diff --git a/dist/sorts/tablesort.date.min.js b/dist/sorts/tablesort.date.min.js
index 33fe187..36d3707 100644
--- a/dist/sorts/tablesort.date.min.js
+++ b/dist/sorts/tablesort.date.min.js
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*!
- * tablesort v5.1.0 (2020-01-22)
+ * tablesort v5.2.0 (2020-03-10)
  * http://tristen.ca/tablesort/demo/
  * Copyright (c) 2020 ; Licensed MIT
 */
diff --git a/dist/sorts/tablesort.dotsep.min.js b/dist/sorts/tablesort.dotsep.min.js
index 1ea232c..9d077f3 100644
--- a/dist/sorts/tablesort.dotsep.min.js
+++ b/dist/sorts/tablesort.dotsep.min.js
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*!
- * tablesort v5.1.0 (2020-01-22)
+ * tablesort v5.2.0 (2020-03-10)
  * http://tristen.ca/tablesort/demo/
  * Copyright (c) 2020 ; Licensed MIT
 */
diff --git a/dist/sorts/tablesort.filesize.min.js b/dist/sorts/tablesort.filesize.min.js
index 8f41530..6e76716 100644
--- a/dist/sorts/tablesort.filesize.min.js
+++ b/dist/sorts/tablesort.filesize.min.js
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*!
- * tablesort v5.1.0 (2020-01-22)
+ * tablesort v5.2.0 (2020-03-10)
  * http://tristen.ca/tablesort/demo/
  * Copyright (c) 2020 ; Licensed MIT
 */
diff --git a/dist/sorts/tablesort.monthname.min.js b/dist/sorts/tablesort.monthname.min.js
index 1a835c9..cd421ed 100644
--- a/dist/sorts/tablesort.monthname.min.js
+++ b/dist/sorts/tablesort.monthname.min.js
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*!
- * tablesort v5.1.0 (2020-01-22)
+ * tablesort v5.2.0 (2020-03-10)
  * http://tristen.ca/tablesort/demo/
  * Copyright (c) 2020 ; Licensed MIT
 */
diff --git a/dist/sorts/tablesort.number.min.js b/dist/sorts/tablesort.number.min.js
index 06a376c..357936c 100644
--- a/dist/sorts/tablesort.number.min.js
+++ b/dist/sorts/tablesort.number.min.js
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*!
- * tablesort v5.1.0 (2020-01-22)
+ * tablesort v5.2.0 (2020-03-10)
  * http://tristen.ca/tablesort/demo/
  * Copyright (c) 2020 ; Licensed MIT
 */
diff --git a/dist/tablesort.min.js b/dist/tablesort.min.js
index 8c09bd3..106fc07 100644
--- a/dist/tablesort.min.js
+++ b/dist/tablesort.min.js
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 /*!
- * tablesort v5.1.0 (2020-01-22)
+ * tablesort v5.2.0 (2020-03-10)
  * http://tristen.ca/tablesort/demo/
  * Copyright (c) 2020 ; Licensed MIT
 */
-!function(){function a(b,c){if(!(this instanceof a))return new a(b,c);if(!b||"TABLE"!==b.tagName)throw new Error("Element must be a table");this.init(b,c||{})}var b=[],c=function(a){var b;return window.CustomEvent&&"function"==typeof window.CustomEvent?b=new CustomEvent(a):(b=document.createEvent("CustomEvent"),b.initCustomEvent(a,!1,!1,void 0)),b},d=function(a){return a.getAttribute("data-sort")||a.textContent||a.innerText||""},e=function(a,b){return a=a.trim().toLowerCase(),b=b.trim().toLowerCase(),a===b?0:a<b?1:-1},f=function(a,b){return[].slice.call(a).find(function(a){return a.getAttribute("data-sort-column-key")===b})},g=function(a,b){return function(c,d){var e=a(c.td,d.td);return 0===e?b?d.index-c.index:c.index-d.index:e}};a.extend=function(a,c,d){if("function"!=typeof c||"function"!