diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index ff424ad..9f758d2 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 .idea
+archive
 target
 config/config.json
 *.sqlite3
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 3b62480..c00c192 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
 
     <groupId>org.example</groupId>
     <artifactId>Widerhall</artifactId>
-    <version>0.2.1</version>
+    <version>0.2.2</version>
     <build>
         <plugins>
             <plugin>
diff --git a/src/main/java/de/srsoftware/widerhall/Configuration.java b/src/main/java/de/srsoftware/widerhall/Configuration.java
index dd234e7..0acb2fa 100644
--- a/src/main/java/de/srsoftware/widerhall/Configuration.java
+++ b/src/main/java/de/srsoftware/widerhall/Configuration.java
@@ -59,6 +59,7 @@ public class Configuration {
         dbFile();
         baseUrl();
         serverPort();
+        archiveDir();
         return this;
     }
 
@@ -92,6 +93,13 @@ public class Configuration {
         return this;
     }
 
+    public File archiveDir() {
+        var locations = locations();
+        if (!locations.containsKey(ARCHIVE)) locations.put(ARCHIVE, String.join(File.separator,baseDir(),"archive"));
+        return new File((String) locations.get(ARCHIVE));
+    }
+
+
     public int serverPort() {
         if (!data.containsKey(PORT)) data.put(PORT,80L);
         var o = data.get(PORT);
@@ -107,4 +115,5 @@ public class Configuration {
     public File file() {
         return file;
     }
+
 }
diff --git a/src/main/java/de/srsoftware/widerhall/Constants.java b/src/main/java/de/srsoftware/widerhall/Constants.java
index b84620f..fc3ca19 100644
--- a/src/main/java/de/srsoftware/widerhall/Constants.java
+++ b/src/main/java/de/srsoftware/widerhall/Constants.java
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 package de.srsoftware.widerhall;
 
 public class Constants {
+    public static final String ARCHIVE = "archive";
     public static final String BASE = "base";
     public static final String BASE_URL = "base_url";
     public static final String CONFIG = "configuration";
diff --git a/src/main/java/de/srsoftware/widerhall/data/Database.java b/src/main/java/de/srsoftware/widerhall/data/Database.java
index 1f85370..31e143e 100644
--- a/src/main/java/de/srsoftware/widerhall/data/Database.java
+++ b/src/main/java/de/srsoftware/widerhall/data/Database.java
@@ -93,6 +93,7 @@ public class Database {
         private final StringBuilder sql; // buffer the sql to be built
         private final HashMap<String, List<Object>> where = new HashMap<>(); // buffer condition statements for select
         private final HashMap<String,Object> values = new HashMap<>(); // buffer values for insert/update statements
+        private final List<String> sortFields = new ArrayList<>();
 
         /**
          * Start to create a new request with the initial SQL
@@ -126,6 +127,10 @@ public class Database {
             }
         }
 
+        private void applySorting(){
+            if (!sortFields.isEmpty()) sql.append(" ORDER BY ").append(String.join(", ",sortFields));
+        }
+
         @Override
         protected Request clone() {
             Request clone = new Request(sql);
@@ -142,6 +147,7 @@ public class Database {
             var args = new ArrayList<>();
             applyValues(args);
             applyConditions(args);
+            applySorting();
             return new CompiledRequest(sql.toString(),args);
         }
 
@@ -245,6 +251,11 @@ public class Database {
             list.add(value);
             return this;
         }
+
+        public Request sort(String field) {
+            sortFields.add(field);
+            return this;
+        }
     }
 
     public Database(Connection connection) {
diff --git a/src/main/java/de/srsoftware/widerhall/data/Post.java b/src/main/java/de/srsoftware/widerhall/data/Post.java
index 75eeeda..adf8a3e 100644
--- a/src/main/java/de/srsoftware/widerhall/data/Post.java
+++ b/src/main/java/de/srsoftware/widerhall/data/Post.java
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 package de.srsoftware.widerhall.data;
 
+import de.srsoftware.widerhall.Configuration;
 import de.srsoftware.widerhall.Util;
 import org.slf4j.Logger;
 import org.slf4j.LoggerFactory;
@@ -11,8 +12,10 @@ import java.io.File;
 import java.io.IOException;
 import java.nio.charset.StandardCharsets;
 import java.nio.file.Files;
+import java.sql.Array;
 import java.sql.ResultSet;
 import java.sql.SQLException;
+import java.util.ArrayList;
 import java.util.HashMap;
 import java.util.HashSet;
 import java.util.Map;
@@ -59,7 +62,9 @@ public class Post {
             var time = message.getSentDate().getTime();
 
