diff --git a/build/NuSpecs/tools/trees.config.install.xdt b/build/NuSpecs/tools/trees.config.install.xdt
index f5a807b4bf..580c619547 100644
--- a/build/NuSpecs/tools/trees.config.install.xdt
+++ b/build/NuSpecs/tools/trees.config.install.xdt
@@ -95,19 +95,19 @@
        xdt:Transform="SetAttributes()" />
 
   <!--Members-->
-  <add initialize="true" sortOrder="2" alias="member" application="member" title="Members" iconClosed="icon-folder" iconOpen="icon-folder-open" type="Umbraco.Web.Trees.MemberTreeController, umbraco" 
+  <add initialize="true" sortOrder="0" alias="member" application="member" title="Members" iconClosed="icon-folder" iconOpen="icon-folder-open" type="Umbraco.Web.Trees.MemberTreeController, umbraco" 
        xdt:Locator="Match(application,alias)" 
        xdt:Transform="SetAttributes()" />
   <add application="member" alias="memberGroup"
        xdt:Locator="Match(application,alias)" 
        xdt:Transform="Remove" />
-  <add application="member" alias="memberGroups" title="Member Groups" type="umbraco.loadMemberGroups, umbraco" iconClosed="icon-folder" iconOpen="icon-folder" sortOrder="1" 
+  <add application="member" sortOrder="2" alias="memberGroups" title="Member Groups" type="umbraco.loadMemberGroups, umbraco" iconClosed="icon-folder" iconOpen="icon-folder" 
        xdt:Locator="Match(application,alias)" 
        xdt:Transform="InsertIfMissing" />
   <add application="member" alias="memberType"
        xdt:Locator="Match(application,alias)" 
        xdt:Transform="Remove" />
-  <add application="member" alias="memberTypes" initialize="true" title="Member Types" type="Umbraco.Web.Trees.MemberTypeTreeController, umbraco" iconClosed="icon-folder" iconOpen="icon-folder-open" sortOrder="0" 
+  <add application="member" sortOrder="1" alias="memberTypes" initialize="true" title="Member Types" type="Umbraco.Web.Trees.MemberTypeTreeController, umbraco" iconClosed="icon-folder" iconOpen="icon-folder-open" 
        xdt:Locator="Match(application,alias)" 
        xdt:Transform="InsertIfMissing" />
 
diff --git a/src/Umbraco.Web.UI/config/trees.Release.config b/src/Umbraco.Web.UI/config/trees.Release.config
index 4d1b0eb349..9e61db62f3 100644
--- a/src/Umbraco.Web.UI/config/trees.Release.config
+++ b/src/Umbraco.Web.UI/config/trees.Release.config
@@ -34,9 +34,9 @@
   <add application="users" alias="userPermissions" title="User Permissions" type="umbraco.cms.presentation.Trees.UserPermissions, umbraco" iconClosed="icon-folder" iconOpen="icon-folder" sortOrder="2" />
   
   <!--Members-->
-  <add initialize="true" sortOrder="0" alias="memberTypes" application="member" title="Member Types" iconClosed="icon-folder" iconOpen="icon-folder-open" type="Umbraco.Web.Trees.MemberTypeTreeController, umbraco" />
-  <add application="member" alias="memberGroups" title="Member Groups" type="umbraco.loadMemberGroups, umbraco" iconClosed="icon-folder" iconOpen="icon-folder" sortOrder="1" />
-  <add initialize="true" sortOrder="2" alias="member" application="member" title="Members" iconClosed="icon-folder" iconOpen="icon-folder-open" type="Umbraco.Web.Trees.MemberTreeController, umbraco" />
+  <add initialize="true" sortOrder="0" alias="member" application="member" title="Members" iconClosed="icon-folder" iconOpen="icon-folder-open" type="Umbraco.Web.Trees.MemberTreeController, umbraco" />
+  <add initialize="true" sortOrder="1" alias="memberTypes" application="member" title="Member Types" iconClosed="icon-folder" iconOpen="icon-folder-open" type="Umbraco.Web.Trees.MemberTypeTreeController, umbraco" />
+  <add application="member" sortOrder="2" alias="memberGroups" title="Member Groups" type="umbraco.loadMemberGroups, umbraco" iconClosed="icon-folder" iconOpen="icon-folder" />  
 
   <!--Translation-->
   <add silent="false" initialize="true" sortOrder="1" alias="openTasks" application="translation" title="Tasks assigned to you" iconClosed="icon-folder" iconOpen="icon-folder" type="umbraco.loadOpenTasks, umbraco" />
diff --git a/src/Umbraco.Web.UI/config/trees.config b/src/Umbraco.Web.UI/config/trees.config
index 4d1b0eb349..4db3b51c40 100644
--- a/src/Umbraco.Web.UI/config/trees.config
+++ b/src/Umbraco.Web.UI/config/trees.config
@@ -34,9 +34,9 @@
   <add application="users" alias="userPermissions" title="User Permissions" type="umbraco.cms.presentation.Trees.UserPermissions, umbraco" iconClosed="icon-folder" iconOpen="icon-folder" sortOrder="2" />
   
   <!--Members-->
-  <add initialize="true" sortOrder="0" alias="memberTypes" application="member" title="Member Types" iconClosed="icon-folder" iconOpen="icon-folder-open" type="Umbraco.Web.Trees.MemberTypeTreeController, umbraco" />
-  <add application="member" alias="memberGroups" title="Member Groups" type="umbraco.loadMemberGroups, umbraco" iconClosed="icon-folder" iconOpen="icon-folder" sortOrder="1" />
-  <add initialize="true" sortOrder="2" alias="member" application="member" title="Members" iconClosed="icon-folder" iconOpen="icon-folder-open" type="Umbraco.Web.Trees.MemberTreeController, umbraco" />
+  <add initialize="true" sortOrder="0" alias="member" application="member" title="Members" iconClosed="icon-folder" iconOpen="icon-folder-open" type="Umbraco.Web.Trees.MemberTreeController, umbraco" />
+  <add initialize="true" sortOrder="1" alias="memberTypes" application="member" title="Member Types" iconClosed="icon-folder" iconOpen="icon-folder-open" type="Umbraco.Web.Trees.MemberTypeTreeController, umbraco" />
+  <add application="member" sortOrder="2" alias="memberGroups" title="Member Groups" type="umbraco.loadMemberGroups, umbraco" iconClosed="icon-folder" iconOpen="icon-folder" />
 
   <!--Translation-->
   <add silent="false" initialize="true" sortOrder="1" alias="openTasks" application="translation" title="Tasks assigned to you" iconClosed="icon-folder" iconOpen="icon-folder" type="umbraco.loadOpenTasks, umbraco" />
diff --git a/src/Umbraco.Web/Trees/MemberTreeController.cs b/src/Umbraco.Web/Trees/MemberTreeController.cs
index 8c86793485..fa6eb64571 100644
--- a/src/Umbraco.Web/Trees/MemberTreeController.cs
+++ b/src/Umbraco.Web/Trees/MemberTreeController.cs
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ namespace Umbraco.Web.Trees
         Constants.Applications.Media,
         Constants.Applications.Members)]
     [LegacyBaseTree(typeof (loadMembers))]
-    [Tree(Constants.Applications.Members, Constants.Trees.Members)]
+    [Tree(Constants.Applications.Members, Constants.Trees.Members, null, sortOrder: 0)]
     [PluginController("UmbracoTrees")]
     [CoreTree]
     public class MemberTreeController : TreeController