diff --git a/app/src/app/(app)/runs/page.tsx b/app/src/app/(app)/runs/page.tsx
index 7d4b411..01d1e55 100644
--- a/app/src/app/(app)/runs/page.tsx
+++ b/app/src/app/(app)/runs/page.tsx
@@ -23,11 +23,18 @@ export const metadata: Metadata = { title: "Run History" };
 
 const PAGE_SIZE = 25;
 
+// Duration isn't a stored column - it's derived from started_at/ended_at (both unix seconds), so
+// it needs a SQL expression rather than a plain column reference to be sortable. Still-running
+// rows (ended_at IS NULL) count as elapsed-so-far; never-started (queued) rows sort as NULL,
+// which SQLite puts first in ASC / last in DESC - keeping them out of the way either direction.
+const durationExpr = sql`case when ${runs.startedAt} is null then null else coalesce(${runs.endedAt}, unixepoch()) - ${runs.startedAt} end`;
+
 const SORT_COLUMNS = {
   script: runs.scriptName,
   status: runs.status,
   triggeredBy: runs.triggeredBy,
   started: runs.startedAt,
+  duration: durationExpr,
 } as const;
 type SortKey = keyof typeof SORT_COLUMNS;
 const DEFAULT_SORT: SortKey = "started";
@@ -172,7 +179,7 @@ export default async function RunsPage({ searchParams }: RunsPageProps) {
                   <TableHead>{sortHeader("status", "Status")}</TableHead>
                   <TableHead>{sortHeader("triggeredBy", "Triggered by")}</TableHead>
                   <TableHead>{sortHeader("started", "Started")}</TableHead>
-                  <TableHead>Duration</TableHead>
+                  <TableHead>{sortHeader("duration", "Duration")}</TableHead>
                 </TableRow>
               </TableHeader>
               <TableBody>