Cannot change ordering of query

Hello I cannot change the order in which my results are ordered and this is very important. changes asc to desc and vice versa does not affect the query at all.

```
		//grab all of the user's orders
		$tempOrderslist = Orders::query()
		->where('userUID', '=', $user->UID)
		->orderBy('orderDate', 'asc');//'desc' or 'asc' THIS CHANGES NOTHING
		->take(40)
		->get();
```

		