diff --git a/applets/taskmanager/package/contents/config/main.xml b/applets/taskmanager/package/contents/config/main.xml
--- a/applets/taskmanager/package/contents/config/main.xml
+++ b/applets/taskmanager/package/contents/config/main.xml
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@
     </entry>
     <entry name="sortingStrategy" type="Int">
       <label>How to sort tasks: 0 = Do Not Sort, 1 = Manually, 2 = Alphabetically, 3 = By Desktop, 4 = By Activity</label>
-      <default>2</default>
+      <default>1</default>
     </entry>
     <entry name="separateLaunchers" type="Bool">
       <label>Whether launcher tasks are sorted separately at the left side of the widget or can be mixed with other tasks.</label>