diff --git a/src/main/java/de/thm/arsnova/dao/CouchDBDao.java b/src/main/java/de/thm/arsnova/dao/CouchDBDao.java
index dc00c2d449c61a2342aff4f7d190c5dd3c50a040..e2ead4eeccfe711f11c42ae762af62234c8b9412 100644
--- a/src/main/java/de/thm/arsnova/dao/CouchDBDao.java
+++ b/src/main/java/de/thm/arsnova/dao/CouchDBDao.java
@@ -549,6 +549,7 @@ public class CouchDBDao implements IDatabaseDao, ApplicationEventPublisherAware
 		q.put("gridType", question.getGridType());
 		q.put("scaleFactor", question.getScaleFactor());
 		q.put("gridScaleFactor", question.getGridScaleFactor());
+        q.put("sequenceNr", question.getSequenceNr());
 
 		return q;
 	}
diff --git a/src/main/java/de/thm/arsnova/entities/Question.java b/src/main/java/de/thm/arsnova/entities/Question.java
index 4ea0ef20facf5fd4cda3f737c40071b91aa86d31..3a86a5b2cf0e09c7c5b737d94b884cf0a74d8bc2 100644
--- a/src/main/java/de/thm/arsnova/entities/Question.java
+++ b/src/main/java/de/thm/arsnova/entities/Question.java
@@ -66,7 +66,7 @@ public class Question {
 	private String gridType;
 	private String scaleFactor;
 	private String gridScaleFactor;
-    private int sequenceNr;
+    private int sequenceNo;
 
 	public final String getType() {
 		return type;
@@ -416,8 +416,8 @@ public class Question {
         this.sequenceNr = sequenceNr;
     }
     
-    public int getSequenceNr() {
-        return this.sequenceNr;
+    public int getSequenceNo() {
+        return sequenceNr;
     }
 
 	@Override
diff --git a/src/main/java/de/thm/arsnova/services/QuestionService.java b/src/main/java/de/thm/arsnova/services/QuestionService.java
index 9db7d05d5fb508420e6d74f257a954a6e54720c3..21102540fabf3503481d36c4b9faa13df0ee3086 100644
--- a/src/main/java/de/thm/arsnova/services/QuestionService.java
+++ b/src/main/java/de/thm/arsnova/services/QuestionService.java
@@ -107,6 +107,17 @@ public class QuestionService implements IQuestionService, ApplicationEventPublis
 		} else if (question.getPiRound() < 1 || question.getPiRound() > 2) {
 			question.setPiRound(1);
 		}
+        
+        // if SortIndex false, list is sorted so new question is appended to sorted list with (highest sequenceNr)++
+        if ("lecture".equals(question.getQuestionVariant()) {
+            if(session.getSortLectureQuestions()) {
+                question.setSequenceNr();
+            }
+        } else if ("preparation".equals(question.getQuestionVariant()) {
+            if(session.getSortPreparationQuestions()) {
+                question.setSequenceNr();
+            }
+        }
 
 		// convert imageurl to base64 if neccessary
 		if ("grid".equals(question.getQuestionType())) {