diff --git a/assets/agenda/components/AgendaList.tsx b/assets/agenda/components/AgendaList.tsx
index 6b09b3d45..34b73666e 100644
--- a/assets/agenda/components/AgendaList.tsx
+++ b/assets/agenda/components/AgendaList.tsx
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ import {getIntVersion} from 'wire/utils';
 import {getPlanningItemsByGroup, getListItems, isTopStory} from 'agenda/utils';
 import {searchNavigationSelector} from 'search/selectors';
 import {previewConfigSelector, listConfigSelector} from 'ui/selectors';
-import {AGENDA_DATE_FORMAT_LONG, AGENDA_DATE_FORMAT_SHORT} from '../../utils';
+import {AGENDA_DATE_FORMAT_LONG, AGENDA_DATE_FORMAT_SHORT, AGENDA_SORT_EVENTS_WITH_COVERAGE_ON_TOP} from '../../utils';
 
 
 const PREVIEW_TIMEOUT = 500; // time to preview an item after selecting using kb
@@ -64,7 +64,7 @@ const getItemIdsSorted = (
             } else {
                 restIds.push(item._id);
             }
-        } else if (hasCoverage) {
+        } else if (hasCoverage && AGENDA_SORT_EVENTS_WITH_COVERAGE_ON_TOP == true) {
 
             // items with coverages are displayed after top stories
             coveragesOnlyIds.push(item._id);
@@ -520,4 +520,4 @@ function getLastGroupWithItems(groupedItems: Array<IAgendaListGroup>): number {
 
     // If no groups have items, return the last group
     return groupedItems.length - 1;
-}
\ No newline at end of file
+}
diff --git a/assets/globals.d.ts b/assets/globals.d.ts
index b8da4fe00..3fe64db69 100644
--- a/assets/globals.d.ts
+++ b/assets/globals.d.ts
@@ -59,6 +59,7 @@ interface IClientConfig {
             button_label: string;
         }
     };
+    agenda_sort_events_with_coverage_on_top?: boolean;
     show_user_register?: boolean;
     multimedia_website_search_url?: string;
 }
diff --git a/assets/utils.tsx b/assets/utils.tsx
index 1bfa08c35..69ef56854 100644
--- a/assets/utils.tsx
+++ b/assets/utils.tsx
@@ -70,6 +70,7 @@ export const SERVER_DATETIME_FORMAT = 'YYYY-MM-DDTHH:mm:ss+0000';
 export const DAY_IN_MINUTES = 24 * 60 - 1;
 export const LIST_ANIMATIONS = getConfig('list_animations', true);
 export const DISPLAY_NEWS_ONLY = getConfig('display_news_only', true);
+export const AGENDA_SORT_EVENTS_WITH_COVERAGE_ON_TOP = getConfig('agenda_sort_events_with_coverage_on_top', false);
 export const DISPLAY_AGENDA_FEATURED_STORIES_ONLY = getConfig('display_agenda_featured_stories_only', true);
 export const DISPLAY_ALL_VERSIONS_TOGGLE = getConfig('display_all_versions_toggle', true);
 export const DEFAULT_TIMEZONE = getConfig('default_timezone', 'Australia/Sydney');
diff --git a/newsroom/web/default_settings.py b/newsroom/web/default_settings.py
index 67962568d..aad2599ed 100644
--- a/newsroom/web/default_settings.py
+++ b/newsroom/web/default_settings.py
@@ -396,6 +396,7 @@
             "button_label": lazy_gettext("Completed"),
         },
     },
+    "agenda_sort_events_with_coverage_on_top": False,
 }
 
 # Enable rendering of the date in the base view