diff --git a/src/main/resources/static/contentUtility.js b/src/main/resources/static/contentUtility.js
index 2f14c10..deb5658 100644
--- a/src/main/resources/static/contentUtility.js
+++ b/src/main/resources/static/contentUtility.js
@@ -16,7 +16,6 @@ function parseContent(content) {
     } else {
         searchSection.querySelector("#nothing-found").classList.add("hidden");
         const datasets = content.map(dataset => new Dataset(dataset));
-        console.log(datasets); //TODO: remove
         Array.from(searchSection.querySelectorAll(".datasets .dataset")).forEach(e => e.remove());
         for (const dataset of datasets) {
             searchSection.querySelector(".datasets").appendChild(dataset.createDatasetHTMLElement());
diff --git a/src/main/resources/static/main.js b/src/main/resources/static/main.js
index 65a8ef8..6ff68c4 100644
--- a/src/main/resources/static/main.js
+++ b/src/main/resources/static/main.js
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 import {fetchQuery} from "./contentUtility.js";
-import Dataset from "./dataset";
+import Dataset from "./dataset.js";
 
 const apiEndpoint = "/api/v1/datasets";
 const baseURL = location.origin;
@@ -183,15 +183,30 @@ function fetchCategories() {
         });
 }
 
+// fetches entries for the initial page
 function fetchInitialEntries() {
-    let topVotedQueryURL = new URL(apiEndpoint + "/search" + baseURL);
-    topVotedQueryURL.searchParams.append("sort", getSortQuery()[0]);
-    topVotedQueryURL.searchParams.append("direction", getSortQuery()[1]);
+    let recentsQueryURL = new URL(apiEndpoint + "/search", baseURL);
+    recentsQueryURL.searchParams.append("sort", "date");
+    recentsQueryURL.searchParams.append("direction", "desc");
+    recentsQueryURL.searchParams.append("size", "6");
+    fetch(recentsQueryURL)
+        .then(resp => resp.json())
+        .then((data) => {
+            const datasets = data.content.map(dataset => new Dataset(dataset));
+            for (const dataset of datasets) {
+                document.querySelector("#recents .datasets").appendChild(dataset.createDatasetHTMLElement());
+            }
+        });
+
+    let topVotedQueryURL = new URL(apiEndpoint + "/search", baseURL);
+    topVotedQueryURL.searchParams.append("sort", "upvotes");
+    topVotedQueryURL.searchParams.append("direction", "desc");
     topVotedQueryURL.searchParams.append("size", "1");
     fetch(topVotedQueryURL)
         .then(resp => resp.json())
         .then((data) => {
-            document.querySelector("#top .datasets").appendChild(new Dataset(data[0]).createDatasetHTMLElement());
+            document.querySelector("#top .datasets")
+                .appendChild(new Dataset(data.content[0]).createDatasetHTMLElement());
         });
 }