diff --git a/src/modules/llms/server/anthropic/anthropic.router.ts b/src/modules/llms/server/anthropic/anthropic.router.ts
index bcfa3e7d5..b02cf0ecd 100644
--- a/src/modules/llms/server/anthropic/anthropic.router.ts
+++ b/src/modules/llms/server/anthropic/anthropic.router.ts
@@ -180,16 +180,16 @@ export const llmAnthropicRouter = createTRPCRouter({
           if (!hardcodedModel.created && model.created_at)
             hardcodedModel.created = roundTime(model.created_at);
 
-          // add the base model
-          acc.push(hardcodedModel);
-
-          // add a thinking variant, if defined
+          // add FIRST a thinking variant, if defined
           if (hardcodedAnthropicVariants[model.id])
             acc.push({
               ...hardcodedModel,
               ...hardcodedAnthropicVariants[model.id],
             });
 
+          // add the base model
+          acc.push(hardcodedModel);
+
         } else {
 
           // for day-0 support of new models, create a placeholder model using sensible defaults