diff --git a/javascript/extraNetworks.js b/javascript/extraNetworks.js
index ac26718f6..a4d1d9d98 100644
--- a/javascript/extraNetworks.js
+++ b/javascript/extraNetworks.js
@@ -27,7 +27,6 @@ function setupExtraNetworksForTab(tabname) {
     var showDirsDiv = gradioApp().getElementById(tabname + '_extra_show_dirs');
     var showDirs = gradioApp().querySelector('#' + tabname + '_extra_show_dirs input');
 
-    sort.dataset.sortkey = 'sortDefault';
     tabs.appendChild(searchDiv);
     tabs.appendChild(sort);
     tabs.appendChild(sortOrder);
@@ -49,20 +48,23 @@ function setupExtraNetworksForTab(tabname) {
 
             elem.style.display = visible ? "" : "none";
         });
+
+        applySort();
     };
 
     var applySort = function() {
+        var cards = gradioApp().querySelectorAll('#' + tabname + '_extra_tabs div.card');
+
         var reverse = sortOrder.classList.contains("sortReverse");
-        var sortKey = sort.querySelector("input").value.toLowerCase().replace("sort", "").replaceAll(" ", "_").replace(/_+$/, "").trim();
-        sortKey = sortKey ? "sort" + sortKey.charAt(0).toUpperCase() + sortKey.slice(1) : "";
-        var sortKeyStore = sortKey ? sortKey + (reverse ? "Reverse" : "") : "";
-        if (!sortKey || sortKeyStore == sort.dataset.sortkey) {
+        var sortKey = sort.querySelector("input").value.toLowerCase().replace("sort", "").replaceAll(" ", "_").replace(/_+$/, "").trim() || "name";
+        sortKey = "sort" + sortKey.charAt(0).toUpperCase() + sortKey.slice(1);
+        var sortKeyStore = sortKey + "-" + (reverse ? "Descending" : "Ascending") + "-" + cards.length;
+
+        if (sortKeyStore == sort.dataset.sortkey) {
             return;
         }
-
         sort.dataset.sortkey = sortKeyStore;
 
-        var cards = gradioApp().querySelectorAll('#' + tabname + '_extra_tabs div.card');
         cards.forEach(function(card) {
             card.originalParentElement = card.parentElement;
         });
@@ -88,15 +90,13 @@ function setupExtraNetworksForTab(tabname) {
     };
 
     search.addEventListener("input", applyFilter);
-    applyFilter();
-    ["change", "blur", "click"].forEach(function(evt) {
-        sort.querySelector("input").addEventListener(evt, applySort);
-    });
     sortOrder.addEventListener("click", function() {
         sortOrder.classList.toggle("sortReverse");
         applySort();
     });
+    applyFilter();
 
+    extraNetworksApplySort[tabname] = applySort;
     extraNetworksApplyFilter[tabname] = applyFilter;
 
     var showDirsUpdate = function() {
@@ -113,7 +113,12 @@ function applyExtraNetworkFilter(tabname) {
     setTimeout(extraNetworksApplyFilter[tabname], 1);
 }
 
+function applyExtraNetworkSort(tabname) {
+    setTimeout(extraNetworksApplySort[tabname], 1);
+}
+
 var extraNetworksApplyFilter = {};
+var extraNetworksApplySort = {};
 var activePromptTextarea = {};
 
 function setupExtraNetworks() {
diff --git a/modules/shared_options.py b/modules/shared_options.py
index 0a82216ff..6543e440d 100644
--- a/modules/shared_options.py
+++ b/modules/shared_options.py
@@ -234,6 +234,8 @@ options_templates.update(options_section(('extra_networks', "Extra Networks"), {
     "extra_networks_card_height": OptionInfo(0, "Card height for Extra Networks").info("in pixels"),
     "extra_networks_card_text_scale": OptionInfo(1.0, "Card text scale", gr.Slider, {"minimum": 0.0, "maximum": 2.0, "step": 0.01}).info("1 = original size"),
     "extra_networks_card_show_desc": OptionInfo(True, "Show description on card"),
+    "extra_networks_card_order_field": OptionInfo("Name", "Default order field for Extra Networks cards", gr.Dropdown, {"choices": ['Name', 'Date Created', 'Date Modified']}).needs_reload_ui(),
+    "extra_networks_card_order": OptionInfo("Ascending", "Default order for Extra Networks cards", gr.Dropdown, {"choices": ['Ascending', 'Descending']}).needs_reload_ui(),
     "extra_networks_add_text_separator": OptionInfo(" ", "Extra networks separator").info("extra text to add before <...> when adding extra network to prompt"),
     "ui_extra_networks_tab_reorder": OptionInfo("", "Extra networks tab order").needs_reload_ui(),
     "textual_inversion_print_at_load": OptionInfo(False, "Print a list of Textual Inversion embeddings when loading model"),
diff --git a/modules/ui_extra_networks.py b/modules/ui_extra_networks.py
index 59d6ecc61..fc729917b 100644
--- a/modules/ui_extra_networks.py
+++ b/modules/ui_extra_networks.py
@@ -381,8 +381,8 @@ def create_ui(interface: gr.Blocks, unrelated_tabs, tabname):
             related_tabs.append(tab)
 
     edit_search = gr.Textbox('', show_label=False, elem_id=tabname+"_extra_search", elem_classes="search", placeholder="Search...", visible=False, interactive=True)
-    dropdown_sort = gr.Dropdown(choices=['Default Sort', 'Date Created', 'Date Modified', 'Name'], value='Default Sort', elem_id=tabname+"_extra_sort", elem_classes="sort", multiselect=False, visible=False, show_label=False, interactive=True, label=tabname+"_extra_sort_order")
-    button_sortorder = ToolButton(switch_values_symbol, elem_id=tabname+"_extra_sortorder", elem_classes="sortorder", visible=False, tooltip="Invert sort order")
+    dropdown_sort = gr.Dropdown(choices=['Name', 'Date Created', 'Date Modified', ], value=shared.opts.extra_networks_card_order_field, elem_id=tabname+"_extra_sort", elem_classes="sort", multiselect=False, visible=False, show_label=False, interactive=True, label=tabname+"_extra_sort_order")
+    button_sortorder = ToolButton(switch_values_symbol, elem_id=tabname+"_extra_sortorder", elem_classes=["sortorder"] + ([] if shared.opts.extra_networks_card_order == "Ascending" else ["sortReverse"]), visible=False, tooltip="Invert sort order")
     button_refresh = gr.Button('Refresh', elem_id=tabname+"_extra_refresh", visible=False)
     checkbox_show_dirs = gr.Checkbox(True, label='Show dirs', elem_id=tabname+"_extra_show_dirs", elem_classes="show-dirs", visible=False)
 
@@ -395,6 +395,8 @@ def create_ui(interface: gr.Blocks, unrelated_tabs, tabname):
     for tab in related_tabs:
         tab.select(fn=lambda: [gr.update(visible=True) for _ in range(5)], inputs=[], outputs=[edit_search, dropdown_sort, button_sortorder, button_refresh, checkbox_show_dirs], show_progress=False)
 
+    dropdown_sort.change(fn=lambda: None, _js="function(){ applyExtraNetworkSort('" + tabname + "'); }")
+
     def pages_html():
         if not ui.pages_contents:
             return refresh()