diff --git a/django/core/jinja2/common.jinja b/django/core/jinja2/common.jinja
index 40bdd2ee7..0d1f95560 100644
--- a/django/core/jinja2/common.jinja
+++ b/django/core/jinja2/common.jinja
@@ -170,7 +170,7 @@
     <span class="badge bg-gray ms-1">{{ term }}</span>
     {% endfor %}
     <a class="text-warn ms-1" href="{{ url(url_name) }}">
-        <i class="fas fa-times"></i> clear
+        <i class="fas fa-times"></i> clear filters
     </a>
     {% endif %}
 </p>
diff --git a/django/library/views.py b/django/library/views.py
index 93589f3ee..26d9404a3 100644
--- a/django/library/views.py
+++ b/django/library/views.py
@@ -398,6 +398,10 @@ def filter_queryset(self, request, queryset, view):
             criteria.update(id__in=filtered_codebase_ids)
         if ordering:
             criteria.update(ordering=ordering)
+        else:
+            if qs:
+                # set default ordering for search when ordering is not specified
+                criteria.update(ordering="relevance")
 
         return get_search_queryset(qs, queryset, tags=tags, criteria=criteria)
 
diff --git a/frontend/src/components/CodebaseListSidebar.vue b/frontend/src/components/CodebaseListSidebar.vue
index f20ef351e..19a30ac2c 100644
--- a/frontend/src/components/CodebaseListSidebar.vue
+++ b/frontend/src/components/CodebaseListSidebar.vue
@@ -25,10 +25,8 @@
           </div>
         </div>
 
-        <div class="mb-3">
-          <label v-if="parsedLanguageFacets.length > 0" class="form-label fw-bold">
-            Programming Languages
-          </label>
+        <div class="mb-3" v-if="parsedLanguageFacets.length > 0">
+          <label class="form-label fw-bold"> Programming Languages </label>
           <div class="row">
             <div v-for="lang in parsedLanguageFacets" :key="lang.value" class="col-12 col-md-12">
               <div class="form-check">
@@ -134,7 +132,7 @@ onMounted(() => {
 const initializeFilterValues = () => {
   const urlParams = new URLSearchParams(window.location.search);
   values.peerReviewStatus = urlParams.get("peerReviewStatus") || "";
-  values.programmingLanguages = urlParams.getAll("programmingLanguages") || [];
+  values.programmingLanguages = urlParams.getAll("programmingLanguages").sort() || [];
   values.tags = urlParams.getAll("tags").map(tag => ({ name: tag })) || [];
   values.startDate = urlParams.get("publishedAfter")
     ? new Date(urlParams.get("publishedAfter")!)