diff --git a/AndroidManifest.xml b/AndroidManifest.xml
index 0fdca33..a377483 100644
--- a/AndroidManifest.xml
+++ b/AndroidManifest.xml
@@ -40,6 +40,7 @@
                 <category android:name="android.intent.category.LAUNCHER" />
             </intent-filter>
         </activity>
+        <service android:name="com.uncc.gameday.alerts.AlertService"/>
     </application>
 
 </manifest>
diff --git a/bin/AndroidManifest.xml b/bin/AndroidManifest.xml
deleted file mode 100644
index 0fdca33..0000000
--- a/bin/AndroidManifest.xml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,45 +0,0 @@
-<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
-<manifest xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
-    package="com.uncc.gameday"
-    android:versionCode="1"
-    android:versionName="1.0" >
-
-    <uses-sdk
-        android:minSdkVersion="11"
-        android:targetSdkVersion="17" />
-    <uses-permission android:name="android.permission.INTERNET"/>
-
-    <application
-        android:allowBackup="true"
-        android:icon="@drawable/ic_launcher"
-        android:label="@string/app_name"
-        android:theme="@style/GameDayTheme"
-        android:name="com.uncc.gameday.GameDay" >
-        <activity
-            android:name="com.uncc.gameday.activities.Alerts"
-            android:label="@string/title_activity_alerts" >
-        </activity>
-        <activity
-            android:name="com.uncc.gameday.activities.Parking"
-            android:label="@string/title_activity_parking" >
-        </activity>
-        <activity
-            android:name="com.uncc.gameday.activities.Registration"
-            android:label="@string/title_activity_registration" >
-        </activity>
-        <activity
-            android:name="com.uncc.gameday.activities.Search"
-            android:label="@string/title_activity_search_rsvp" >          
-        </activity>
-        <activity
-            android:name="com.uncc.gameday.activities.Home"
-            android:label="@string/app_name" >
-            <intent-filter>
-                <action android:name="android.intent.action.MAIN" />
-
-                <category android:name="android.intent.category.LAUNCHER" />
-            </intent-filter>
-        </activity>
-    </application>
-
-</manifest>
diff --git a/src/com/uncc/gameday/alerts/AlertDB.java b/src/com/uncc/gameday/alerts/AlertDB.java
index e021d35..730f845 100644
--- a/src/com/uncc/gameday/alerts/AlertDB.java
+++ b/src/com/uncc/gameday/alerts/AlertDB.java
@@ -158,7 +158,7 @@ public class AlertDB extends SQLiteOpenHelper {
 		
         	List<Alert> alertList = new ArrayList<Alert>();
 		
-        	String selectQuery = "SELECT  * FROM " + TABLE_ALERTS;
+        	String selectQuery = "SELECT  * FROM " + TABLE_ALERTS + " ORDER BY " + KEY_ALARM_DATE + " DESC;";
 		
         	SQLiteDatabase db = this.getWritableDatabase();
         	Cursor cursor = db.rawQuery(selectQuery, null);