diff --git a/UI/window-basic-settings.cpp b/UI/window-basic-settings.cpp
index cbd549396..4d10e72d2 100644
--- a/UI/window-basic-settings.cpp
+++ b/UI/window-basic-settings.cpp
@@ -1337,15 +1337,15 @@ void OBSBasicSettings::LoadDownscaleFilters()
 	ui->downscaleFilter->addItem(
 		QTStr("Basic.Settings.Video.DownscaleFilter.Bilinear"),
 		QT_UTF8("bilinear"));
+	ui->downscaleFilter->addItem(
+		QTStr("Basic.Settings.Video.DownscaleFilter.Area"),
+		QT_UTF8("area"));
 	ui->downscaleFilter->addItem(
 		QTStr("Basic.Settings.Video.DownscaleFilter.Bicubic"),
 		QT_UTF8("bicubic"));
 	ui->downscaleFilter->addItem(
 		QTStr("Basic.Settings.Video.DownscaleFilter.Lanczos"),
 		QT_UTF8("lanczos"));
-	ui->downscaleFilter->addItem(
-		QTStr("Basic.Settings.Video.DownscaleFilter.Area"),
-		QT_UTF8("area"));
 
 	const char *scaleType =
 		config_get_string(main->Config(), "Video", "ScaleType");
@@ -1353,11 +1353,11 @@ void OBSBasicSettings::LoadDownscaleFilters()
 	if (astrcmpi(scaleType, "bilinear") == 0)
 		ui->downscaleFilter->setCurrentIndex(0);
 	else if (astrcmpi(scaleType, "lanczos") == 0)
-		ui->downscaleFilter->setCurrentIndex(2);
-	else if (astrcmpi(scaleType, "area") == 0)
 		ui->downscaleFilter->setCurrentIndex(3);
-	else
+	else if (astrcmpi(scaleType, "area") == 0)
 		ui->downscaleFilter->setCurrentIndex(1);
+	else
+		ui->downscaleFilter->setCurrentIndex(2);
 }
 
 void OBSBasicSettings::LoadResolutionLists()