diff --git a/app/helpers/helper.rb b/app/helpers/helper.rb
index d04b4e9..50c0479 100644
--- a/app/helpers/helper.rb
+++ b/app/helpers/helper.rb
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ module DiscourseChat
 	
     # Produce a string with a list of all rules associated with a channel
   	def self.status_for_channel(channel)
-  		rules = channel.rules
+  		rules = channel.rules.order_by_precedence
       provider = channel.provider
 
   		text = I18n.t("chat_integration.provider.#{provider}.status.header") + "\n"
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ module DiscourseChat
     # Delete a rule based on its (1 based) index as seen in the 
     # status_for_channel function
     def self.delete_by_index(channel, index)
-      rules = DiscourseChat::Rule.with_channel(channel)
+      rules = channel.rules.order_by_precedence
 
       return false if index < 1 or index > rules.size
 
diff --git a/app/models/rule.rb b/app/models/rule.rb
index 0357b3f..79baa64 100644
--- a/app/models/rule.rb
+++ b/app/models/rule.rb
@@ -80,4 +80,10 @@ class DiscourseChat::Rule < DiscourseChat::PluginModel
 
   scope :with_category_id, ->(category_id) { category_id.nil? ? where("(value::json->'category_id') IS NULL OR json_typeof(value::json->'category_id')='null'") : where("value::json->>'category_id'=?", category_id.to_s)}
 
+  scope :order_by_precedence, ->{ order("CASE
+                                          WHEN value::json->>'filter' = 'mute' THEN 1
+                                          WHEN value::json->>'filter' = 'watch' THEN 2
+                                          WHEN value::json->>'filter' = 'follow' THEN 3
+                                         END") }
+
 end
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/app/serializers/channel_serializer.rb b/app/serializers/channel_serializer.rb
index 4022976..2317434 100644
--- a/app/serializers/channel_serializer.rb
+++ b/app/serializers/channel_serializer.rb
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ class DiscourseChat::ChannelSerializer < ApplicationSerializer
   attributes :id, :provider, :data, :rules
 
   def rules
-    object.rules.map do |rule|
+    object.rules.order_by_precedence.map do |rule|
       DiscourseChat::RuleSerializer.new(rule, root:false)
     end
   end
diff --git a/spec/models/rule_spec.rb b/spec/models/rule_spec.rb
index 0c218ad..f292741 100644
--- a/spec/models/rule_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/models/rule_spec.rb
@@ -110,6 +110,16 @@ RSpec.describe DiscourseChat::Rule do
       expect(DiscourseChat::Rule.with_category_id(1).length).to eq(2)
       expect(DiscourseChat::Rule.with_category_id(nil).length).to eq(1)
     end
+
+    it 'can be sorted by precedence' do
+      rule2 = DiscourseChat::Rule.create(channel:channel, filter:'mute')
+      rule3 = DiscourseChat::Rule.create(channel:channel, filter:'follow')
+      rule4 = DiscourseChat::Rule.create(channel:channel, filter:'mute')
+
+      expect(DiscourseChat::Rule.all.length).to eq(4)
+
+      expect(DiscourseChat::Rule.all.order_by_precedence.map(&:filter)).to eq(["mute", "mute", "watch", "follow"])
+    end
   end
 
   describe 'validations' do