diff --git a/app/Importers/AbstractImporter.php b/app/Importers/AbstractImporter.php
index 0dfd6065c..db07a346b 100644
--- a/app/Importers/AbstractImporter.php
+++ b/app/Importers/AbstractImporter.php
@@ -138,17 +138,22 @@ protected function importSingle(array $record, ImportRecord $import_record): ?It
             }
         }
 
-        $this->getJp2Files($import_record, $image_filename_format)
-            ->filter(
-                fn(SplFileInfo $jp2File) => !$item
-                    ->images()
-                    ->where('iipimg_url', $jp2File)
-                    ->first()
-            )
-            ->each(function (SplFileInfo $jp2File) use ($item, $import_record) {
-                $item->images()->create(['iipimg_url' => $jp2File]);
-                $import_record->imported_iip++;
+        $jp2Files = $this->getJp2Files($import_record, $image_filename_format);
+        $jp2Files
+            ->each(function (SplFileInfo $jp2File, int $index) use ($item, $import_record) {
+                if ($image = $item->images()->where('iipimg_url', $jp2File)->first()) {
+                    $image->update(['order_column' => $index]);
+                } else {
+                    $item->images()->create([
+                        'iipimg_url' => $jp2File,
+                        'order_column' => $index,
+                    ]);
+                }
             });
+        $item
+            ->images()
+            ->whereNotIn('iipimg_url', $jp2Files)
+            ->delete();
 
         $ids = $this->authorityMatcher
             ->matchAll($item)
@@ -259,6 +264,7 @@ protected function getJp2Files(
                     sprintf('#^%s\.jp2$#', $image_filename_format),
                     $file->getBasename()
                 )
-            );
+            )
+            ->sort(SORT_NATURAL);
     }
 }
diff --git a/app/Item.php b/app/Item.php
index 160d10ada..e0d188828 100644
--- a/app/Item.php
+++ b/app/Item.php
@@ -186,7 +186,9 @@ public function getTranslations() {
 
     public function images()
     {
-        return $this->hasMany(ItemImage::class)->orderBy('iipimg_url');
+        return $this->hasMany(ItemImage::class)
+            ->orderBy('order_column')
+            ->orderBy('iipimg_url');
     }
 
     public function getImages() {
diff --git a/database/migrations/2024_02_06_134402_add_order_column_to_item_images_table.php b/database/migrations/2024_02_06_134402_add_order_column_to_item_images_table.php
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..916337afd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/database/migrations/2024_02_06_134402_add_order_column_to_item_images_table.php
@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+<?php
+
+use Illuminate\Database\Migrations\Migration;
+use Illuminate\Database\Schema\Blueprint;
+use Illuminate\Support\Facades\Schema;
+
+return new class extends Migration
+{
+    /**
+     * Run the migrations.
+     */
+    public function up(): void
+    {
+        Schema::table('item_images', function (Blueprint $table) {
+            $table->integer('order_column')->nullable();
+        });
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Reverse the migrations.
+     */
+    public function down(): void
+    {
+        Schema::table('item_images', function (Blueprint $table) {
+            $table->dropColumn('order_column');
+        });
+    }
+};