diff --git a/apps/routerconsole/java/src/net/i2p/router/web/helpers/LogsHelper.java b/apps/routerconsole/java/src/net/i2p/router/web/helpers/LogsHelper.java
index 18e4301f1..1b5a878a6 100644
--- a/apps/routerconsole/java/src/net/i2p/router/web/helpers/LogsHelper.java
+++ b/apps/routerconsole/java/src/net/i2p/router/web/helpers/LogsHelper.java
@@ -114,28 +114,28 @@ public class LogsHelper extends HelperBase {
         return "Undefined";
     }
     
-    /*****  unused
-    public String getConnectionLogs() {
-        return formatMessages(_context.commSystem().getMostRecentErrorMessages());
-    }
-    ******/
-
     private final static String NL = System.getProperty("line.separator");
 
-    /** formats in reverse order */
+    /** formats in forward order */
     private String formatMessages(List<String> msgs) {
         if (msgs.isEmpty())
             return "</td></tr><tr><td><p><i>" + _t("No log messages") + "</i></p>";
         boolean colorize = _context.getBooleanPropertyDefaultTrue("routerconsole.logs.color");
         StringBuilder buf = new StringBuilder(16*1024); 
         buf.append("</td></tr><tr><td><ul>");
-        for (int i = msgs.size() - 1; i >= 0; i--) { 
+        // newest first
+        // for (int i = msgs.size() - 1; i >= 0; i--) { 
+        // oldest first
+        for (int i = 0; i < msgs.size(); i++) { 
             String msg = msgs.get(i);
             // don't display the dup message if it is last
-            if (i == 0 && msg.contains("&darr;"))
+            //if (i == 0 && msg.contains("&darr;"))
+            // don't display the dup message if it is first
+            if (i == 0 && msg.contains("&uarr;"))
                 break;
             msg = msg.replace("&", "&amp;").replace("<", "&lt;").replace(">", "&gt;");
-            msg = msg.replace("&amp;darr;", "&darr;");  // hack - undo the damage (LogWriter)
+            //msg = msg.replace("&amp;darr;", "&darr;");  // hack - undo the damage (LogWriter)
+            msg = msg.replace("&amp;uarr;", "&uarr;");  // hack - undo the damage (LogWriter)
             // remove  last \n that LogRecordFormatter added
             if (msg.endsWith(NL))
                 msg = msg.substring(0, msg.length() - NL.length());
diff --git a/core/java/src/net/i2p/util/LogWriter.java b/core/java/src/net/i2p/util/LogWriter.java
index 38830841b..f7b91aae9 100644
--- a/core/java/src/net/i2p/util/LogWriter.java
+++ b/core/java/src/net/i2p/util/LogWriter.java
@@ -24,6 +24,8 @@ abstract class LogWriter implements Runnable {
     final static long FLUSH_INTERVAL = 29 * 1000;
     private final static long MIN_FLUSH_INTERVAL = 2*1000;
     private final static long MAX_FLUSH_INTERVAL = 5*60*1000;
+    // true for newest first on /logs page; false for oldest first
+    private static final boolean BUFFER_DISPLAYED_REVERSE = false;
     private long _lastReadConfig;
     protected final LogManager _manager;
 
@@ -137,11 +139,11 @@ abstract class LogWriter implements Runnable {
      *  @since 0.9.21
      */
     private void writeDupMessage(int dupCount, LogRecord lastRecord) {
-        String dmsg = dupMessage(dupCount, lastRecord, false);
+        String dmsg = dupMessage(dupCount, lastRecord, false, false);
         writeRecord(lastRecord.getPriority(), dmsg);
         if (_manager.getDisplayOnScreenLevel() <= lastRecord.getPriority() && _manager.displayOnScreen())
             System.out.print(dmsg);
-        dmsg = dupMessage(dupCount, lastRecord, true);
+        dmsg = dupMessage(dupCount, lastRecord, BUFFER_DISPLAYED_REVERSE, true);
         _manager.getBuffer().add(dmsg);
         if (lastRecord.getPriority() >= Log.CRIT)
             _manager.getBuffer().addCritical(dmsg);
@@ -151,8 +153,10 @@ abstract class LogWriter implements Runnable {
      *  Return a msg with the date stamp of the last duplicate
      *  @since 0.9.3
      */
-    private String dupMessage(int dupCount, LogRecord lastRecord, boolean reverse) {
-        String arrows = reverse ? (SystemVersion.isAndroid() ? "vvv" : "&darr;&darr;&darr;") : "^^^";
+    private String dupMessage(int dupCount, LogRecord lastRecord, boolean reverse, boolean html) {
+        boolean nohtml = !html || SystemVersion.isAndroid();
+        String arrows = reverse ? (nohtml ? "vvv" : "&darr;&darr;&darr;")
+                                : (nohtml ? "^^^" : "&uarr;&uarr;&uarr;");
         return LogRecordFormatter.getWhen(_manager, lastRecord) + ' ' + arrows + ' ' +
                _t(dupCount, "1 similar message omitted", "{0} similar messages omitted") + ' ' + arrows +
                LogRecordFormatter.NL;