diff --git a/tabby-core/package.json b/tabby-core/package.json
index a420ff80..89bed148 100644
--- a/tabby-core/package.json
+++ b/tabby-core/package.json
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@
     "ngx-perfect-scrollbar": "^10.1.0",
     "ngx-translate-messageformat-compiler": "^4.11.0",
     "readable-stream": "3.6.0",
+    "thenby": "^1.3.4",
     "uuid": "^8.0.0"
   },
   "peerDependencies": {
diff --git a/tabby-core/src/api/selector.ts b/tabby-core/src/api/selector.ts
index 12c69020..2b5d5412 100644
--- a/tabby-core/src/api/selector.ts
+++ b/tabby-core/src/api/selector.ts
@@ -6,5 +6,6 @@ export interface SelectorOption<T> {
     icon?: string
     freeInputPattern?: string
     color?: string
+    weight?: number
     callback?: (string?) => void
 }
diff --git a/tabby-core/src/components/selectorModal.component.ts b/tabby-core/src/components/selectorModal.component.ts
index a50d4284..4a614099 100644
--- a/tabby-core/src/components/selectorModal.component.ts
+++ b/tabby-core/src/components/selectorModal.component.ts
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+import { firstBy } from 'thenby'
 import { Component, Input, HostListener, ViewChildren, QueryList, ElementRef } from '@angular/core' // eslint-disable-line @typescript-eslint/no-unused-vars
 import { NgbActiveModal } from '@ng-bootstrap/ng-bootstrap'
 import { SelectorOption } from '../api/selector'
@@ -52,8 +53,11 @@ export class SelectorModalComponent<T> {
     onFilterChange (): void {
         const f = this.filter.trim().toLowerCase()
         if (!f) {
-            this.filteredOptions = this.options.slice()
-                .sort((a, b) => a.group?.localeCompare(b.group ?? '') ?? 0)
+            this.filteredOptions = this.options.slice().sort(
+                firstBy<SelectorOption<T>, number>(x => x.weight ?? 0)
+                    .thenBy<SelectorOption<T>, string>(x => x.group ?? '')
+                    .thenBy<SelectorOption<T>, string>(x => x.name)
+            )
                 .filter(x => !x.freeInputPattern)
         } else {
             const terms = f.split(' ')
diff --git a/tabby-core/src/services/profiles.service.ts b/tabby-core/src/services/profiles.service.ts
index 7c287038..055e011e 100644
--- a/tabby-core/src/services/profiles.service.ts
+++ b/tabby-core/src/services/profiles.service.ts
@@ -112,6 +112,7 @@ export class ProfilesService {
                     group: this.translate.instant('Recent'),
                     icon: 'fas fa-history',
                     color: p.color,
+                    weight: -1,
                     callback: async () => {
                         if (p.id) {
                             p = (await this.getProfiles()).find(x => x.id === p.id) ?? p
@@ -124,6 +125,7 @@ export class ProfilesService {
                         name: this.translate.instant('Clear recent profiles'),
                         group: this.translate.instant('Recent'),
                         icon: 'fas fa-eraser',
+                        weight: -1,
                         callback: async () => {
                             window.localStorage.removeItem('recentProfiles')
                             this.config.save()
@@ -142,6 +144,7 @@ export class ProfilesService {
 
                 options = [...options, ...profiles.map((p): SelectorOption<void> => ({
                     ...this.selectorOptionForProfile(p),
+                    weight: p.isBuiltin ? 2 : 1,
                     callback: () => resolve(p),
                 }))]
 
@@ -150,6 +153,7 @@ export class ProfilesService {
                     options.push({
                         name: this.translate.instant('Manage profiles'),
                         icon: 'fas fa-window-restore',
+                        weight: 10,
                         callback: () => {
                             this.app.openNewTabRaw({
                                 type: SettingsTabComponent,
diff --git a/tabby-core/yarn.lock b/tabby-core/yarn.lock
index 89251ae3..2d7c0b07 100644
--- a/tabby-core/yarn.lock
+++ b/tabby-core/yarn.lock
@@ -161,6 +161,11 @@ string_decoder@^1.1.1:
   dependencies:
     safe-buffer "~5.2.0"
 
+thenby@^1.3.4:
+  version "1.3.4"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/thenby/-/thenby-1.3.4.tgz#81581f6e1bb324c6dedeae9bfc28e59b1a2201cc"
+  integrity sha512-89Gi5raiWA3QZ4b2ePcEwswC3me9JIg+ToSgtE0JWeCynLnLxNr/f9G+xfo9K+Oj4AFdom8YNJjibIARTJmapQ==
+
 tslib@^1.10.0:
   version "1.14.1"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/tslib/-/tslib-1.14.1.tgz#cf2d38bdc34a134bcaf1091c41f6619e2f672d00"