diff --git a/frontend/src/components/dashboard/ProjectsTab.vue b/frontend/src/components/dashboard/ProjectsTab.vue
index 810b32f..c9a2110 100644
--- a/frontend/src/components/dashboard/ProjectsTab.vue
+++ b/frontend/src/components/dashboard/ProjectsTab.vue
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ import type { HiveProject, HiveTask } from '@/types'
 
 /** Enough projects and tasks for an overview; the Projects page paginates. */
 const PROJECT_LIMIT = 100
-const TASK_LIMIT = 500
+const TASK_LIMIT = 2000
 
 interface TaskCounts {
 	total: number
@@ -75,6 +75,7 @@ const tasks = useList<HiveTask>({
 	doctype: 'Hive Task',
 	fields: ['name', 'project', 'status', 'is_internal'],
 	filters: { is_archived: 0 },
+	orderBy: 'modified desc',
 	limit: TASK_LIMIT,
 	cacheKey: 'dashboard-project-tasks',
 })
diff --git a/frontend/src/pages/ProjectDetailPage.vue b/frontend/src/pages/ProjectDetailPage.vue
index 23385f8..5651fa2 100644
--- a/frontend/src/pages/ProjectDetailPage.vue
+++ b/frontend/src/pages/ProjectDetailPage.vue
@@ -273,8 +273,8 @@ const tasks = useList<HiveTask>({
 		'modified',
 	],
 	filters: () => ({ project: projectName.value, is_archived: 0 }),
-	orderBy: 'due_date asc',
-	limit: 500,
+	orderBy: 'due_date asc, modified desc',
+	limit: 2000,
 	immediate: false,
 })
 
diff --git a/frontend/src/pages/TasksPage.vue b/frontend/src/pages/TasksPage.vue
index 533dad7..6a38228 100644
--- a/frontend/src/pages/TasksPage.vue
+++ b/frontend/src/pages/TasksPage.vue
@@ -230,6 +230,10 @@ const hideProject = computed(() => Boolean(projectFilter.value) || groupBy.value
 
 // -- data ----------------------------------------------------------------
 
+const taskFilters = computed(() =>
+	projectFilter.value ? { is_archived: 0, project: projectFilter.value } : { is_archived: 0 },
+)
+
 const tasks = useList<HiveTask>({
 	doctype: 'Hive Task',
 	fields: [
@@ -251,9 +255,9 @@ const tasks = useList<HiveTask>({
 		'creation',
 		'modified',
 	],
-	filters: { is_archived: 0 },
-	orderBy: 'due_date asc',
-	limit: 500,
+	filters: taskFilters,
+	orderBy: 'due_date asc, modified desc',
+	limit: 2000,
 	cacheKey: 'tasks-page',
 })