diff --git a/liteindex/query_parser.py b/liteindex/query_parser.py
index df7fcdb..a91ee21 100644
--- a/liteindex/query_parser.py
+++ b/liteindex/query_parser.py
@@ -316,7 +316,7 @@ def search_query(
         query_str += f" WHERE {' AND '.join(where_conditions)}"
 
     if sort_by_embedding is not None:
-        query_str += f""" ORDER BY __distance {'ASC' if reversed_sort else 'DESC'}"""
+        query_str += f""" ORDER BY __distance {'DESC' if reversed_sort else 'ASC'}"""
     elif sort_by:
         if isinstance(sort_by, list):
             query_str += " ORDER BY "
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 8e622be..e6c4b48 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@
 EMAIL = "praneeth@bpraneeth.com"
 AUTHOR = "BEDAPUDI PRANEETH"
 REQUIRES_PYTHON = ">=3.6.0"
-VERSION = "0.0.3.2.dev4"
+VERSION = "0.0.3.2.dev5"
 
 # What packages are required for this module to be executed?
 REQUIRED = []