diff --git a/omeroweb/webclient/show.py b/omeroweb/webclient/show.py
index 601bcab245..2929f1d703 100644
--- a/omeroweb/webclient/show.py
+++ b/omeroweb/webclient/show.py
@@ -276,7 +276,7 @@ def _load_first_selected(self, first_obj, attributes):
             params = omero.sys.ParametersI()
             params.addId(attributes["id"])
             params.page(0, 1)
-            query = "select img from Image img where img.fileset.id=:id"
+            query = "select img from Image img where img.fileset.id=:id order by img.id"
             first_image = self.conn.getQueryService().findAllByQuery(
                 query, params, self.conn.SERVICE_OPTS
             )[0]