             Post post = new Post(id,list,fromEmail,fromName,subject,time);
-            Files.writeString(post.file().toPath(),text, StandardCharsets.UTF_8);
+            var file = post.file();
+            file.getParentFile().mkdirs();
+            Files.writeString(file.toPath(),text, StandardCharsets.UTF_8);
             return post.save();
         } catch (MessagingException | IOException | SQLException e) {
             LOG.warn("Failed to create post from {}",message);
@@ -93,10 +98,10 @@ public class Post {
         return new File(filename);
     }
 
-    public static HashSet<Post> find(MailingList list) throws SQLException {
-        var rs = Database.open().select(TABLE_NAME).where(LIST,list.email()).compile().exec();
+    public static ArrayList<Post> find(MailingList list) throws SQLException {
+        var rs = Database.open().select(TABLE_NAME).where(LIST,list.email()).sort(DATE).compile().exec();
         try {
-            var result = new HashSet<Post>();
+            var result = new ArrayList<Post>();
             while (rs.next()) result.add(Post.from(rs));
             return result;
         } finally {
@@ -111,6 +116,7 @@ public class Post {
             if (post == null) {
                 var list = MailingList.load(rs.getString(LIST));
                 post = new Post(id, list, rs.getString(FROM_ADDR), rs.getString(FROM_NAME), rs.getString(SUBJECT), rs.getLong(DATE));
+                post.filename = rs.getString(FILE);
                 cache.put(id,post);
             }
             return post;
@@ -122,7 +128,7 @@ public class Post {
 
 
     private String generateFilename() {
-        return "/tmp/"+id+".json";
+        return Configuration.instance().archiveDir()+File.separator+id+".txt";
     }
 
     public String id() {
diff --git a/src/main/java/de/srsoftware/widerhall/web/Rest.java b/src/main/java/de/srsoftware/widerhall/web/Rest.java
index 8c8a87d..f1ff180 100644
--- a/src/main/java/de/srsoftware/widerhall/web/Rest.java
+++ b/src/main/java/de/srsoftware/widerhall/web/Rest.java
@@ -9,19 +9,15 @@ import org.json.simple.JSONObject;
 import org.slf4j.Logger;
 import org.slf4j.LoggerFactory;
 
-import javax.mail.MessagingException;
 import javax.servlet.ServletException;
 import javax.servlet.http.HttpServlet;
 import javax.servlet.http.HttpServletRequest;
 import javax.servlet.http.HttpServletResponse;
 import java.io.IOException;
-import java.io.Serializable;
-import java.io.UnsupportedEncodingException;
 import java.sql.SQLException;
 import java.util.HashMap;
 import java.util.List;
 import java.util.Map;
-import java.util.stream.Collectors;
 
 import static de.srsoftware.widerhall.Constants.*;
 import static de.srsoftware.widerhall.Util.t;
@@ -148,17 +144,17 @@ public class Rest extends HttpServlet {
         }
     }
 
-    private Map<Long, Object> archive(HttpServletRequest req) {
+    private List<? extends Object> archive(HttpServletRequest req) {
         var list = Util.getMailingList(req);
         if (list != null){
             try {
-                return Post.find(list).stream().collect(Collectors.toMap(Post::timestamp,Post::safeMap));
+                return Post.find(list).stream().map(Post::safeMap).toList();
             } catch (SQLException e) {
                 e.printStackTrace();
             }
         }
         LOG.debug("list: {}",list.email());
-        return Map.of();
+        return List.of();
     }
 
     public String handlePost(HttpServletRequest req, HttpServletResponse resp){
diff --git a/src/main/java/de/srsoftware/widerhall/web/Web.java b/src/main/java/de/srsoftware/widerhall/web/Web.java
index 698d81d..9b01702 100644
--- a/src/main/java/de/srsoftware/widerhall/web/Web.java
+++ b/src/main/java/de/srsoftware/widerhall/web/Web.java
@@ -28,7 +28,6 @@ public class Web extends TemplateServlet {
     private static final String CONFIRM = "confirm";
     private static final Logger LOG = LoggerFactory.getLogger(Web.class);
     private static final String ADMIN = "admin";
-    private static final String ARCHIVE = "archive";
     private static final String INSPECT = "inspect";
     private static final String LOGIN = "login";
     private static final String LOGOUT = "logout";