diff --git a/app/(dashboard)/shot-status/page.tsx b/app/(dashboard)/shot-status/page.tsx
index 570973e..b351a64 100644
--- a/app/(dashboard)/shot-status/page.tsx
+++ b/app/(dashboard)/shot-status/page.tsx
@@ -30,14 +30,11 @@ async function getAssignableArtists() {
   });
 }
 
+const shotCodeCollator = new Intl.Collator(undefined, { numeric: true, sensitivity: "base" });
+
 async function getShotsForProject(projectId: string) {
   const shots = await db.shot.findMany({
     where: { projectId },
-    orderBy: [
-      { episode: { sort: "asc", nulls: "last" } },
-      { scene: "asc" },
-      { shotNumber: "asc" },
-    ],
     select: {
       id: true,
       shotCode: true,
@@ -90,6 +87,16 @@ async function getShotsForProject(projectId: string) {
     },
   });
 
+  // Sorted by shot code rather than scene + shotNumber: imports and the
+  // external API assign shotNumber as "max + 10" (or 0), which needn't match
+  // the number in the code, so new shots could sink to the bottom.
+  shots.sort(
+    (a, b) =>
+      (a.episode === null ? 1 : 0) - (b.episode === null ? 1 : 0) ||
+      shotCodeCollator.compare(a.episode ?? "", b.episode ?? "") ||
+      shotCodeCollator.compare(a.shotCode, b.shotCode)
+  );
+
   return shots.map(({ exports, ...shot }) => ({
     ...shot,
     delivery: summariseShotDelivery({