diff --git a/apps/desktop/cypress/e2e/commitActions.cy.ts b/apps/desktop/cypress/e2e/commitActions.cy.ts
index 3ba57803e9..7654879dcc 100644
--- a/apps/desktop/cypress/e2e/commitActions.cy.ts
+++ b/apps/desktop/cypress/e2e/commitActions.cy.ts
@@ -913,7 +913,8 @@ describe('Commit Actions with no stacks', () => {
 		cy.get('@createBranchSpy').should('be.calledWith', {
 			projectId: PROJECT_ID,
 			branch: {
-				name: 'my-cool-branch'
+				name: 'my-cool-branch',
+				order: 0
 			}
 		});
 
diff --git a/apps/desktop/src/components/v3/NewCommitView.svelte b/apps/desktop/src/components/v3/NewCommitView.svelte
index c2ead2109b..4d28200bbf 100644
--- a/apps/desktop/src/components/v3/NewCommitView.svelte
+++ b/apps/desktop/src/components/v3/NewCommitView.svelte
@@ -102,7 +102,7 @@
 		if (!finalStackId) {
 			const stack = await createNewStack({
 				projectId,
-				branch: { name: draftBranchName }
+				branch: { name: draftBranchName, order: 0 }
 			});
 			finalStackId = stack.id;
 			projectState.stackId.set(finalStackId);