diff --git a/source/settings/settings.ts b/source/settings/settings.ts
index 512d44c..3666d93 100644
--- a/source/settings/settings.ts
+++ b/source/settings/settings.ts
@@ -39,10 +39,12 @@ export class Settings {
 
   public async insertQueueItem(text: string, url: string): Promise<void> {
     const id = this.newQueueItemId();
+    const sortIndex = this.newQueueItemSortIndex();
+
     const item: Queue.Item = {
       added: new Date(),
       id,
-      sortIndex: id,
+      sortIndex,
       text,
       url,
     };
@@ -52,7 +54,7 @@ export class Settings {
       [`qi${id}`]: {
         added: item.added.toISOString(),
         id,
-        sortIndex: id,
+        sortIndex,
         text,
         url,
       },
@@ -85,6 +87,11 @@ export class Settings {
     return item === undefined ? 1 : item.id + 1;
   }
 
+  public newQueueItemSortIndex(): number {
+    const item = this.queue.sort((a, b) => b.sortIndex - a.sortIndex)[0];
+    return item === undefined ? 1 : item.sortIndex + 1;
+  }
+
   public nextQueueItem(): Queue.Item | undefined {
     return this.queue.sort((a, b) => a.sortIndex - b.sortIndex)[0];
   }