diff --git a/main/src/com/google/refine/model/recon/StandardReconConfig.java b/main/src/com/google/refine/model/recon/StandardReconConfig.java
index 34981f0a5..f6a387b56 100644
--- a/main/src/com/google/refine/model/recon/StandardReconConfig.java
+++ b/main/src/com/google/refine/model/recon/StandardReconConfig.java
@@ -41,6 +41,7 @@ import java.net.HttpURLConnection;
 import java.net.URL;
 import java.util.ArrayList;
 import java.util.Collections;
+import java.util.Comparator;
 import java.util.HashMap;
 import java.util.HashSet;
 import java.util.List;
@@ -525,6 +526,14 @@ public class StandardReconConfig extends ReconConfig {
         Recon recon = new Recon(historyEntryID, identifierSpace, schemaSpace);
         List<ReconResult> results = ParsingUtilities.mapper.convertValue(resultsList, new TypeReference<List<ReconResult>>() {});
         
+        // Sort results by decreasing score
+        results.sort(new Comparator<ReconResult>() {
+        	@Override
+        	public int compare(ReconResult a, ReconResult b) {
+        		return Double.compare(b.score, a.score);
+        	}
+        });
+        
         int length = results.size();
         int count = 0;
         for (int i = 0; i < length; i++) {
diff --git a/main/tests/server/src/com/google/refine/tests/model/recon/StandardReconConfigTests.java b/main/tests/server/src/com/google/refine/tests/model/recon/StandardReconConfigTests.java
index 3e2a802bb..f076bff60 100644
--- a/main/tests/server/src/com/google/refine/tests/model/recon/StandardReconConfigTests.java
+++ b/main/tests/server/src/com/google/refine/tests/model/recon/StandardReconConfigTests.java
@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@ package com.google.refine.tests.model.recon;
 
 import static org.testng.Assert.assertEquals;
 import static org.testng.Assert.assertNull;
+import static org.testng.Assert.assertTrue;
 
 import java.io.IOException;
 import java.util.ArrayList;
@@ -40,7 +41,9 @@ import org.testng.annotations.Test;
 
 import com.fasterxml.jackson.core.JsonParseException;
 import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.JsonMappingException;
+import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.node.ArrayNode;
 import com.google.refine.model.Project;
+import com.google.refine.model.Recon;
 import com.google.refine.model.Row;
 import com.google.refine.model.recon.ReconConfig;
 import com.google.refine.model.recon.ReconJob;
@@ -76,6 +79,10 @@ public class StandardReconConfigTests extends RefineTest {
         public double wordDistanceTest(String s1, String s2) {
             return wordDistance(s1, s2);
         }
+        
+        protected Recon createReconServiceResults(String text, ArrayNode resultsList, long historyEntryID) throws IOException {
+        	return super.createReconServiceResults(text, resultsList, historyEntryID);
+        }
     }
 
