diff --git a/src/domains.js b/src/domains.js
index 59c0c0659..779133563 100644
--- a/src/domains.js
+++ b/src/domains.js
@@ -201,16 +201,10 @@ async function list() {
 
     results.forEach(postProcess);
 
-    // domains are alphabetically sorted with the dashboard domain at index 0
     const { domain:dashboardDomain } = await dashboard.getLocation();
-    const index = results.findIndex((d) => d.domain === dashboardDomain );
-    if (index !== -1) {
-        const elem = results[index];
-        results.splice(index, 1);
-        results.unshift(elem);
-    }
-
-    return results;
+    return results.sort((d1, d2) => { // domains are alphabetically sorted with the dashboard domain at index 0
+        return d1.domain === dashboardDomain ? -1 : (d2.domain === dashboardDomain ? 1: d1.domain.localeCompare(d2.domain));
+    });
 }
 
 async function setConfig(domain, data, auditSource) {
diff --git a/src/routes/test/domains-test.js b/src/routes/test/domains-test.js
index d60835dd6..937688a60 100644
--- a/src/routes/test/domains-test.js
+++ b/src/routes/test/domains-test.js
@@ -137,9 +137,9 @@ describe('Domains API', function () {
             expect(response.body.domains).to.be.an(Array);
             expect(response.body.domains.length).to.equal(3);
 
-            expect(response.body.domains[0].domain).to.equal(DOMAIN_0.domain);
-            expect(response.body.domains[1].domain).to.equal(DOMAIN_1.domain);
-            expect(response.body.domains[2].domain).to.equal(dashboardDomain);
+            expect(response.body.domains[0].domain).to.equal(dashboardDomain);
+            expect(response.body.domains[1].domain).to.equal(DOMAIN_0.domain);
+            expect(response.body.domains[2].domain).to.equal(DOMAIN_1.domain);
 
             for (const d of response.body.domains) {
                 expect(d.tlsConfig).to.be.an('object');
@@ -158,9 +158,9 @@ describe('Domains API', function () {
             expect(response.body.domains).to.be.an(Array);
             expect(response.body.domains.length).to.equal(3);
 
-            expect(response.body.domains[0].domain).to.equal(DOMAIN_0.domain);
-            expect(response.body.domains[1].domain).to.equal(DOMAIN_1.domain);
-            expect(response.body.domains[2].domain).to.equal(dashboardDomain);
+            expect(response.body.domains[0].domain).to.equal(dashboardDomain);
+            expect(response.body.domains[1].domain).to.equal(DOMAIN_0.domain);
+            expect(response.body.domains[2].domain).to.equal(DOMAIN_1.domain);
 
             for (const d of response.body.domains) {
                 expect(d.tlsConfig).to.be.an('object');