diff --git a/vviewer/vviewer.py b/vviewer/vviewer.py
index 7264f7e4795fe1de80c005ed0740f58a744a1b05..9717834d31966720b9e8269b3edf06d6a33e5dcc 100755
--- a/vviewer/vviewer.py
+++ b/vviewer/vviewer.py
@@ -3225,6 +3225,11 @@ def main():
     app = QtGui.QApplication([])
     viewer = vviewer()
 
+    # change order of the images being loaded to be more intuitive
+    filenames.reverse()
+    z_filenames.reverse()
+    func_filenames.reverse()
+    
     if is_linked:
         file_list = []
         type_list = []