diff --git a/app/src/main/java/net/bible/android/control/bookmark/BookmarkControl.kt b/app/src/main/java/net/bible/android/control/bookmark/BookmarkControl.kt
index b954df0dc9..0061eb8f72 100644
--- a/app/src/main/java/net/bible/android/control/bookmark/BookmarkControl.kt
+++ b/app/src/main/java/net/bible/android/control/bookmark/BookmarkControl.kt
@@ -100,16 +100,20 @@ open class BookmarkControl @Inject constructor(
 
     fun allBookmarksWithNotes(orderBy: BookmarkSortOrder): List<Bookmark> = dao.allBookmarksWithNotes(orderBy)
 
-    fun addOrUpdateBookmark(bookmark: Bookmark, labels: List<Long>?=null): Bookmark {
+    fun addOrUpdateBookmark(bookmark: Bookmark, labelIds: List<Long>?=null): Bookmark {
         if(bookmark.id != 0L) {
             dao.update(bookmark)
         } else {
             bookmark.id = dao.insert(bookmark)
         }
 
-        if(labels != null) {
+        if(labelIds != null) {
             dao.deleteLabels(bookmark.id)
-            dao.insert(labels.filter { it > 0 }.map { BookmarkToLabel(bookmark.id, it, orderNumber = dao.countJournalEntities(it)) })
+            val labels = labelIds.filter { it > 0 }.mapNotNull { dao.labelById(it) }
+            for (it in labels) {
+                dao.makeSpace(it.id, it.editPosition)
+                dao.insert(BookmarkToLabel(bookmark.id, it.id, orderNumber = it.editPosition))
+            }
         }
 
         addText(bookmark)
diff --git a/app/src/main/java/net/bible/android/control/page/ClientPageObjects.kt b/app/src/main/java/net/bible/android/control/page/ClientPageObjects.kt
index 0846f216c4..a5e4e654ce 100644
--- a/app/src/main/java/net/bible/android/control/page/ClientPageObjects.kt
+++ b/app/src/main/java/net/bible/android/control/page/ClientPageObjects.kt
@@ -210,12 +210,13 @@ class ClientBookmark(val bookmark: BookmarkEntities.Bookmark, val v11n: Versific
 data class ClientBookmarkStyle(val color: Int, val icon: String?, val noHighlight: Boolean)
 
 @Serializable
-data class ClientBookmarkLabel(val id: Long, val name: String, val style: ClientBookmarkStyle) {
+data class ClientBookmarkLabel(val id: Long, val name: String, val style: ClientBookmarkStyle, val editPosition: Int) {
     constructor(label: BookmarkEntities.Label): this(
         label.id, label.displayName,
         label.color.let {v ->
             ClientBookmarkStyle(v, if(label.isSpeakLabel) "headphones" else null, label.isSpeakLabel)
-        }
+        },
+        label.editPosition,
     )
 }
 
diff --git a/app/src/main/java/net/bible/service/db/DatabaseContainer.kt b/app/src/main/java/net/bible/service/db/DatabaseContainer.kt
index 75a388d402..5e96b6fa82 100644
--- a/app/src/main/java/net/bible/service/db/DatabaseContainer.kt
+++ b/app/src/main/java/net/bible/service/db/DatabaseContainer.kt
@@ -780,6 +780,15 @@ private val MIGRATION_43_44_topMargin = object : Migration(43, 44) {
     }
 }
 
+private val MIGRATION_44_45_journal_edit_position = object : Migration(44, 45) {
+    override fun doMigrate(db: SupportSQLiteDatabase) {
+        db.apply {
+            execSQL("ALTER TABLE `Label` ADD COLUMN `editPosition` INTEGER NOT NULL DEFAULT 0")
+            execSQL("UPDATE `Label` SET editPosition=(SELECT count(*) from BookmarkToLabel WHERE labelId=id) + (SELECT count(*) from JournalTextEntry WHERE labelId=id)")
+        }
+    }
+}
+
 object DatabaseContainer {
     private var instance: AppDatabase? = null
 
@@ -837,6 +846,7 @@ object DatabaseContainer {
                         MIGRATION_41_42_cipherKey,
                         MIGRATION_42_43_expandContent,
                         MIGRATION_43_44_topMargin,
+                        MIGRATION_44_45_journal_edit_position,
                         // When adding new migrations, remember to increment DATABASE_VERSION too
                     )
                     .build()
diff --git a/db/src/main/java/net/bible/android/database/AppDatabase.kt b/db/src/main/java/net/bible/android/database/AppDatabase.kt
index 6245be36ac..b09bedb890 100644
--- a/db/src/main/java/net/bible/android/database/AppDatabase.kt
+++ b/db/src/main/java/net/bible/android/database/AppDatabase.kt
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ import java.io.ObjectOutputStream
 
 import java.util.*
 
-const val DATABASE_VERSION = 44
+const val DATABASE_VERSION = 45
 
 class Converters {
     @TypeConverter
diff --git a/db/src/main/java/net/bible/android/database/bookmarks/BookmarkEntities.kt b/db/src/main/java/net/bible/android/database/bookmarks/BookmarkEntities.kt
index 3f726a14bd..bd6317a80f 100644
--- a/db/src/main/java/net/bible/android/database/bookmarks/BookmarkEntities.kt
+++ b/db/src/main/java/net/bible/android/database/bookmarks/BookmarkEntities.kt
@@ -248,7 +248,8 @@ class BookmarkEntities {
         @PrimaryKey(autoGenerate = true) var id: Long = 0,
         var name: String = "",
         @ColumnInfo(name = "bookmarkStyle") var bookmarkStyleDeprecated: BookmarkStyle? = null,
-        @ColumnInfo(defaultValue = "0") var color: Int = defaultLabelColor
+        @ColumnInfo(defaultValue = "0") var color: Int = defaultLabelColor,
+        @ColumnInfo(defaultValue = "0") var editPosition: Int = 0,
     ) {
         override fun toString() = name
         val isSpeakLabel get() = name == SPEAK_LABEL_NAME
diff --git a/db/src/main/java/net/bible/android/database/bookmarks/BookmarksDao.kt b/db/src/main/java/net/bible/android/database/bookmarks/BookmarksDao.kt
index c36a07ead8..9fa55961da 100644
--- a/db/src/main/java/net/bible/android/database/bookmarks/BookmarksDao.kt
+++ b/db/src/main/java/net/bible/android/database/bookmarks/BookmarksDao.kt
@@ -226,4 +226,15 @@ interface BookmarkDao {
 
     @Update fun updateBookmarkToLabels(bookmarkToLabels: List<BookmarkToLabel>)
     @Update fun updateJournalTextEntries(studyPadTextEntries: List<BookmarkEntities.StudyPadTextEntry>)
+
+    @Query("UPDATE BookmarkToLabel SET orderNumber=orderNumber + 1 WHERE labelId=:labelId AND orderNumber >= :startPosition")
+    fun makeSpaceBookmarkToLabels(labelId: Long, startPosition: Int)
+
+    @Query("UPDATE JournalTextEntry SET orderNumber=orderNumber + 1 WHERE labelId=:labelId AND orderNumber >= :startPosition")
+    fun makeSpaceTextEntries(labelId: Long, startPosition: Int)
+
+    fun makeSpace(id: Long, editPosition: Int) {
+        makeSpaceBookmarkToLabels(id, editPosition)
+        makeSpaceTextEntries(id, editPosition)
+    }
 }