     @Test
@@ -212,4 +219,105 @@ public class StandardReconConfigTests extends RefineTest {
     	ReconResult rr = ParsingUtilities.mapper.readValue(json, ReconResult.class);
     	assertEquals(rr.types.get(0).name, "hamlet in Alberta");
     }
+    
+    // Issue #1913
+    @Test
+    public void reorderReconciliationResults() throws JsonParseException, JsonMappingException, IOException {
+    	String viafJson = " [\n" + 
+    			"\n" + 
+    			"    {\n" + 
+    			"        \"id\": \"18951129\",\n" + 
+    			"        \"name\": \"Varano, Camilla Battista da 1458-1524\",\n" + 
+    			"        \"type\": [\n" + 
+    			"            {\n" + 
+    			"                \"id\": \"/people/person\",\n" + 
+    			"                \"name\": \"Person\"\n" + 
+    			"            }\n" + 
+    			"        ],\n" + 
+    			"        \"score\": 0.1282051282051282,\n" + 
+    			"        \"match\": false\n" + 
+    			"    },\n" + 
+    			"    {\n" + 
+    			"        \"id\": \"102271932\",\n" + 
+    			"        \"name\": \"Shamsie, Kamila, 1973-....\",\n" + 
+    			"        \"type\": [\n" + 
+    			"            {\n" + 
+    			"                \"id\": \"/people/person\",\n" + 
+    			"                \"name\": \"Person\"\n" + 
+    			"            }\n" + 
+    			"        ],\n" + 
+    			"        \"score\": 0.23076923076923078,\n" + 
+    			"        \"match\": false\n" + 
+    			"    },\n" + 
+    			"    {\n" + 
+    			"        \"id\": \"63233597\",\n" + 
+    			"        \"name\": \"Camilla, Duchess of Cornwall, 1947-\",\n" + 
+    			"        \"type\": [\n" + 
+    			"            {\n" + 
+    			"                \"id\": \"/people/person\",\n" + 
+    			"                \"name\": \"Person\"\n" + 
+    			"            }\n" + 
+    			"        ],\n" + 
+    			"        \"score\": 0.14285714285714285,\n" + 
+    			"        \"match\": false\n" + 
+    			"    }\n" + 
+    			"\n" + 
+    			"]";
+    	
+    	StandardReconConfigStub stub = new StandardReconConfigStub();
+    	ArrayNode node = ParsingUtilities.mapper.readValue(viafJson, ArrayNode.class);
+    	Recon recon = stub.createReconServiceResults("Kamila", node, 1234L);
+    	assertTrue(recon.candidates.get(0).score > 0.2);
+    	assertEquals(recon.candidates.get(0).id, "102271932");
+    }
+    
+    @Test
+    public void reorderReconciliationResultsStableSort() throws JsonParseException, JsonMappingException, IOException {
+    	String viafJson = " [\n" + 
+    			"\n" + 
+    			"    {\n" + 
+    			"        \"id\": \"18951129\",\n" + 
+    			"        \"name\": \"Varano, Camilla Battista da 1458-1524\",\n" + 
+    			"        \"type\": [\n" + 
+    			"            {\n" + 
+    			"                \"id\": \"/people/person\",\n" + 
+    			"                \"name\": \"Person\"\n" + 
+    			"            }\n" + 
+    			"        ],\n" + 
+    			"        \"score\": 0.3,\n" + 
+    			"        \"match\": false\n" + 
+    			"    },\n" + 
+    			"    {\n" + 
+    			"        \"id\": \"102271932\",\n" + 
+    			"        \"name\": \"Shamsie, Kamila, 1973-....\",\n" + 
+    			"        \"type\": [\n" + 
+    			"            {\n" + 
+    			"                \"id\": \"/people/person\",\n" + 
+    			"                \"name\": \"Person\"\n" + 
+    			"            }\n" + 
+    			"        ],\n" + 
+    			"        \"score\": 0.23076923076923078,\n" + 
+    			"        \"match\": false\n" + 
+    			"    },\n" + 
+    			"    {\n" + 
+    			"        \"id\": \"63233597\",\n" + 
+    			"        \"name\": \"Camilla, Duchess of Cornwall, 1947-\",\n" + 
+    			"        \"type\": [\n" + 
+    			"            {\n" + 
+    			"                \"id\": \"/people/person\",\n" + 
+    			"                \"name\": \"Person\"\n" + 
+    			"            }\n" + 
+    			"        ],\n" + 
+    			"        \"score\": 0.3,\n" + 
+    			"        \"match\": false\n" + 
+    			"    }\n" + 
+    			"\n" + 
+    			"]";
+    	
+    	StandardReconConfigStub stub = new StandardReconConfigStub();
+    	ArrayNode node = ParsingUtilities.mapper.readValue(viafJson, ArrayNode.class);
+    	Recon recon = stub.createReconServiceResults("Kamila", node, 1234L);
+    	assertEquals(recon.candidates.get(0).score, 0.3);
+    	assertEquals(recon.candidates.get(0).id, "18951129");
+    }
 }