diff --git a/CHANGELOG.txt b/CHANGELOG.txt
index c89bbf5..4f2cd62 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.txt
+++ b/CHANGELOG.txt
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+3.0.0
+-----
+
+* Changed bigi.compare argument order to match int.compare from stdlib.
+
 2.1.0
 -----
 
diff --git a/gleam.toml b/gleam.toml
index ac7b608..ba34ebb 100644
--- a/gleam.toml
+++ b/gleam.toml
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 name = "bigi"
-version = "2.1.0"
+version = "3.0.0"
 
 # Fill out these fields if you intend to generate HTML documentation or publish
 # your project to the Hex package manager.
diff --git a/src/bigi.gleam b/src/bigi.gleam
index e15b30e..578c9fb 100644
--- a/src/bigi.gleam
+++ b/src/bigi.gleam
@@ -46,8 +46,8 @@ pub fn to_int(bigint: BigInt) -> Result(Int, Nil)
 @external(javascript, "./bigi_ffi.mjs", "to_string")
 pub fn to_string(bigint: BigInt) -> String
 
-/// Compare two big integers, returning an order that denotes if `b` is lower,
-/// bigger than, or equal to `a`.
+/// Compare two big integers, returning an order that denotes if `a` is lower,
+/// bigger than, or equal to `b`.
 @external(erlang, "bigi_ffi", "compare")
 @external(javascript, "./bigi_ffi.mjs", "compare")
 pub fn compare(a: BigInt, with b: BigInt) -> order.Order
@@ -147,7 +147,7 @@ pub fn decode(dyn: dynamic.Dynamic) -> Result(BigInt, dynamic.DecodeErrors)
 
 fn get_digit(bigint: BigInt, digits: List(Int), divisor: BigInt) {
   case compare(bigint, divisor) {
-    order.Gt -> {
+    order.Lt -> {
       let assert Ok(digit) = to_int(bigint)
       [digit, ..digits]
     }
diff --git a/src/bigi_ffi.erl b/src/bigi_ffi.erl
index fc25066..b4da818 100644
--- a/src/bigi_ffi.erl
+++ b/src/bigi_ffi.erl
@@ -31,8 +31,8 @@ to(BigInt) -> {ok, BigInt}.
 
 zero() -> 0.
 
-compare(A, B) when A < B -> gt;
-compare(A, B) when A > B -> lt;
+compare(A, B) when A < B -> lt;
+compare(A, B) when A > B -> gt;
 compare(_, _) -> eq.
 
 add(A, B) -> A + B.
diff --git a/src/bigi_ffi.mjs b/src/bigi_ffi.mjs
index 80c6134..3b381de 100644
--- a/src/bigi_ffi.mjs
+++ b/src/bigi_ffi.mjs
@@ -32,9 +32,9 @@ export function zero() {
 
 export function compare(a, b) {
   if (a < b) {
-    return new Gt();
-  } else if (a > b) {
     return new Lt();
+  } else if (a > b) {
+    return new Gt();
   } else {
     return new Eq();
   }
diff --git a/test/bigi_test.gleam b/test/bigi_test.gleam
index 1809a04..7ec4a76 100644
--- a/test/bigi_test.gleam
+++ b/test/bigi_test.gleam
@@ -22,8 +22,8 @@ pub fn zero_test() {
 }
 
 pub fn compare_test() {
-  should.equal(bigi.compare(bigi.from_int(1), bigi.from_int(2)), order.Gt)
-  should.equal(bigi.compare(bigi.from_int(2), bigi.from_int(1)), order.Lt)
+  should.equal(bigi.compare(bigi.from_int(1), bigi.from_int(2)), order.Lt)
+  should.equal(bigi.compare(bigi.from_int(2), bigi.from_int(1)), order.Gt)
   should.equal(bigi.compare(bigi.from_int(1), bigi.from_int(1)), order.Eq)
 }