=typeof d)throw new Error("Pattern and sort must be a function");b.push({name:a,pattern:c,sort:d})},a.prototype={init:function(a,b){var c,d,e,f,g=this;if(g.table=a,g.thead=!1,g.options=b,a.rows&&a.rows.length>0)if(a.tHead&&a.tHead.rows.length>0){for(e=0;e<a.tHead.rows.length;e++)if("thead"===a.tHead.rows[e].getAttribute("data-sort-method")){c=a.tHead.rows[e];break}c||(c=a.tHead.rows[a.tHead.rows.length-1]),g.thead=!0}else c=a.rows[0];if(c){var h=function(){g.current&&g.current!==this&&g.current.removeAttribute("aria-sort"),g.current=this,g.sortTable(this)};for(e=0;e<c.cells.length;e++)f=c.cells[e],f.setAttribute("role","columnheader"),"none"!==f.getAttribute("data-sort-method")&&(f.tabindex=0,f.addEventListener("click",h,!1),null!==f.getAttribute("data-sort-default")&&(d=f));d&&(g.current=d,g.sortTable(d))}},sortTable:function(a,h){var i=this,j=a.getAttribute("data-sort-column-key"),k=a.cellIndex,l=e,m="",n=[],o=i.thead?0:1,p=a.getAttribute("data-sort-method"),q=a.getAttribute("aria-sort");if(i.table.dispatchEvent(c("beforeSort")),h||(q="ascending"===q?"descending":"descending"===q?"ascending":i.options.descending?"descending":"ascending",a.setAttribute("aria-sort",q)),!(i.table.rows.length<2)){if(!p){for(var r;n.length<3&&o<i.table.tBodies[0].rows.length;)r=j?f(i.table.tBodies[0].rows[o].cells,j):i.table.tBodies[0].rows[o].cells[k],m=r?d(r):"",m=m.trim(),m.length>0&&n.push(m),o++;if(!n)return}for(o=0;o<b.length;o++)if(m=b[o],p){if(m.name===p){l=m.sort;break}}else if(n.every(m.pattern)){l=m.sort;break}for(i.col=k,o=0;o<i.table.tBodies.length;o++){var s,t=[],u={},v=0,w=0;if(!(i.table.tBodies[o].rows.length<2)){for(s=0;s<i.table.tBodies[o].rows.length;s++){var r;m=i.table.tBodies[o].rows[s],"none"===m.getAttribute("data-sort-method")?u[v]=m:(r=j?f(m.cells,j):m.cells[i.col],t.push({tr:m,td:r?d(r):"",index:v})),v++}for("descending"===q?t.sort(g(l,!0)):(t.sort(g(l,!1)),t.reverse()),s=0;s<v;s++)u[s]?(m=u[s],w++):m=t[s-w].tr,i.table.tBodies[o].appendChild(m)}}i.table.dispatchEvent(c("afterSort"))}},refresh:function(){void 0!==this.current&&this.sortTable(this.current,!0)}},"undefined"!=typeof module&&module.exports?module.exports=a:window.Tablesort=a}();
\ No newline at end of file
+!function(){function a(b,c){if(!(this instanceof a))return new a(b,c);if(!b||"TABLE"!==b.tagName)throw new Error("Element must be a table");this.init(b,c||{})}var b=[],c=function(a){var b;return window.CustomEvent&&"function"==typeof window.CustomEvent?b=new CustomEvent(a):(b=document.createEvent("CustomEvent"),b.initCustomEvent(a,!1,!1,void 0)),b},d=function(a){return a.getAttribute("data-sort")||a.textContent||a.innerText||""},e=function(a,b){return a=a.trim().toLowerCase(),b=b.trim().toLowerCase(),a===b?0:a<b?1:-1},f=function(a,b){return[].slice.call(a).find(function(a){return a.getAttribute("data-sort-column-key")===b})},g=function(a,b){return function(c,d){var e=a(c.td,d.td);return 0===e?b?d.index-c.index:c.index-d.index:e}};a.extend=function(a,c,d){if("function"!=typeof c||"function"!