diff --git a/frontera/contrib/backends/sqlalchemy/components.py b/frontera/contrib/backends/sqlalchemy/components.py
index 160cf7a2d..56e464c26 100644
--- a/frontera/contrib/backends/sqlalchemy/components.py
+++ b/frontera/contrib/backends/sqlalchemy/components.py
@@ -164,7 +164,7 @@ def _order_by(self, query):
             return query.order_by(self.queue_model.created_at)
         if self.ordering == 'created_desc':
             return query.order_by(self.queue_model.created_at.desc())
-        return query.order_by(self.queue_model.score, self.queue_model.created_at)  # TODO: remove second parameter,
+        return query.order_by(self.queue_model.score.desc(), self.queue_model.created_at)  # TODO: remove second parameter,
         # it's not necessary for proper crawling, but needed for tests
 
     def get_next_requests(self, max_n_requests, partition_id, **kwargs):
diff --git a/tests/contrib/backends/sqlalchemy/test_queue.py b/tests/contrib/backends/sqlalchemy/test_queue.py
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..4519ea573
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/contrib/backends/sqlalchemy/test_queue.py
@@ -0,0 +1,94 @@
+from unittest.mock import Mock, patch
+from frontera.core.models import Request
+import pytest
+from frontera.contrib.backends.sqlalchemy.components import Queue
+from frontera.contrib.backends.sqlalchemy.models import QueueModel
+
+
+@pytest.fixture(scope='function')
+def http_request():
+    return Request('http://www.hello.com', meta={b'fingerprint': '123', b'depth': 1, b'score': 0.5})
+
+
+@pytest.fixture(scope='function')
+def queue_component(request):
+    order_by = request.param if request.param else 'default'
+    return Queue(Mock(), QueueModel, 1, order_by)
+
+
+class TestSqlAlchemyQueue:
+    @pytest.mark.parametrize('queue_component', ['default'], indirect=['queue_component'])
+    def test_frontier_stop(self, queue_component):
+        with patch.object(queue_component.session, 'close') as session_close:
+            queue_component.frontier_stop()
+            session_close.assert_called_once()
+
+    @pytest.mark.parametrize('queue_component', ['default'], indirect=['queue_component'])
+    def test_order_by_default(self, queue_component):
+        with patch.object(queue_component.session, 'query') as query:
+            with patch.object(query, 'order_by') as order_by:
+                with patch.object(queue_component.queue_model.score, 'desc') as desc:
+                    queue_component._order_by(query)
+                    order_by.assert_called_once()
+                    # should order score by descending order
+                    desc.assert_called_once()
+
+    @pytest.mark.parametrize('queue_component', ['created'], indirect=['queue_component'])
+    def test_order_by_created(self, queue_component):
+        with patch.object(queue_component.session, 'query') as query:
+            with patch.object(query, 'order_by') as order_by:
+                queue_component._order_by(query)
+                assert order_by.called
+
+    @pytest.mark.parametrize('queue_component', ['created_desc'], indirect=['queue_component'])
+    def test_order_by_created_desc(self, queue_component):
+        with patch.object(queue_component.session, 'query') as query:
+            with patch.object(query, 'order_by') as order_by:
+                with patch.object(queue_component.queue_model.created_at, 'desc') as desc:
+                    queue_component._order_by(query)
+                    order_by.assert_called_once()
+                    # should order created_at by descending order
+                    desc.assert_called_once()
+
+    @pytest.mark.parametrize('queue_component', [('default')], indirect=['queue_component'])
+    def test_get_next_requests(self, queue_component):
+        with patch.object(queue_component.session, 'commit') as session_commit:
+            with patch.object(queue_component, '_order_by') as _order_by:
+                with patch.object(queue_component.session, 'delete') as session_delete:
+                    item = Mock(url='http://www.hello.com', method='GET', fingerprint='123',
+                        meta = {}, headers={}, cookies={})
+                    _order_by.return_value.limit.return_value = [item]
+                    queue_component.get_next_requests(2, 0)
+                    session_delete.assert_called_once() # should delete item from the queue
+                    session_commit.assert_called_once()
+
+    @pytest.mark.parametrize('queue_component', [('default')], indirect=['queue_component'])
+    def test_get_next_requests_exception(self, queue_component):
+        with patch.object(queue_component, '_order_by') as _order_by:
+            with patch.object(queue_component.session, 'rollback') as session_rollback:
+                _order_by.return_value = {}
+                queue_component.get_next_requests(2, 0)
+                session_rollback.assert_called_once()
+
+    @pytest.mark.parametrize('queue_component', [('default')], indirect=['queue_component'])
+    def test_schedule(self, queue_component, http_request):
+        with patch.object(queue_component.session, 'commit') as session_commit:
+            with patch.object(queue_component.session, 'bulk_save_objects') as bulk_save:
+                queue_component.schedule([['123', Mock(), http_request, True]])
+                bulk_save.assert_called_once()
+                session_commit.assert_called_once()
+
+    @pytest.mark.parametrize('queue_component', [('default')], indirect=['queue_component'])
+    def test_schedule_no_hostname(self, queue_component, http_request):
+        with patch.object(queue_component.session, 'commit') as session_commit:
+            with patch.object(queue_component.session, 'bulk_save_objects') as bulk_save:
+                queue_component.schedule([['123', Mock(), Request('hello', meta={b'depth': 1}), True]])
+                bulk_save.assert_called_once()
+                session_commit.assert_called_once()
+
+    @pytest.mark.parametrize('queue_component', [('default')], indirect=['queue_component'])
+    def test_count(self, queue_component):
+        with patch.object(queue_component.session, 'query') as session_query:
+            session_query.return_value.count.return_value = 2
+            value = queue_component.count()
+            assert value is 2