diff --git a/tildes/tildes/views/api/web/user.py b/tildes/tildes/views/api/web/user.py
index 651917c..ed1c812 100644
--- a/tildes/tildes/views/api/web/user.py
+++ b/tildes/tildes/views/api/web/user.py
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ from pyramid.httpexceptions import HTTPForbidden, HTTPUnprocessableEntity
 from pyramid.request import Request
 from pyramid.response import Response
 from sqlalchemy.exc import IntegrityError
+from sqlalchemy.sql.expression import desc
 from webargs.pyramidparser import use_kwargs
 
 from tildes.enums import LogEventType, TopicSortOption
@@ -177,9 +178,7 @@ def get_invite_code(request: Request) -> dict:
             UserInviteCode.user_id == request.user.user_id,
             UserInviteCode.invitee_id == None,  # noqa
         )
-        .order_by(
-            UserInviteCode.created_time.desc()
-        )
+        .order_by(desc(UserInviteCode.created_time))
         .all()
     )
 
diff --git a/tildes/tildes/views/user.py b/tildes/tildes/views/user.py
index c4f30bd..d6804e3 100644
--- a/tildes/tildes/views/user.py
+++ b/tildes/tildes/views/user.py
@@ -83,9 +83,7 @@ def get_invite(request: Request) -> dict:
             UserInviteCode.user_id == request.user.user_id,
             UserInviteCode.invitee_id == None,  # noqa
         )
-        .order_by(
-            UserInviteCode.created_time.desc()
-        )
+        .order_by(desc(UserInviteCode.created_time))
         .all()
     )