diff --git a/controllers/adminMilerOpsController.go b/controllers/adminMilerOpsController.go
index 9b30bf3..6405c10 100644
--- a/controllers/adminMilerOpsController.go
+++ b/controllers/adminMilerOpsController.go
@@ -294,8 +294,13 @@ func GetMilerLogs(c *fiber.Ctx) error {
 	}
 
 	// The zset is scored by the log's own unix timestamp, so the range query is
-	// the date filter — no scanning every key for the rider.
-	keys, err := db.Rdb.ZRangeByScore(db.Ctx, fmt.Sprintf("miler_periodic_logs:%d", profile.Userid), &redis.ZRangeBy{
+	// the date filter — no scanning every key for the rider. Fetch newest-first
+	// (ZRevRangeByScore) so that when the window is capped by limit we keep the
+	// most recent rows, not the oldest: a rider-detail card asking ?limit=1 wants
+	// the latest fix (full battery/speed/connection telemetry), and the first
+	// ping of the day is an early-boot row whose fields are still blank. The
+	// slice is flipped back to chronological order below for the trail/distance.
+	keys, err := db.Rdb.ZRevRangeByScore(db.Ctx, fmt.Sprintf("miler_periodic_logs:%d", profile.Userid), &redis.ZRangeBy{
 		Min:   strconv.FormatInt(from.Unix(), 10),
 		Max:   strconv.FormatInt(to.Unix(), 10),
 		Count: int64(limit),
@@ -327,6 +332,13 @@ func GetMilerLogs(c *fiber.Ctx) error {
 		}
 	}
 
+	// Flip the newest-first fetch back to chronological (oldest→newest) so the
+	// returned trail reads in ride order and the distance sum below walks
+	// consecutive fixes. The latest fix is still included — it's just last now.
+	for i, j := 0, len(logs)-1; i < j; i, j = i+1, j-1 {
+		logs[i], logs[j] = logs[j], logs[i]
+	}
+
 	// Trail distance, so the console can show kms actually ridden over the
 	// window rather than only the per-booking figure.
 	var distance float64