Mongoose - Query Latest Document

I want to query for the latest document in my database. I wrote following function for it but it doesn't return the latest entry, instead it just returns the first one in the db. I

Solution 1:

sort() and limit() are in the wrong order; you're limiting BEFORE your sort backward. Change it to:

SmallHistory.findOne().sort({ date: -1 }).limit(1).exec((err, data)