diff --git a/src/Umbraco.Core/Persistence/Repositories/ContentRepository.cs b/src/Umbraco.Core/Persistence/Repositories/ContentRepository.cs
index c6281a44ff..b6e0749a4e 100644
--- a/src/Umbraco.Core/Persistence/Repositories/ContentRepository.cs
+++ b/src/Umbraco.Core/Persistence/Repositories/ContentRepository.cs
@@ -267,7 +267,7 @@ namespace Umbraco.Core.Persistence.Repositories
                 entity.Path = string.Concat(parent.Path, ",", entity.Id);
                 entity.Level = parent.Level + 1;
                 var maxSortOrder = Database.ExecuteScalar<int>("SELECT coalesce(max(sortOrder),0) FROM umbracoNode WHERE parentid = @ParentId", new { ParentId = entity.ParentId });
-                entity.SortOrder = maxSortOrder;
+                entity.SortOrder = maxSortOrder + 1;
             }
 
             var factory = new ContentFactory(NodeObjectTypeId, entity.Id);
diff --git a/src/Umbraco.Core/Services/ContentService.cs b/src/Umbraco.Core/Services/ContentService.cs
index 0376bc7a28..ee435f0ffa 100644
--- a/src/Umbraco.Core/Services/ContentService.cs
+++ b/src/Umbraco.Core/Services/ContentService.cs
@@ -732,9 +732,9 @@ namespace Umbraco.Core.Services
 
                 if (Moving.IsRaisedEventCancelled(new MoveEventArgs<IContent>(content, parentId), this))
                     return;
-
+	            
                 content.WriterId = userId;
-                if (parentId == -1)
+	            if (parentId == -1)
                 {
                     content.Path = string.Concat("-1,", content.Id);
                     content.Level = 1;