diff --git a/app/src/main/java/org/fdroid/fdroid/data/AppProvider.java b/app/src/main/java/org/fdroid/fdroid/data/AppProvider.java
index c4cf76521..df1474543 100644
--- a/app/src/main/java/org/fdroid/fdroid/data/AppProvider.java
+++ b/app/src/main/java/org/fdroid/fdroid/data/AppProvider.java
@@ -960,7 +960,7 @@ public class AppProvider extends FDroidProvider {
         final String app = getTableName();
 
         final String highestPriority =
-                "SELECT MIN(r." + RepoTable.Cols.PRIORITY + ") " +
+                "SELECT MAX(r." + RepoTable.Cols.PRIORITY + ") " +
                 "FROM " + RepoTable.NAME + " AS r " +
                 "JOIN " + getTableName() + " AS m ON (m." + Cols.REPO_ID + " = r." + RepoTable.Cols._ID + ") " +
                 "WHERE m." + Cols.PACKAGE_ID + " = " + "metadata." + Cols.PACKAGE_ID;
diff --git a/app/src/main/java/org/fdroid/fdroid/data/DBHelper.java b/app/src/main/java/org/fdroid/fdroid/data/DBHelper.java
index 079972d5b..0dd87abb9 100644
--- a/app/src/main/java/org/fdroid/fdroid/data/DBHelper.java
+++ b/app/src/main/java/org/fdroid/fdroid/data/DBHelper.java
@@ -190,7 +190,7 @@ class DBHelper extends SQLiteOpenHelper {
             + InstalledAppTable.Cols.HASH + " TEXT NOT NULL"
             + " );";
 
-    protected static final int DB_VERSION = 67;
+    protected static final int DB_VERSION = 68;
 
     private final Context context;
 
@@ -272,6 +272,16 @@ class DBHelper extends SQLiteOpenHelper {
         addCategoryTables(db, oldVersion);
         addIndexV1Fields(db, oldVersion);
         addIndexV1AppFields(db, oldVersion);
+        recalculatePreferredMetadata(db, oldVersion);
+    }
+
+    private void recalculatePreferredMetadata(SQLiteDatabase db, int oldVersion) {
+        if (oldVersion >= 68) {
+            return;
+        }
+
+        Log.i(TAG, "Previously, the repository metadata was being interpreted backwards. Need to force a repo refresh to fix this.");
+        resetTransient(db);
     }
 
     private void addIndexV1AppFields(SQLiteDatabase db, int oldVersion) {