diff --git a/apps/openmw/mwstate/charactermanager.cpp b/apps/openmw/mwstate/charactermanager.cpp
index 6d2583776b..02d993d186 100644
--- a/apps/openmw/mwstate/charactermanager.cpp
+++ b/apps/openmw/mwstate/charactermanager.cpp
@@ -81,8 +81,7 @@ MWState::Character* MWState::CharacterManager::createCharacter(const std::string
         path = mPath / test.str();
     }
 
-    mCharacters.emplace_back(path, mGame);
-    return &mCharacters.back();
+    return &mCharacters.emplace_front(path, mGame);
 }
 
 std::list<MWState::Character>::iterator MWState::CharacterManager::findCharacter(const MWState::Character* character)