diff --git a/app/controllers/pages_controller.rb b/app/controllers/pages_controller.rb
index 3d20505eb..d54c2c5c5 100644
--- a/app/controllers/pages_controller.rb
+++ b/app/controllers/pages_controller.rb
@@ -40,7 +40,6 @@ def last_seven_profiles
       .is_published
       .by_region(current_region)
       .main_topic_translated_in(I18n.locale)
-      .order(created_at: :desc)
       .last 7
   end
 end
diff --git a/spec/requests/pages_controller_spec.rb b/spec/requests/pages_controller_spec.rb
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..582fca30e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/spec/requests/pages_controller_spec.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+describe 'PagesController', type: :request do
+  let!(:old_profile) { create(:published_profile, main_topic_en: 'history') }
+  let!(:profile_unpublished) { create(:unpublished_profile) }
+  let(:admin) { create(:profile, :admin) }
+  let!(:category) { create(:cat_science) }
+  
+  describe 'GET /' do
+    it 'returns http success' do
+      get '/'
+      expect(response).to have_http_status(:success)
+    end
+
+    it 'shows the last 7 published profiles and excludes older and unpublished profiles' do
+      create_list(:published_profile, 7, main_topic_en: 'Mathematik Genie')
+      get '/'
+      expect(assigns(:newest_profiles).size).to eq(7)
+      expect(assigns(:newest_profiles)).not_to include(old_profile)
+      expect(assigns(:newest_profiles)).not_to include(profile_unpublished)
+    end
+  end
+end