diff --git a/app/dao/notifications_dao.py b/app/dao/notifications_dao.py
index 6196a7842..26172f25b 100644
--- a/app/dao/notifications_dao.py
+++ b/app/dao/notifications_dao.py
@@ -67,11 +67,9 @@ def dao_get_template_statistics_for_service(service_id, limit_days=None):
             desc(TemplateStatistics.day)).limit(1).first()
         if latest_stat:
             last_date_to_fetch = latest_stat.day - timedelta(days=limit_days)
-        else:
-            last_date_to_fetch = date.today() - timedelta(days=limit_days)
-        filter.append(TemplateStatistics.day > last_date_to_fetch)
+            filter.append(TemplateStatistics.day > last_date_to_fetch)
     return TemplateStatistics.query.filter(*filter).order_by(
-        desc(TemplateStatistics.day)).join(Template).order_by(func.lower(Template.name)).all()
+        desc(TemplateStatistics.updated_at)).all()
 
 
 @transactional
@@ -102,7 +100,7 @@ def dao_create_notification(notification, notification_type):
         day=date.today(),
         service_id=notification.service_id,
         template_id=notification.template_id
-    ).update({'usage_count': TemplateStatistics.usage_count + 1})
+    ).update({'usage_count': TemplateStatistics.usage_count + 1, 'updated_at': datetime.utcnow()})
 
     if update_count == 0:
         template_stats = TemplateStatistics(template_id=notification.template_id,
diff --git a/app/models.py b/app/models.py
index 165903a90..721bb4a08 100644
--- a/app/models.py
+++ b/app/models.py
@@ -362,3 +362,9 @@ class TemplateStatistics(db.Model):
     template = db.relationship('Template')
     usage_count = db.Column(db.BigInteger, index=False, unique=False, nullable=False, default=1)
     day = db.Column(db.Date, index=True, nullable=False, unique=False, default=datetime.date.today)
+    updated_at = db.Column(
+        db.DateTime,
+        index=False,
+        unique=False,
+        nullable=False,
+        default=datetime.datetime.utcnow)
diff --git a/migrations/versions/0045_template_stats_update_timestamp.py b/migrations/versions/0045_template_stats_update_timestamp.py
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..fb9d8d0b1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/migrations/versions/0045_template_stats_update_timestamp.py
@@ -0,0 +1,32 @@
+"""empty message
+
+Revision ID: 0045_template_stats_update_time
+Revises: 0044_add_template_stats
+Create Date: 2016-04-05 14:32:45.165755
+
+"""
+
+# revision identifiers, used by Alembic.
+revision = '0045_template_stats_update_time'
+down_revision = '0044_add_template_stats'
+
+import datetime
+
+from alembic import op
+import sqlalchemy as sa
+from sqlalchemy.sql import table, column
+
+
+def upgrade():
+    ### commands auto generated by Alembic - please adjust! ###
+    op.add_column('template_statistics', sa.Column('updated_at', sa.DateTime(), nullable=True))
+    updated_at = table('template_statistics', column('updated_at'))
+    op.execute(updated_at.update().values(updated_at=datetime.datetime.utcnow()))
+    op.alter_column('template_statistics', 'updated_at', nullable=False)
+    ### end Alembic commands ###
+
+
+def downgrade():
+    ### commands auto generated by Alembic - please adjust! ###
+    op.drop_column('template_statistics', 'updated_at')
+    ### end Alembic commands ###
diff --git a/tests/app/dao/test_notification_dao.py b/tests/app/dao/test_notification_dao.py
index 5f7d80cd0..1cc6936a3 100644
--- a/tests/app/dao/test_notification_dao.py
+++ b/tests/app/dao/test_notification_dao.py
@@ -1016,39 +1016,3 @@ def test_get_template_stats_for_service_returns_results_from_first_day_with_data
 def test_get_template_stats_for_service_with_limit_if_no_records_returns_empty_list(sample_template):
     template_stats = dao_get_template_statistics_for_service(sample_template.service.id, limit_days=7)
     assert len(template_stats) == 0
-
-
-def test_get_template_stats_for_service_for_day_returns_stats_in_template_name_order(sample_service, sample_job):
-
-    from app.dao.templates_dao import dao_create_template
-    from app.models import Template
-
-    template_stats = dao_get_template_statistics_for_service(sample_service.id)
-    assert len(template_stats) == 0
-
-    template_names = ['Aardvark', 'ant', 'zebra', 'walrus', 'Donkey', 'Komodo dragon']
-    for name in template_names:
-        data = {
-            'name': name,
-            'template_type': 'sms',
-            'content': 'blah',
-            'service': sample_service
-        }
-        template = Template(**data)
-        dao_create_template(template)
-
-        notification_data = {
-            'to': '+44709123456',
-            'job_id': sample_job.id,
-            'service': template.service,
-            'service_id': template.service.id,
-            'template': template,
-            'template_id': template.id,
-            'created_at': datetime.utcnow()
-        }
-        notification = Notification(**notification_data)
-        dao_create_notification(notification, template.template_type)
-        template_stats = dao_get_template_statistics_for_service(template.service.id)
-
-    for i, name in enumerate(sorted(template_names, key=str.lower)):
-        assert template_stats[i].template.name == name