diff --git a/config.def.h b/config.def.h
index f3f6a48c..311adb27 100644
--- a/config.def.h
+++ b/config.def.h
@@ -2,6 +2,8 @@
 #define CURSR " > "
 #define EMPTY "   "
 
+int mtimeorder = 0;		/* set to 1 to sort by time in the default case */
+
 struct assoc assocs[] = {
 	{ "\\.(avi|mp4|mkv|mp3|ogg|flac)$", "mplayer" },
 	{ "\\.(png|jpg|gif)$", "feh" },
diff --git a/noice.c b/noice.c
index 04115cf5..0a811378 100644
--- a/noice.c
+++ b/noice.c
@@ -72,8 +72,6 @@ struct entry {
 	time_t t;
 };
 
-int mtimeorder;
-
 /*
  * Layout:
  * .---------