diff --git a/server/postgres/src/storage.ts b/server/postgres/src/storage.ts
index 5d56814511..87f5d87d5d 100644
--- a/server/postgres/src/storage.ts
+++ b/server/postgres/src/storage.ts
@@ -85,6 +85,7 @@ import {
   isDataField,
   isOwner,
   type JoinProps,
+  NumericTypes,
   parseDoc,
   parseDocWithProjection,
   parseUpdate,
@@ -920,7 +921,12 @@ abstract class PostgresAdapterBase implements DbAdapter {
         continue
       }
       if (typeof val === 'number') {
-        res.push(`${this.getKey(_class, baseDomain, key, joins)} ${val === 1 ? 'ASC' : 'DESC'}`)
+        const attr = this.hierarchy.findAttribute(_class, key)
+        if (attr !== undefined && NumericTypes.includes(attr.type._class)) {
+          res.push(`(${this.getKey(_class, baseDomain, key, joins)})::numeric ${val === 1 ? 'ASC' : 'DESC'}`)
+        } else {
+          res.push(`${this.getKey(_class, baseDomain, key, joins)} ${val === 1 ? 'ASC' : 'DESC'}`)
+        }
       } else {
         // todo handle custom sorting
       }
diff --git a/server/postgres/src/utils.ts b/server/postgres/src/utils.ts
index 1d1e9cc70f..67fef5ba32 100644
--- a/server/postgres/src/utils.ts
+++ b/server/postgres/src/utils.ts
@@ -64,6 +64,13 @@ export async function retryTxn (
   })
 }
 
+export const NumericTypes = [
+  core.class.TypeNumber,
+  core.class.TypeTimestamp,
+  core.class.TypeDate,
+  core.class.Collection
+]
+
 export async function createTables (client: postgres.Sql, domains: string[]): Promise<void> {
   const filtered = domains.filter((d) => !loadedDomains.has(d))
   if (filtered.length === 0) {