diff --git a/lib/private/app.php b/lib/private/app.php
index b4a719921788689d6bc32e2c489620d25edcdb82..920906d88366ed71972c55b8424837c50417e513 100644
--- a/lib/private/app.php
+++ b/lib/private/app.php
@@ -752,9 +752,42 @@ class OC_App{
 		} else {
 			$combinedApps = $appList;
 		}
+		// bring the apps into the right order with a custom sort funtion
+		usort($combinedApps,'\OC_App::customSort');
+
 		return $combinedApps;
 	}
 
+	/**
+	 * @brief: Internal custom sort funtion to bring the app into the right order. Should only be called by listAllApps
+	 * @return array
+	 */
+	private static function customSort($a, $b) {
+
+		// prio 1: active
+		if ($a['active'] != $b['active']) {
+			return $b['active'] - $a['active'];
+		}
+
+		// prio 2: shipped
+		if ($a['shipped'] != $b['shipped']) {
+			$atemp = ($a['shipped']==true ? 1 : 0);
+			$btemp = ($b['shipped']==true ? 1 : 0);
+			return ($btemp - $atemp);
+		}
+       
+		// prio 3: recommended
+		if ($a['internalclass'] != $b['internalclass']) {
+			$atemp = ($a['internalclass']=='recommendedapp' ? 1 : 0);
+			$btemp = ($b['internalclass']=='recommendedapp' ? 1 : 0);
+			return ($btemp - $atemp);
+		}
+
+		// prio 4: alphabetical
+		return strcmp($a['name'], $b['name']);
+
+	}
+
 	/**
 	 * @brief: get a list of all apps on apps.owncloud.com
 	 * @return array, multi-dimensional array of apps.
diff --git a/settings/apps.php b/settings/apps.php
index 20b128875541fff881bf74b98a48ba432dd80adf..96b6d21b50214d717423a27aa32d1a894543778d 100644
--- a/settings/apps.php
+++ b/settings/apps.php
@@ -28,24 +28,7 @@ OC_App::loadApps();
 OC_Util::addStyle( "settings", "settings" );
 OC_App::setActiveNavigationEntry( "core_apps" );
 
-function app_sort( $a, $b ) {
-
-	if ($a['active'] !== $b['active']) {
-
-		return $b['active'] - $a['active'];
-
-	}
-
-	if ($a['internal'] !== $b['internal']) {
-		return $b['internal'] - $a['internal'];
-	}
-
-	return strcmp($a['name'], $b['name']);
-
-}
-
 $combinedApps = OC_App::listAllApps();
-usort( $combinedApps, 'app_sort' );
 
 $tmpl = new OC_Template( "settings", "apps", "user" );