diff --git a/cura/Settings/ExtruderManager.py b/cura/Settings/ExtruderManager.py
index 3181016f69..cd39947bf8 100755
--- a/cura/Settings/ExtruderManager.py
+++ b/cura/Settings/ExtruderManager.py
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ from UM.Scene.Selection import Selection
 from UM.Scene.Iterator.BreadthFirstIterator import BreadthFirstIterator
 from UM.Settings.ContainerRegistry import ContainerRegistry  # Finding containers by ID.
 from cura.Machines.ContainerTree import ContainerTree
+from cura.Settings.ExtruderStack import ExtruderStack
 
 from typing import Any, cast, Dict, List, Optional, TYPE_CHECKING, Union
 
@@ -304,6 +305,11 @@ class ExtruderManager(QObject):
             Logger.log("e", "Unable to find one or more of the extruders in %s", used_extruder_stack_ids)
             return []
 
+    def getFirstUsedExtruderStack(self)-> ExtruderStack:
+        used_extruders = self.getUsedExtruderStacks()
+        sorted_extruders = sorted(used_extruders, key=lambda extruder: extruder.getValue("extruder_nr"))
+        return sorted_extruders[0]
+
     def getInitialExtruderNr(self) -> int:
         """Get the extruder that the print will start with.
 
@@ -320,8 +326,7 @@ class ExtruderManager(QObject):
             skirt_brim_extruder_nr = global_stack.getProperty("skirt_brim_extruder_nr", "value")
             # if the skirt_brim_extruder_nr is -1, then we use the first used extruder
             if skirt_brim_extruder_nr == -1:
-                used_extruders = self.getUsedExtruderStacks()
-                return used_extruders[0].position
+                return self.getFirstUsedExtruderStack().getValue("extruder_nr")
             else:
                 return skirt_brim_extruder_nr
         if adhesion_type == "raft":
@@ -332,7 +337,7 @@ class ExtruderManager(QObject):
             return global_stack.getProperty("support_infill_extruder_nr", "value")
 
         # REALLY no adhesion? Use the first used extruder.
-        return self.getUsedExtruderStacks()[0].getProperty("extruder_nr", "value")
+        return self.getFirstUsedExtruderStack().getValue("extruder_nr")
 
     def removeMachineExtruders(self, machine_id: str) -> None:
         """Removes the container stack and user profile for the extruders for a specific machine.