diff --git a/src/pretixbase/models.py b/src/pretixbase/models.py
index 1f67e8f49b..756a99292f 100644
--- a/src/pretixbase/models.py
+++ b/src/pretixbase/models.py
@@ -429,7 +429,7 @@ class ItemCategory(Versionable):
     class Meta:
         verbose_name = _("Item category")
         verbose_name_plural = _("Item categories")
-        ordering = ('position',)
+        ordering = ('position', 'id')
 
     def __str__(self):
         return self.name
diff --git a/src/pretixpresale/views/event.py b/src/pretixpresale/views/event.py
index dca6ebf888..12198a4e5d 100644
--- a/src/pretixpresale/views/event.py
+++ b/src/pretixpresale/views/event.py
@@ -28,7 +28,8 @@ class EventIndex(EventViewMixin, TemplateView):
 
         # Regroup those by category
         context['items_by_category'] = sorted([
+            # a group is a tuple of a category and a list of items
             (cat, [i for i in items if i.category_id == cat.identity])
-            for cat in set([i.category for i in items])
-        ], key=lambda group: group[0].position)
+            for cat in set([i.category for i in items])  # insert categories into a set for uniqueness
+        ], key=lambda group: (group[0].position, group[0].pk))  # a set is unsorted, so sort again by category
         return context