diff --git a/src/Module/Api/Mastodon/Timelines/Home.php b/src/Module/Api/Mastodon/Timelines/Home.php
index 2d646e428a..f219f0a2c7 100644
--- a/src/Module/Api/Mastodon/Timelines/Home.php
+++ b/src/Module/Api/Mastodon/Timelines/Home.php
@@ -57,11 +57,12 @@ class Home extends BaseApi
 			'friendica_order' => TimelineOrderByTypes::ID,
 		], $request);
 
-		$params = ['order' => ['uri-id' => true], 'limit' => $request['limit']];
+
 
 		$condition = ['gravity' => [Item::GRAVITY_PARENT, Item::GRAVITY_COMMENT], 'uid' => $uid];
 
 		$condition = $this->addPagingConditions($request, $condition);
+		$params = $this->buildOrderAndLimitParams($request);
 
 		if ($request['local']) {
 			$condition = DBA::mergeConditions($condition, ["`uri-id` IN (SELECT `uri-id` FROM `post-user` WHERE `origin`)"]);
diff --git a/src/Module/BaseApi.php b/src/Module/BaseApi.php
index bdcced59f4..5f1156d771 100644
--- a/src/Module/BaseApi.php
+++ b/src/Module/BaseApi.php
@@ -105,12 +105,11 @@ class BaseApi extends BaseModule
 	}
 
 	/**
-	 * Processes data from GET requests and sets defaults
+	 * Processes data from GET requests and sets paging conditions
 	 *
-	 * @param array      $defaults Associative array of expected request keys and their default typed value. A null
-	 *                             value will remove the request key from the resulting value array.
-	 * @param array $request       Custom REQUEST array, superglobal instead
-	 * @return array request data
+	 * @param array $request       Custom REQUEST array
+	 * @param array $condition     Existing conditions to merge
+	 * @return array paging data condition parameters data
 	 * @throws \Exception
 	 */
 	public function addPagingConditions(array $request, array $condition): array
@@ -151,6 +150,37 @@ class BaseApi extends BaseModule
 		return $condition;
 	}
 
+	/**
+	 * Processes data from GET requests and sets paging conditions
+	 *
+	 * @param array $request  Custom REQUEST array
+	 * @param array $params   Existing $params element to build on
+	 * @return array ordering data added to the params blocks that was passed in
+	 * @throws \Exception
+	 */
+	public function buildOrderAndLimitParams(array $request, array $params = []): array
+	{
+		$requested_order = $request['friendica_order'];
+		switch ($requested_order) {
+			case TimelineOrderByTypes::CREATED:
+				$order_field = 'created';
+				break;
+			case TimelineOrderByTypes::ID:
+			default:
+				$order_field = 'uri-id';
+		}
+
+		if(!empty($request['min_id'])) {
+			$params['order'] = [$order_field];
+		} else {
+			$params['order'] = [$order_field => true];
+		}
+
+		$params['limit']= $request['limit'];
+
+		return $params;
+	}
+
 	/**
 	 * Processes data from GET requests and sets defaults
 	 *