diff --git a/api/v1/_submissions/BackendSubmissionsHandler.inc.php b/api/v1/_submissions/BackendSubmissionsHandler.inc.php
index a3dd6cea028..4b5c8498f78 100644
--- a/api/v1/_submissions/BackendSubmissionsHandler.inc.php
+++ b/api/v1/_submissions/BackendSubmissionsHandler.inc.php
@@ -135,6 +135,7 @@ public function saveDisplayFlags($slimRequest, $response, $args) {
 		if (!empty($params['featured'])) {
 			foreach($params['featured'] as $feature) {
 				$featureDao->insertFeature($submissionId, $feature['assoc_type'], $feature['assoc_id'], $feature['seq']);
+				$featureDao->resequenceByAssoc($feature['assoc_type'], $feature['assoc_id']);
 			}
 		}
 
@@ -183,10 +184,9 @@ public function saveFeaturedOrder($slimRequest, $response, $args) {
 		}
 
 		$featureDao = \DAORegistry::getDAO('FeatureDAO');
-		$featureDao->deleteByAssoc($assocType, $assocId);
 		if (!empty($params['featured'])) {
 			foreach($params['featured'] as $feature) {
-				$featureDao->insertFeature($feature['id'], $assocType, $assocId, $feature['seq']);
+				$featureDao->setSequencePosition($feature['id'], $assocType, $assocId, $feature['seq']);
 			}
 		}
 
diff --git a/classes/press/FeatureDAO.inc.php b/classes/press/FeatureDAO.inc.php
index 8aed73c3f0c..2dc7c90accb 100644
--- a/classes/press/FeatureDAO.inc.php
+++ b/classes/press/FeatureDAO.inc.php
@@ -178,7 +178,6 @@ function setSequencePosition($monographId, $assocType, $assocId, $sequencePositi
 	 * Resequence features by association.
 	 * @param $assocType int ASSOC_TYPE_...
 	 * @param $assocId int per $assocType
-	 * @param $seqMonographId if specified, sequence of monograph to return
 	 * @return array Associative array of id => seq for resequenced set
 	 */
 	function resequenceByAssoc($assocType, $assocId) {
@@ -188,19 +187,17 @@ function resequenceByAssoc($assocType, $assocId) {
 		);
 
 		$returner = [];
-		$i=2;
-		foreach ($result as $row) {
+		foreach ($result as $key => $value) {
 			$this->update(
 				'UPDATE features SET seq = ? WHERE submission_id = ? AND assoc_type = ? AND assoc_id = ?',
 				[
-					$i,
-					$row->submission_id,
+					$key + 1,
+					$value->submission_id,
 					(int) $assocType,
 					(int) $assocId
 				]
 			);
-			$returner[$row->submission_id] = $i;
-			$i += 2;
+			$returner[$value->submission_id] = $key;
 		}
 		return $returner;
 	}