diff --git a/pubs/server.py b/pubs/server.py
index 34e39d4..b091dcb 100644
--- a/pubs/server.py
+++ b/pubs/server.py
@@ -125,7 +125,7 @@ async def count_pubs(self):
         match, _ = self.args_to_match_query()
         return await self.db.publications.count_documents(match)
 
-    async def get_pubs(self, mongoid=False):
+    async def get_pubs(self, mongoid=False, sortby='date'):
         match, args = self.args_to_match_query()
 
         kwargs = {}
@@ -139,7 +139,10 @@ async def get_pubs(self, mongoid=False):
 
         pubs = []
         i = -1
-        async for row in self.db.publications.find(match, **kwargs).sort('date', pymongo.DESCENDING):
+        cursor = self.db.publications.find(match, **kwargs)
+        if sortby:
+            cursor = cursor.sort(sortby, pymongo.DESCENDING)
+        async for row in cursor:
             i += 1
             if mongoid:
                 row['_id'] = str(row['_id'])
@@ -179,7 +182,8 @@ async def get(self):
 
 class CSV(BaseHandler):
     async def get(self):
-        pubs = await self.get_pubs()
+        sortby = self.get_argument('sort', 'date')
+        pubs = await self.get_pubs(sortby=sortby)
 
         f = StringIO()
         writer = csv.DictWriter(f, fieldnames=FIELDS)
diff --git a/pubs/templates/main.html b/pubs/templates/main.html
index 596aaf0..4948b0e 100644
--- a/pubs/templates/main.html
+++ b/pubs/templates/main.html
@@ -56,9 +56,32 @@ <h2>Selected Publications:</h2>
     </span>
   </div>
   {% if pub.get('abstract', '') %}
-  <div class="abstract_div">Abstract: <div class="abstract">{{ pub['abstract'] }}</div></div>
+  <div class="abstract_div">Abstract:
+    <button>Show</button>
+    <div class="abstract">{{ pub['abstract'] }}</div>
+  </div>
   {% end %}
 </article>
 {% end %}
 </div>
+{% end %}
+
+{% block scripts %}
+<script src="https://code.jquery.com/jquery-3.7.1.slim.min.js" integrity="sha256-kmHvs0B+OpCW5GVHUNjv9rOmY0IvSIRcf7zGUDTDQM8=" crossorigin="anonymous"></script>
+<script>
+$( document ).ready(function() {
+  $(".abstract_div").each(function(i){
+    let ab = $(this).find('.abstract');
+    ab.hide();
+    $(this).find('button').on('click', function(){
+      ab.toggle();
+      if ($(this).text() == 'Show') {
+        $(this).text('Hide');
+      } else {
+        $(this).text('Show');
+      }
+    });
+  });
+});
+</script>
 {% end %}
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diff --git a/tests/test_main.py b/tests/test_main.py
index 9316b45..e6d6a43 100644
--- a/tests/test_main.py
+++ b/tests/test_main.py
@@ -266,4 +266,65 @@ async def test_csv(server):
     s = AsyncSession(retries=0, backoff_factor=1)
     r = await asyncio.wrap_future(s.get(url+'/csv'))
     r.raise_for_status()
-    
\ No newline at end of file
+
+
+@pytest.mark.asyncio
+async def test_csv_sorted(server):
+    db, url = server
+
+    await add_pub(db, title='Test Title1', authors=['auth1'], abstract='',
+                  pub_type="journal", citation="TestJournal", date='2024-01-01T01:00:00',
+                  downloads=[], projects=['icecube'])
+
+    await add_pub(db, title='Test Title2', authors=['auth2'], abstract='',
+                  pub_type="proceeding", citation="TestJournal", date='2024-02-01T01:00:00',
+                  downloads=[], projects=['icecube'])
+
+    await add_pub(db, title='Test Title3', authors=['auth1', 'auth3'], abstract='',
+                  pub_type="thesis", citation="TestJournal", date='2024-03-01T01:00:00',
+                  downloads=[], projects=['icecube'])
+
+    await add_pub(db, title='Test Title4', authors=['auth1', 'auth4'], abstract='the abstract',
+                  pub_type="internal", citation="TestReport", date='2023-01-01T01:00:00',
+                  downloads=[], projects=['icecube'])
+
+    s = AsyncSession(retries=0, backoff_factor=1)
+    r = await asyncio.wrap_future(s.get(url+'/csv'))
+    r.raise_for_status()
+
+    lines = r.text.split('\n')
+    assert 'Test Title3' in lines[1]
+    assert 'Test Title2' in lines[2]
+    assert 'Test Title1' in lines[3]
+    assert 'Test Title4' in lines[4]
+
+
+@pytest.mark.asyncio
+async def test_csv_unsorted(server):
+    db, url = server
+
+    await add_pub(db, title='Test Title1', authors=['auth1'], abstract='',
+                  pub_type="journal", citation="TestJournal", date='2024-01-01T01:00:00',
+                  downloads=[], projects=['icecube'])
+
+    await add_pub(db, title='Test Title2', authors=['auth2'], abstract='',
+                  pub_type="proceeding", citation="TestJournal", date='2024-02-01T01:00:00',
+                  downloads=[], projects=['icecube'])
+
+    await add_pub(db, title='Test Title3', authors=['auth1', 'auth3'], abstract='',
+                  pub_type="thesis", citation="TestJournal", date='2024-03-01T01:00:00',
+                  downloads=[], projects=['icecube'])
+
+    await add_pub(db, title='Test Title4', authors=['auth1', 'auth4'], abstract='the abstract',
+                  pub_type="internal", citation="TestReport", date='2023-01-01T01:00:00',
+                  downloads=[], projects=['icecube'])
+
+    s = AsyncSession(retries=0, backoff_factor=1)
+    r = await asyncio.wrap_future(s.get(url+'/csv?sort='))
+    r.raise_for_status()
+
+    lines = r.text.split('\n')
+    assert 'Test Title1' in lines[1]
+    assert 'Test Title2' in lines[2]
+    assert 'Test Title3' in lines[3]
+    assert 'Test Title4' in lines[4]