diff --git a/_plugins/releases.rb b/_plugins/releases.rb
index 3c9140be..10db464e 100644
--- a/_plugins/releases.rb
+++ b/_plugins/releases.rb
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ require 'yaml'
 module Jekyll
   
   class ReleasePage < Page
+
     def initialize(site, base, lang, srcdir, src, dstdir, dst, year, month, day)
       @site = site
       @base = base
@@ -29,19 +30,31 @@ module Jekyll
       self.read_yaml(File.join(base, srcdir), src)
       self.data['lang'] = lang
       self.data['date'] = year + '-' + month + '-' + day
+      self.data['version'] = dst.gsub('.md','').gsub(/[a-z]/,'')
+      self.data['versionint'] = versiontoint(self.data['version'])
       self.data['layout'] = 'release'
       if dstdir.index('/releases/') === 0
         self.data['redirect'] = '/en/release/' + dst.gsub('.md','')
         self.data['layout'] = 'redirect'
       else
         self.data['category'] = 'release'
-        if !site.config.has_key?('DOWNLOAD_DATE') or site.config['DOWNLOAD_DATE'] < year + '-' + month + '-' + day
-          site.config['DOWNLOAD_DATE'] = year + '-' + month + '-' + day
-          site.config['DOWNLOAD_VERSION'] = dst.gsub('.md','').gsub(/[a-z]/,'')
+        if !site.config.has_key?('DOWNLOAD_VERSION') or site.config['DOWNLOAD_VERSIONINT'] < self.data['versionint']
+          site.config['DOWNLOAD_VERSIONINT'] = self.data['versionint']
+          site.config['DOWNLOAD_VERSION'] = self.data['version']
         end
         site.pages << ReleasePage.new(site, base, lang, srcdir, src, '/releases/' + year + '/' + month + '/' + day, dst, year, month, day)
       end
     end
+
+    def versiontoint(v)
+      x = 0
+      ar = v.split('.').map{|s| s.to_i}
+      ar.each_index do |k|
+        x += ar[k] * (1000 ** (5 - k))
+      end
+      return x
+    end
+
   end
 
   class ReleasePageGenerator < Generator
diff --git a/en/version-history.html b/en/version-history.html
index 7b957e6a..33f62bd4 100644
--- a/en/version-history.html
+++ b/en/version-history.html
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ title: Bitcoin Core version history
 <div class="versiontext">
   <h1>Bitcoin Core version history<a type="application/rss+xml" href="/en/rss/releases.rss"><img src="/img/icons/icon_rss.svg" alt="rss" class="rssicon"></a></h1>
   <ul>
-  {% filter_for p in site.pages reversed sort_by:date category:release %}
+  {% filter_for p in site.pages reversed sort_by:versionint category:release %}
     <li>
       {{ p.date | date:"%Y-%m-%d" }} - <a href="{{ p.url | replace:'.html','' }}">{{ p.title }}</a>
     </li>