diff --git a/adminsortable/admin.py b/adminsortable/admin.py
index bd684f9..e103f14 100644
--- a/adminsortable/admin.py
+++ b/adminsortable/admin.py
@@ -290,7 +290,7 @@ class SortableInlineBase(SortableAdminBase, InlineModelAdmin):
             qs = super(SortableInlineBase, self).queryset(request)
         else:
             qs = super(SortableInlineBase, self).get_queryset(request)
-        
+
         if get_is_sortable(qs):
             self.model.is_sortable = True
         else:
diff --git a/adminsortable/models.py b/adminsortable/models.py
index d17a815..01272e2 100644
--- a/adminsortable/models.py
+++ b/adminsortable/models.py
@@ -80,7 +80,8 @@ class Sortable(models.Model):
                 {self.sortable_foreign_key.name: sfk_obj.id})
 
         try:
-            obj = self.__class__.objects.filter(**filters)[:1][0]
+            order_by = '-order' if 'order__lt' in filters.keys() else 'order'
+            obj = self.__class__.objects.filter(**filters).order_by(order_by)[:1][0]
         except IndexError:
             obj = None
 
diff --git a/sample_project/database/test_project.sqlite b/sample_project/database/test_project.sqlite
index 9d92c7d..77631b3 100644
Binary files a/sample_project/database/test_project.sqlite and b/sample_project/database/test_project.sqlite differ