diff --git a/src/ColumnSortable/SortableLink.php b/src/ColumnSortable/SortableLink.php
index 986b0f2..22fb3b5 100644
--- a/src/ColumnSortable/SortableLink.php
+++ b/src/ColumnSortable/SortableLink.php
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@
 class SortableLink
 {
 
-    /**
+   /**
      * @param array $parameters
      *
      * @return string
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ public static function render(array $parameters)
             request()->merge([$mergeTitleAs => $title]);
         }
 
-        list($icon, $direction) = self::determineDirection($sortColumn, $sortParameter);
+        list($icon, $direction) = self::determineDirection($sortColumn, $sortParameter, $queryParameters);
 
         $trailingTag = self::formTrailingTag($icon);
 
@@ -122,10 +122,11 @@ private static function applyFormatting($title, $sortColumn)
     /**
      * @param $sortColumn
      * @param $sortParameter
+     * @param $queryParameters
      *
      * @return array
      */
-    private static function determineDirection($sortColumn, $sortParameter)
+    private static function determineDirection($sortColumn, $sortParameter, $queryParameters)
     {
         $icon = self::selectIcon($sortColumn);
 
@@ -137,7 +138,7 @@ private static function determineDirection($sortColumn, $sortParameter)
             return [$icon, $direction];
         } else {
             $icon      = config('columnsortable.sortable_icon');
-            $direction = config('columnsortable.default_direction_unsorted', 'asc');
+            $direction = $queryParameters['direction'] ?? config('columnsortable.default_direction_unsorted', 'asc');
 
             return [$icon, $direction];
         }
diff --git a/tests/SortableLinkTest.php b/tests/SortableLinkTest.php
index b30dfa1..8eaec86 100644
--- a/tests/SortableLinkTest.php
+++ b/tests/SortableLinkTest.php
@@ -114,6 +114,14 @@ public function testCustomHrefAttribute()
         
         $this->assertSame('<a href="http://localhost/custom-path?a=b&sort=column&direction=asc" c="d">ColumnTitle</a> <i class="fa fa-sort"></i>', $link);
     }
+
+    
+    public function testCustomHrefWithCustomSortDirectionAttribute()
+    {
+        $link = SortableLink::render(['column', 'ColumnTitle', ['a' => 'b', 'direction' => 'desc'], ['c' => 'd', 'href' => 'http://localhost/custom-path']]);
+        
+        $this->assertSame('<a href="http://localhost/custom-path?a=b&direction=desc&sort=column" c="d">ColumnTitle</a> <i class="fa fa-sort"></i>', $link);
+    }
     
     
     public function testParseParameters()