diff --git a/scripts/generate_manifest.py b/scripts/generate_manifest.py
index 8c5c0d8..15c49c8 100644
--- a/scripts/generate_manifest.py
+++ b/scripts/generate_manifest.py
@@ -11,11 +11,24 @@ IMAGEDIR = os.path.abspath(IMAGEDIR)
 
 def main():
     exts = ('.jpg', '.jpeg', '.png', '.webp', '.gif')
-    files = [f for f in sorted(os.listdir(IMAGEDIR)) if f.lower().endswith(exts)]
+
+    files = [
+        f for f in os.listdir(IMAGEDIR)
+        if f.lower().endswith(exts)
+    ]
+
+    # Newest images first
+    files.sort(
+        key=lambda f: os.path.getctime(os.path.join(IMAGEDIR, f)),
+        reverse=True
+    )
+
     out = os.path.join(IMAGEDIR, 'manifest.json')
+
     with open(out, 'w', encoding='utf-8') as fh:
         json.dump(files, fh, indent=2)
+
     print(f'Wrote {len(files)} entries to {out}')
 
 if __name__ == '__main__':
-    main()
+    main()
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