diff --git a/src/main/java/de/thm/arsnova/dao/CouchDBDao.java b/src/main/java/de/thm/arsnova/dao/CouchDBDao.java
index d1ab8cd622e55588cba47880930d58949dd9218d..0872a35ec80127a7ec9850c73bf78e5267ff8e1e 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 fe571d923c7f2ab111434631ce15bbaea3e6cd89..ffbbf7100c0b90b9b0aaed7a23c727099b9296ed 100644
--- a/src/main/java/de/thm/arsnova/entities/Question.java
+++ b/src/main/java/de/thm/arsnova/entities/Question.java
@@ -70,7 +70,7 @@ public class Question {
 	private String gridType;
 	private String scaleFactor;
 	private String gridScaleFactor;
-    private int sequenceNr;
+    private int sequenceNo;
 
 	public final String getType() {
 		return type;
@@ -444,8 +444,8 @@ 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 535bd5a339388395bc1e44ffdd6ac7f1776d7a09..b2f5f393c74edbc285d6ebf1b90127876fdc9969 100644
--- a/src/main/java/de/thm/arsnova/services/QuestionService.java
+++ b/src/main/java/de/thm/arsnova/services/QuestionService.java
@@ -114,6 +114,17 @@ 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())) {