diff --git a/fission/function.go b/fission/function.go
index 7ed69544..25f602fd 100644
--- a/fission/function.go
+++ b/fission/function.go
@@ -444,6 +444,11 @@ func fnLogs(c *cli.Context) error {
 		Namespace: metav1.NamespaceDefault,
 	}
 
+	recordLimit := c.Int("recordcount")
+	if recordLimit <= 0 {
+		recordLimit = 1000
+	}
+
 	f, err := client.FunctionGet(m)
 	checkErr(err, "get function")
 
@@ -463,10 +468,11 @@ func fnLogs(c *cli.Context) error {
 			select {
 			case <-requestChan:
 				logFilter := logdb.LogFilter{
-					Pod:      fnPod,
-					Function: f.Metadata.Name,
-					FuncUid:  string(f.Metadata.UID),
-					Since:    t,
+					Pod:         fnPod,
+					Function:    f.Metadata.Name,
+					FuncUid:     string(f.Metadata.UID),
+					Since:       t,
+					RecordLimit: recordLimit,
 				}
 				logEntries, err := logDB.GetLogs(logFilter)
 				if err != nil {
diff --git a/fission/logdb/influxdb.go b/fission/logdb/influxdb.go
index 63fd4b35..b322055d 100644
--- a/fission/logdb/influxdb.go
+++ b/fission/logdb/influxdb.go
@@ -22,6 +22,8 @@ import (
 	"log"
 	"net/http"
 	"net/url"
+	"sort"
+	"strconv"
 	"strings"
 	"time"
 
@@ -74,12 +76,13 @@ func (influx InfluxDB) GetLogs(filter LogFilter) ([]LogEntry, error) {
 	parameters := make(map[string]interface{})
 	parameters["funcuid"] = filter.FuncUid
 	parameters["time"] = timestamp
+	//the parameters above are only for the where clause and do not work with LIMIT
 
 	if filter.Pod != "" {
-		queryCmd = "select * from \"log\" where \"funcuid\" = $funcuid AND \"pod\" = $pod AND \"time\" > $time ORDER BY time ASC"
+		queryCmd = "select * from \"log\" where \"funcuid\" = $funcuid AND \"pod\" = $pod AND \"time\" > $time LIMIT " + strconv.Itoa(filter.RecordLimit)
 		parameters["pod"] = filter.Pod
 	} else {
-		queryCmd = "select * from \"log\" where \"funcuid\" = $funcuid AND \"time\" > $time ORDER BY time ASC"
+		queryCmd = "select * from \"log\" where \"funcuid\" = $funcuid AND \"time\" > $time LIMIT " + strconv.Itoa(filter.RecordLimit)
 	}
 
 	query := influxdbClient.NewQueryWithParameters(queryCmd, INFLUXDB_DATABASE, "", parameters)
@@ -95,6 +98,10 @@ func (influx InfluxDB) GetLogs(filter LogFilter) ([]LogEntry, error) {
 				if err != nil {
 					log.Fatal(err)
 				}
+				seqNum, err := strconv.Atoi(row[1].(string))
+				if err != nil {
+					return logEntries, err
+				}
 				logEntries = append(logEntries, LogEntry{
 					//The attributes of the LogEntry are selected as relative to their position in InfluxDB's line protocol response
 					Timestamp: t,
@@ -105,10 +112,21 @@ func (influx InfluxDB) GetLogs(filter LogFilter) ([]LogEntry, error) {
 					Namespace: row[14].(string),                           //kubernetes_namespace_name
 					Pod:       row[15].(string),                           //kubernetes_pod_name
 					Stream:    row[18].(string),                           //stream
+					Sequence:  seqNum,                                     //sequence tag
 				})
 			}
 		}
 	}
+	sort.Slice(logEntries, func(i, j int) bool {
+
+		if logEntries[i].Timestamp.Before(logEntries[j].Timestamp) {
+			return true
+		}
+		if logEntries[j].Timestamp.Before(logEntries[i].Timestamp) {
+			return false
+		}
+		return logEntries[i].Sequence < logEntries[j].Sequence
+	})
 	return logEntries, nil
 }
 
diff --git a/fission/logdb/logdb.go b/fission/logdb/logdb.go
index 61b79b8e..1d37b5e2 100644
--- a/fission/logdb/logdb.go
+++ b/fission/logdb/logdb.go
@@ -32,16 +32,18 @@ type LogDatabase interface {
 }
 
 type LogFilter struct {
-	Pod      string
-	Function string
-	FuncUid  string
-	Since    time.Time
+	Pod         string
+	Function    string
+	FuncUid     string
+	Since       time.Time
+	RecordLimit int
 }
 
 type LogEntry struct {
 	Timestamp time.Time
 	Message   string
 	Stream    string
+	Sequence  int
 	Container string
 	Namespace string
 	FuncName  string
diff --git a/fission/main.go b/fission/main.go
index becdb764..ad4a7778 100644
--- a/fission/main.go
+++ b/fission/main.go
@@ -51,6 +51,7 @@ func main() {
 	fnHeaderFlag := cli.StringSliceFlag{Name: "header, H", Usage: "request headers"}
 	fnEntryPointFlag := cli.StringFlag{Name: "entrypoint", Usage: "entry point for environment v2 to load with"}
 	fnBuildCmdFlag := cli.StringFlag{Name: "buildcmd", Usage: "build command for builder to run with"}
+	fnLogCountFlag := cli.StringFlag{Name: "recordcount", Usage: "the n most recent log records"}
 
 	fnSubcommands := []cli.Command{
 		{Name: "create", Usage: "Create new function (and optionally, an HTTP route to it)", Flags: []cli.Flag{fnNameFlag, fnEnvNameFlag, fnCodeFlag, fnPackageFlag, fnSrcArchiveFlag, fnDeployArchiveFlag, fnEntryPointFlag, fnBuildCmdFlag, htUrlFlag, htMethodFlag}, Action: fnCreate},
@@ -59,7 +60,7 @@ func main() {
 		{Name: "update", Usage: "Update function source code", Flags: []cli.Flag{fnNameFlag, fnEnvNameFlag, fnCodeFlag, fnPackageFlag, fnSrcArchiveFlag, fnDeployArchiveFlag, fnEntryPointFlag, fnBuildCmdFlag}, Action: fnUpdate},
 		{Name: "delete", Usage: "Delete function", Flags: []cli.Flag{fnNameFlag}, Action: fnDelete},
 		{Name: "list", Usage: "List all functions", Flags: []cli.Flag{}, Action: fnList},
-		{Name: "logs", Usage: "Display function logs", Flags: []cli.Flag{fnNameFlag, fnPodFlag, fnFollowFlag, fnDetailFlag, fnLogDBTypeFlag}, Action: fnLogs},
+		{Name: "logs", Usage: "Display function logs", Flags: []cli.Flag{fnNameFlag, fnPodFlag, fnFollowFlag, fnDetailFlag, fnLogDBTypeFlag, fnLogCountFlag}, Action: fnLogs},
 		{Name: "pods", Usage: "Display function pods", Flags: []cli.Flag{fnNameFlag, fnLogDBTypeFlag}, Action: fnPods},
 		{Name: "test", Usage: "Test a function", Flags: []cli.Flag{fnNameFlag, fnEnvNameFlag, fnCodeFlag, fnPackageFlag, fnSrcArchiveFlag, htMethodFlag, fnBodyFlag, fnHeaderFlag}, Action: fnTest},
 	}