOrder === 'desc',
                 'icon-down-dir': settings.sortBy !== '' + i}"></i>{{riskHotspotMetric.name}}</a>
                 <a href="{{riskHotspotMetric.explanationUrl}}" target="_blank"><i class="icon-info-circled"></i></a>
               </th>
@@ -215,4 +215,4 @@ export class RiskHotspotsComponent implements OnInit {
     console.log(`Updating sort column: '${this.settings.sortBy}' (${this.settings.sortOrder})`);
     this.updateRiskHotpots();
   }
-}
\ No newline at end of file
+}