diff --git a/backend/rust-gbt/index.d.ts b/backend/rust-gbt/index.d.ts
index 2acdde672..68b56a8e1 100644
--- a/backend/rust-gbt/index.d.ts
+++ b/backend/rust-gbt/index.d.ts
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@
 
 export interface ThreadTransaction {
   uid: number
+  order: number
   fee: number
   weight: number
   sigops: number
diff --git a/backend/rust-gbt/src/audit_transaction.rs b/backend/rust-gbt/src/audit_transaction.rs
index c12911f0a..2df9e0b8c 100644
--- a/backend/rust-gbt/src/audit_transaction.rs
+++ b/backend/rust-gbt/src/audit_transaction.rs
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ use std::{
 #[derive(Clone, Debug)]
 pub struct AuditTransaction {
     pub uid: u32,
+    order: u32,
     pub fee: u64,
     pub weight: u32,
     pub sigop_adjusted_vsize: u32,
@@ -50,19 +51,24 @@ impl PartialEq for AuditTransaction {
 impl Eq for AuditTransaction {}
 
 #[inline]
-pub fn partial_cmp_uid_score(a: (u32, f64), b: (u32, f64)) -> Option<Ordering> {
+pub fn partial_cmp_uid_score(a: (u32, u32, f64), b: (u32, u32, f64)) -> Option<Ordering> {
     // If either score is NaN, this is false,
     // and partial_cmp will return None
-    if a.1 == b.1 {
-        Some(a.0.cmp(&b.0))
+    if a.2 != b.2 {
+        a.2.partial_cmp(&b.2)
+    } else if a.1 != b.1 {
+        Some(b.1.cmp(&a.1))
     } else {
-        a.1.partial_cmp(&b.1)
+        Some(a.0.cmp(&b.0))
     }
 }
 
 impl PartialOrd for AuditTransaction {
     fn partial_cmp(&self, other: &Self) -> Option<Ordering> {
-        partial_cmp_uid_score((self.uid, self.score), (other.uid, other.score))
+        partial_cmp_uid_score(
+            (self.uid, self.order, self.score),
+            (other.uid, self.order, other.score),
+        )
     }
 }
 
@@ -86,6 +92,7 @@ impl AuditTransaction {
         let sigop_adjusted_vsize = ((tx.weight + 3) / 4).max(tx.sigops * 5);
         Self {
             uid: tx.uid,
+            order: tx.order,
             fee: tx.fee as u64,
             weight: tx.weight,
             sigop_adjusted_vsize,
@@ -113,6 +120,11 @@ impl AuditTransaction {
         self.score
     }
 
+    #[inline]
+    pub const fn order(&self) -> u32 {
+        self.order
+    }
+
     #[inline]
     pub const fn ancestor_sigop_adjusted_vsize(&self) -> u32 {
         self.ancestor_sigop_adjusted_vsize
diff --git a/backend/rust-gbt/src/gbt.rs b/backend/rust-gbt/src/gbt.rs
index bab19ac89..f88c022c4 100644
--- a/backend/rust-gbt/src/gbt.rs
+++ b/backend/rust-gbt/src/gbt.rs
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@ type ModifiedQueue = PriorityQueue<u32, TxPriority, U32HasherState>;
 #[derive(Debug)]
 struct TxPriority {
     uid: u32,
+    order: u32,
     score: f64,
 }
 impl PartialEq for TxPriority {
@@ -35,10 +36,12 @@ impl PartialEq for TxPriority {
 impl Eq for TxPriority {}
 impl PartialOrd for TxPriority {
     fn partial_cmp(&self, other: &Self) -> Option<Ordering> {
-        if self.score == other.score {
-            Some(self.uid.cmp(&other.uid))
-        } else {
+        if self.score != other.score {
             self.score.partial_cmp(&other.score)
+        } else if self.order != other.order {
+            Some(other.order.cmp(&self.order))
+        } else {
+            Some(self.uid.cmp(&other.uid))
         }
     }
 }
@@ -80,17 +83,17 @@ pub fn gbt(mempool: &mut ThreadTransactionsMap) -> GbtResult {
     trace!("Post relative graph Audit Pool: {:#?}", audit_pool);
 
