diff --git a/src/lib/preferences/preferences.cpp b/src/lib/preferences/preferences.cpp
index d82662308..46fa16b80 100644
--- a/src/lib/preferences/preferences.cpp
+++ b/src/lib/preferences/preferences.cpp
@@ -436,19 +436,29 @@ Preferences::Preferences(BrowserWindow* window)
         const QStringList files = dir.entryList({QSL("*.bdic")});
         for (const QString &file : files) {
             const QString lang = file.left(file.size() - 5);
-            if (!ui->spellcheckLanguages->findItems(lang, Qt::MatchExactly).isEmpty()) {
+            const QString langName = createLanguageItem(lang);
+            if (!ui->spellcheckLanguages->findItems(langName, Qt::MatchExactly).isEmpty()) {
                 continue;
             }
             QListWidgetItem *item = new QListWidgetItem;
-            item->setText(createLanguageItem(lang));
+            item->setText(langName);
             item->setData(Qt::UserRole, lang);
             ui->spellcheckLanguages->addItem(item);
-            if (spellcheckLanguages.contains(lang)) {
-                ui->spellcheckLanguages->setCurrentItem(item, QItemSelectionModel::Select);
-            }
         }
     }
 
+    int topIndex = 0;
+    for (const QString &lang : spellcheckLanguages) {
+        const auto items = ui->spellcheckLanguages->findItems(createLanguageItem(lang), Qt::MatchExactly);
+        if (items.isEmpty()) {
+            continue;
+        }
+        QListWidgetItem *item = items.at(0);
+        ui->spellcheckLanguages->takeItem(ui->spellcheckLanguages->row(item));
+        ui->spellcheckLanguages->insertItem(topIndex++, item);
+        ui->spellcheckLanguages->setCurrentItem(item, QItemSelectionModel::Select);
+    }
+
     if (ui->spellcheckLanguages->count() == 0) {
         ui->spellcheckLanguages->hide();
     } else {
@@ -1003,8 +1013,11 @@ void Preferences::saveSettings()
     settings.beginGroup(QSL("SpellCheck"));
     settings.setValue("Enabled", ui->spellcheckEnabled->isChecked());
     QStringList languages;
-    for (QListWidgetItem *item : ui->spellcheckLanguages->selectedItems()) {
-        languages.append(item->data(Qt::UserRole).toString());
+    for (int i = 0; i < ui->spellcheckLanguages->count(); ++i) {
+        QListWidgetItem *item = ui->spellcheckLanguages->item(i);
+        if (item->isSelected()) {
+            languages.append(item->data(Qt::UserRole).toString());
+        }
     }
     settings.setValue("Languages", languages);
     settings.endGroup();
diff --git a/src/lib/preferences/preferences.ui b/src/lib/preferences/preferences.ui
index f2d3df085..4f5609f27 100644
--- a/src/lib/preferences/preferences.ui
+++ b/src/lib/preferences/preferences.ui
@@ -2424,8 +2424,8 @@
                <rect>
                 <x>0</x>
                 <y>0</y>
-                <width>96</width>
-                <height>28</height>
+                <width>560</width>
+                <height>80</height>
                </rect>
               </property>
               <layout class="QHBoxLayout" name="horizontalLayout_14">
@@ -2444,6 +2444,12 @@
                <height>100</height>
               </size>
              </property>
+             <property name="dragEnabled">
+              <bool>true</bool>
+             </property>
+             <property name="dragDropMode">
+              <enum>QAbstractItemView::InternalMove</enum>
+             </property>
              <property name="selectionMode">
               <enum>QAbstractItemView::MultiSelection</enum>
              </property>