diff --git a/app/modules/app_defaults.php b/app/modules/app_defaults.php
index ca82a621af..47ec28fa8b 100644
--- a/app/modules/app_defaults.php
+++ b/app/modules/app_defaults.php
@@ -32,10 +32,31 @@
 			$obj->settings();
 			unset($obj);
 
+		//add the module object
+			$module = new modules;
+			$module->db = $db;
+
+		//add the access control list to the database
+			$sql = "select * from v_modules ";
+			$sql .= "where module_order is null ";
+			$prep_statement = $db->prepare($sql);
+			if ($prep_statement) {
+				$prep_statement->execute();
+				$modules = $prep_statement->fetchAll(PDO::FETCH_ASSOC);
+				foreach ($modules as &$row) {
+					//get the module details
+						$mod = $module->info($row['module_name']);
+					//update the module order
+						$sql = "update v_modules set ";
+						$sql .= "module_order = '".$mod['module_order']."', ";
+						$sql .= "where module_uuid = '".$row['module_uuid']."' ";
+						$db->exec(check_sql($sql));
+						unset($sql);
+				}
+			}
+
 		//use the module class to get the list of modules from the db and add any missing modules
 			if (isset($_SESSION['switch']['mod']['dir'])) {
-				$module = new modules;
-				$module->db = $db;
 				$module->dir = $_SESSION['switch']['mod']['dir'];
 				$module->get_modules();
 				$module->synch();
diff --git a/app/modules/resources/classes/modules.php b/app/modules/resources/classes/modules.php
index 91a5788534..4262a48f0e 100644
--- a/app/modules/resources/classes/modules.php
+++ b/app/modules/resources/classes/modules.php
@@ -27,18 +27,20 @@ include "root.php";
 
 //define the directory class
 	class modules {
-		public $db;
-		public $dir;
-		public $fp;
-		public $modules;
-		public $msg;
+		//define the variables
+			public $db;
+			public $dir;
+			public $fp;
+			public $modules;
+			public $msg;
 
-		// get the additional information about a specific module
+		//get the additional information about a specific module
 			public function info($name) {
 				$module_label = substr($name, 4);
 				$module_label = ucwords(str_replace("_", " ", $module_label));
 				$mod['module_label'] = $module_label;
 				$mod['module_name'] = $name;
+				$mod['module_order'] = '800';
 				$mod['module_enabled'] = 'false';
 				$mod['module_default_enabled'] = 'false';
 				$mod['module_description'] = '';
@@ -698,12 +700,7 @@ include "root.php";
 									//append the module label
 										$modules_new .= "<li>".$mod['module_label']."</li>\n";
 									//set the order
-										if (isset($mod['module_order'])) {
-											$order = $mod['module_order'];
-										}
-										else {
-											$order = 800;
-										}
+										$order = $mod['module_order'];
 									//insert the data
 										$module_uuid = uuid();
 										$sql = "insert into v_modules ";