     info!("Sorting by descending ancestor score");
-    let mut mempool_stack: Vec<(u32, f64)> = mempool_stack
+    let mut mempool_stack: Vec<(u32, u32, f64)> = mempool_stack
         .into_iter()
         .map(|txid| {
             let atx = audit_pool
                 .get(&txid)
                 .expect("All txids are from audit_pool");
-            (txid, atx.score())
+            (txid, atx.order(), atx.score())
         })
         .collect();
     mempool_stack.sort_unstable_by(|a, b| partial_cmp_uid_score(*a, *b).expect("Not NaN"));
-    let mut mempool_stack: Vec<u32> = mempool_stack.into_iter().map(|(txid, _)| txid).collect();
+    let mut mempool_stack: Vec<u32> = mempool_stack.into_iter().map(|(txid, _, _)| txid).collect();
 
     info!("Building blocks by greedily choosing the highest feerate package");
     info!("(i.e. the package rooted in the transaction with the best ancestor score)");
@@ -212,6 +215,7 @@ pub fn gbt(mempool: &mut ThreadTransactionsMap) -> GbtResult {
                             *overflowed,
                             TxPriority {
                                 uid: *overflowed,
+                                order: overflowed_tx.order(),
                                 score: overflowed_tx.score(),
                             },
                         );
@@ -376,6 +380,7 @@ fn update_descendants(
                     descendant.uid,
                     TxPriority {
                         uid: descendant.uid,
+                        order: descendant.order(),
                         score: descendant.score(),
                     },
                 );
@@ -385,6 +390,7 @@ fn update_descendants(
                     descendant.uid,
                     TxPriority {
                         uid: descendant.uid,
+                        order: descendant.order(),
                         score: descendant.score(),
                     },
                 );
diff --git a/backend/rust-gbt/src/lib.rs b/backend/rust-gbt/src/lib.rs
index bfd54ae58..08f7cb599 100644
--- a/backend/rust-gbt/src/lib.rs
+++ b/backend/rust-gbt/src/lib.rs
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ mod u32_hasher_types;
 
 use u32_hasher_types::{u32hashmap_with_capacity, U32HasherState};
 
-/// This is the initial capacity of the GbtGenerator struct's inner HashMap.
+/// This is the initial capacity of the `GbtGenerator` struct's inner `HashMap`.
 ///
 /// Note: This doesn't *have* to be a power of 2. (uwu)
 const STARTING_CAPACITY: usize = 1_048_576;
diff --git a/backend/rust-gbt/src/thread_transaction.rs b/backend/rust-gbt/src/thread_transaction.rs
index 7bbefe648..ca81f5990 100644
--- a/backend/rust-gbt/src/thread_transaction.rs
+++ b/backend/rust-gbt/src/thread_transaction.rs
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ use napi_derive::napi;
 #[napi(object)]
 pub struct ThreadTransaction {
     pub uid: u32,
+    pub order: u32,
     pub fee: f64,
     pub weight: u32,
     pub sigops: u32,
diff --git a/backend/src/__tests__/gbt/gbt-tests.ts b/backend/src/__tests__/gbt/gbt-tests.ts
index 92c023aca..8619457ea 100644
--- a/backend/src/__tests__/gbt/gbt-tests.ts
+++ b/backend/src/__tests__/gbt/gbt-tests.ts
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 import fs from 'fs';
-import { GbtGenerator } from '../../../rust-gbt';
+import { GbtGenerator, ThreadTransaction } from '../../../rust-gbt';
 import path from 'path';
-import { CompactThreadTransaction } from '../../mempool.interfaces';
 
 const baseline = require('./test-data/target-template.json');
 const testVector = require('./test-data/test-data-ids.json');
@@ -28,18 +27,20 @@ describe('Rust GBT', () => {
   });
 });
 
