Index: t3lib/class.t3lib_tstemplate.php
--- t3lib/class.t3lib_tstemplate.php (8705)
+++ t3lib/class.t3lib_tstemplate.php (working copy)
@@ -499,7 +499,7 @@
 				$addC=' AND uid='.intval($start_template_uid);
 			}
 
-			$res = $GLOBALS['TYPO3_DB']->exec_SELECTquery('*', 'sys_template', 'pid='.intval($this->absoluteRootLine[$a]['uid']).$addC.' '.$this->whereClause,'','sorting',1);
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+			$res = $GLOBALS['TYPO3_DB']->exec_SELECTquery('*', 'sys_template', 'pid='.intval($this->absoluteRootLine[$a]['uid']).$addC.' '.$this->whereClause,'','root DESC, sorting',1);
\ No newline at end of file
 			if ($row = $GLOBALS['TYPO3_DB']->sql_fetch_assoc($res))	{
 				$this->versionOL($row);
 				if (is_array($row))	{