=typeof d)throw new Error("Pattern and sort must be a function");b.push({name:a,pattern:c,sort:d})},a.prototype={init:function(a,b){var c,d,e,f,g=this;if(g.table=a,g.thead=!1,g.options=b,a.rows&&a.rows.length>0)if(a.tHead&&a.tHead.rows.length>0){for(e=0;e<a.tHead.rows.length;e++)if("thead"===a.tHead.rows[e].getAttribute("data-sort-method")){c=a.tHead.rows[e];break}c||(c=a.tHead.rows[a.tHead.rows.length-1]),g.thead=!0}else c=a.rows[0];if(c){var h=function(){g.current&&g.current!==this&&g.current.removeAttribute("aria-sort"),g.current=this,g.sortTable(this)};for(e=0;e<c.cells.length;e++)f=c.cells[e],f.setAttribute("role","columnheader"),"none"!==f.getAttribute("data-sort-method")&&(f.tabindex=0,f.addEventListener("click",h,!1),null!==f.getAttribute("data-sort-default")&&(d=f));d&&(g.current=d,g.sortTable(d))}},sortTable:function(a,h){var i=this,j=a.getAttribute("data-sort-column-key"),k=a.cellIndex,l=e,m="",n=[],o=i.thead?0:1,p=a.getAttribute("data-sort-method"),q=a.hasAttribute("data-sort-reverse"),r=a.getAttribute("aria-sort");if(i.table.dispatchEvent(c("beforeSort")),h||(r="ascending"===r?"descending":"descending"===r?"ascending":!!i.options.descending!=q?"descending":"ascending",a.setAttribute("aria-sort",r)),!(i.table.rows.length<2)){if(!p){for(var s;n.length<3&&o<i.table.tBodies[0].rows.length;)s=j?f(i.table.tBodies[0].rows[o].cells,j):i.table.tBodies[0].rows[o].cells[k],m=s?d(s):"",m=m.trim(),m.length>0&&n.push(m),o++;if(!n)return}for(o=0;o<b.length;o++)if(m=b[o],p){if(m.name===p){l=m.sort;break}}else if(n.every(m.pattern)){l=m.sort;break}for(i.col=k,o=0;o<i.table.tBodies.length;o++){var t,u=[],v={},w=0,x=0;if(!(i.table.tBodies[o].rows.length<2)){for(t=0;t<i.table.tBodies[o].rows.length;t++){var s;m=i.table.tBodies[o].rows[t],"none"===m.getAttribute("data-sort-method")?v[w]=m:(s=j?f(m.cells,j):m.cells[i.col],u.push({tr:m,td:s?d(s):"",index:w})),w++}for("descending"===r?u.sort(g(l,!0)):(u.sort(g(l,!1)),u.reverse()),t=0;t<w;t++)v[t]?(m=v[t],x++):m=u[t-x].tr,i.table.tBodies[o].appendChild(m)}}i.table.dispatchEvent(c("afterSort"))}},refresh:function(){void 0!==this.current&&this.sortTable(this.current,!0)}},"undefined"!=typeof module&&module.exports?module.exports=a:window.Tablesort=a}();
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/package-lock.json b/package-lock.json
index af3c1ed..d39eaeb 100644
--- a/package-lock.json
+++ b/package-lock.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "tablesort",
-  "version": "5.1.0",
+  "version": "5.2.0",
   "lockfileVersion": 1,
   "requires": true,
   "dependencies": {
diff --git a/src/tablesort.js b/src/tablesort.js
index b52a96b..b678776 100644
--- a/src/tablesort.js
+++ b/src/tablesort.js
@@ -142,6 +142,7 @@
           items = [],
           i = that.thead ? 0 : 1,
           sortMethod = header.getAttribute('data-sort-method'),
+          sortRevers = header.hasAttribute('data-sort-reverse'),
           sortOrder = header.getAttribute('aria-sort');
 
       that.table.dispatchEvent(createEvent('beforeSort'));
@@ -153,7 +154,7 @@
         } else if (sortOrder === 'descending') {
           sortOrder = 'ascending';
         } else {
-          sortOrder = that.options.descending ? 'descending' : 'ascending';
+          sortOrder = !!that.options.descending != sortRevers ? 'descending' : 'ascending';
         }
 
         header.setAttribute('aria-sort', sortOrder);