-function mempoolFromArrayBuffer(buf: ArrayBuffer): CompactThreadTransaction[] {
+function mempoolFromArrayBuffer(buf: ArrayBuffer): ThreadTransaction[] {
   const view = new DataView(buf);
   const count = view.getUint32(0, false);
-  const txs: CompactThreadTransaction[] = [];
+  const txs: ThreadTransaction[] = [];
   let offset = 4;
   for (let i = 0; i < count; i++) {
-    const tx: CompactThreadTransaction = {
-      uid: view.getUint32(offset, false),
+    const uid = view.getUint32(offset, false);
+    const tx: ThreadTransaction = {
+      uid,
+      order: txidToOrdering(vectorUidMap.get(uid) as string),
       fee: view.getFloat64(offset + 4, false),
       weight: view.getUint32(offset + 12, false),
       sigops: view.getUint32(offset + 16, false),
-      feePerVsize: view.getFloat64(offset + 20, false),
+      // feePerVsize: view.getFloat64(offset + 20, false),
       effectiveFeePerVsize: view.getFloat64(offset + 28, false),
       inputs: [],
     };
@@ -53,3 +54,7 @@ function mempoolFromArrayBuffer(buf: ArrayBuffer): CompactThreadTransaction[] {
   }
   return txs;
 }
+
+function txidToOrdering(txid: string): number {
+  return parseInt(txid.slice(56).match(/../g)?.reverse().join('') as string, 16);
+}
diff --git a/backend/src/api/mempool.ts b/backend/src/api/mempool.ts
index c7d7b8b27..bc3f33806 100644
--- a/backend/src/api/mempool.ts
+++ b/backend/src/api/mempool.ts
@@ -89,6 +89,9 @@ class Mempool {
       if (this.mempoolCache[txid].sigops == null || this.mempoolCache[txid].effectiveFeePerVsize == null) {
         this.mempoolCache[txid] = transactionUtils.extendMempoolTransaction(this.mempoolCache[txid]);
       }
+      if (this.mempoolCache[txid].order == null) {
+        this.mempoolCache[txid].order = transactionUtils.txidToOrdering(txid);
+      }
       count++;
     }
     if (this.mempoolChangedCallback) {
diff --git a/backend/src/api/transaction-utils.ts b/backend/src/api/transaction-utils.ts
index 8523a938e..28861a997 100644
--- a/backend/src/api/transaction-utils.ts
+++ b/backend/src/api/transaction-utils.ts
@@ -76,6 +76,7 @@ class TransactionUtils {
     const adjustedFeePerVsize = Math.max(Common.isLiquid() ? 0.1 : 1,
       (transaction.fee || 0) / adjustedVsize);
     const transactionExtended: MempoolTransactionExtended = Object.assign(transaction, {
+      order: this.txidToOrdering(transaction.txid),
       vsize: Math.round(transaction.weight / 4),
       adjustedVsize,
       sigops,
@@ -154,6 +155,11 @@ class TransactionUtils {
 
     return sigops;
   }
+
+  // returns the most significant 4 bytes of the txid as an integer
+  public txidToOrdering(txid: string): number {
+    return parseInt(txid.slice(56).match(/../g)?.reverse().join('') as string, 16);
+  }
 }
 
 export default new TransactionUtils();
diff --git a/backend/src/mempool.interfaces.ts b/backend/src/mempool.interfaces.ts
index efdd874bf..eaa0cd63f 100644
--- a/backend/src/mempool.interfaces.ts
+++ b/backend/src/mempool.interfaces.ts
@@ -93,6 +93,7 @@ export interface TransactionExtended extends IEsploraApi.Transaction {
 }
 
 export interface MempoolTransactionExtended extends TransactionExtended {
+  order: number;
   sigops: number;
   adjustedVsize: number;
   adjustedFeePerVsize: number;