diff --git a/astrid/plugin-src/com/todoroo/astrid/actfm/sync/ActFmSyncService.java b/astrid/plugin-src/com/todoroo/astrid/actfm/sync/ActFmSyncService.java
index b000bc9f7..c9f8ee63b 100644
--- a/astrid/plugin-src/com/todoroo/astrid/actfm/sync/ActFmSyncService.java
+++ b/astrid/plugin-src/com/todoroo/astrid/actfm/sync/ActFmSyncService.java
@@ -76,7 +76,6 @@ import com.todoroo.astrid.service.TagDataService;
 import com.todoroo.astrid.service.TaskService;
 import com.todoroo.astrid.service.abtesting.ABTestEventReportingService;
 import com.todoroo.astrid.subtasks.SubtasksHelper;
-import com.todoroo.astrid.subtasks.SubtasksUpdater;
 import com.todoroo.astrid.sync.SyncV2Provider.SyncExceptionHandler;
 import com.todoroo.astrid.tags.TagService;
 import com.todoroo.astrid.tags.reusable.FeaturedListFilterExposer;
@@ -635,6 +634,14 @@ public final class ActFmSyncService {
         return false;
     }
 
+    public boolean cancelFilterOrderingPush(String filterId) {
+        if (pushOrderQueue.contains(filterId)) {
+            pushOrderQueue.remove(filterId);
+            return true;
+        }
+        return false;
+    }
+
     private void pushTagOrdering(TagData tagData) {
         if (!checkForToken())
             return;
@@ -687,15 +694,10 @@ public final class ActFmSyncService {
         }
     }
 
-    public void fetchFilterOrders() {
+    public void fetchFilterOrder(String localFilterId) {
         if (!checkForToken())
             return;
 
-        fetchFilterOrder(SubtasksUpdater.ACTIVE_TASKS_ORDER);
-        fetchFilterOrder(SubtasksUpdater.TODAY_TASKS_ORDER);
-    }
-
-    private void fetchFilterOrder(String localFilterId) {
         String filterId = SubtasksHelper.serverFilterOrderId(localFilterId);
         ArrayList<Object> params = new ArrayList<Object>();
         params.add("filter"); params.add(filterId);
diff --git a/astrid/plugin-src/com/todoroo/astrid/actfm/sync/ActFmSyncV2Provider.java b/astrid/plugin-src/com/todoroo/astrid/actfm/sync/ActFmSyncV2Provider.java
index 9c3737530..d1b3683fe 100644
--- a/astrid/plugin-src/com/todoroo/astrid/actfm/sync/ActFmSyncV2Provider.java
+++ b/astrid/plugin-src/com/todoroo/astrid/actfm/sync/ActFmSyncV2Provider.java
@@ -39,6 +39,7 @@ import com.todoroo.astrid.service.AstridDependencyInjector;
 import com.todoroo.astrid.service.MetadataService;
 import com.todoroo.astrid.service.TagDataService;
 import com.todoroo.astrid.service.TaskService;
+import com.todoroo.astrid.subtasks.SubtasksUpdater;
 import com.todoroo.astrid.sync.SyncResultCallback;
 import com.todoroo.astrid.sync.SyncV2Provider;
 import com.todoroo.astrid.tags.TagService;
@@ -315,12 +316,23 @@ public class ActFmSyncV2Provider extends SyncV2Provider {
     /** @return runnable to fetch changes to tags */
     private void startTaskFetcher(final boolean manual, final SyncResultCallback callback,
             final AtomicInteger finisher) {
+        final boolean pushActiveTasksOrder = actFmSyncService.cancelFilterOrderingPush(SubtasksUpdater.ACTIVE_TASKS_ORDER);
+        final boolean pushTodayOrder = actFmSyncService.cancelFilterOrderingPush(SubtasksUpdater.TODAY_TASKS_ORDER);
+
         actFmSyncService.fetchActiveTasks(manual, handler, new Runnable() {
             @Override
             public void run() {
                 pushQueuedTasks(callback, finisher);
 
-                actFmSyncService.fetchFilterOrders();
+                if (pushActiveTasksOrder)
+                    actFmSyncService.pushFilterOrderingImmediately(SubtasksUpdater.ACTIVE_TASKS_ORDER);
+                else
+                    actFmSyncService.fetchFilterOrder(SubtasksUpdater.ACTIVE_TASKS_ORDER);
+
+                if (pushTodayOrder)
+                    actFmSyncService.pushFilterOrderingImmediately(SubtasksUpdater.TODAY_TASKS_ORDER);
+                else
+                    actFmSyncService.fetchFilterOrder(SubtasksUpdater.TODAY_TASKS_ORDER);
 
                 callback.incrementProgress(30);
                 if(finisher.decrementAndGet() == 0) {