diff --git a/public/red/ui/palette.js b/public/red/ui/palette.js
index c8255b517..3efc44824 100644
--- a/public/red/ui/palette.js
+++ b/public/red/ui/palette.js
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@
 RED.palette = (function() {
 
     var exclusion = ['config','unknown','deprecated'];
-    var core = ['input', 'output', 'function', 'subflows', 'social', 'storage', 'analysis', 'advanced'];
+    var core = ['subflows', 'input', 'output', 'function', 'social', 'storage', 'analysis', 'advanced'];
 
     function createCategoryContainer(category){
         var escapedCategory = category.replace(" ","_");
diff --git a/settings.js b/settings.js
index 3db5fca2d..1e9915e8a 100644
--- a/settings.js
+++ b/settings.js
@@ -139,7 +139,7 @@ module.exports = {
     // palette. If a node's category is not in the list, the category will get
     // added to the end of the palette.
     // If not set, the following default order is used:
-    //paletteCategories: ['input', 'output', 'function', 'subflows', 'social', 'storage', 'analysis', 'advanced'],
+    //paletteCategories: ['subflows', 'input', 'output', 'function', 'social', 'storage', 'analysis', 'advanced'],
 
     // Configure the logging output
     logging: {