diff --git a/app/src/main/kotlin/com/simplemobiletools/notes/pro/activities/MainActivity.kt b/app/src/main/kotlin/com/simplemobiletools/notes/pro/activities/MainActivity.kt
index 1b79fe13..366c4876 100644
--- a/app/src/main/kotlin/com/simplemobiletools/notes/pro/activities/MainActivity.kt
+++ b/app/src/main/kotlin/com/simplemobiletools/notes/pro/activities/MainActivity.kt
@@ -1275,6 +1275,7 @@ class MainActivity : SimpleActivity() {
     private fun displaySortChecklistDialog() {
         SortChecklistDialog(this) {
             getPagerAdapter().refreshChecklist(view_pager.currentItem)
+            updateWidgets()
         }
     }
 }
diff --git a/app/src/main/kotlin/com/simplemobiletools/notes/pro/adapters/WidgetAdapter.kt b/app/src/main/kotlin/com/simplemobiletools/notes/pro/adapters/WidgetAdapter.kt
index d3d9dd2b..3e3ce217 100644
--- a/app/src/main/kotlin/com/simplemobiletools/notes/pro/adapters/WidgetAdapter.kt
+++ b/app/src/main/kotlin/com/simplemobiletools/notes/pro/adapters/WidgetAdapter.kt
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ import android.widget.RemoteViewsService
 import com.simplemobiletools.commons.extensions.adjustAlpha
 import com.simplemobiletools.commons.extensions.setText
 import com.simplemobiletools.commons.extensions.setTextSize
+import com.simplemobiletools.commons.helpers.SORT_BY_CUSTOM
 import com.simplemobiletools.commons.helpers.WIDGET_TEXT_COLOR
 import com.simplemobiletools.notes.pro.R
 import com.simplemobiletools.notes.pro.R.id.widget_text_holder
@@ -129,6 +130,13 @@ class WidgetAdapter(val context: Context, val intent: Intent) : RemoteViewsServi
 
             // checklist title can be null only because of the glitch in upgrade to 6.6.0, remove this check in the future
             checklistItems = checklistItems.filter { it.title != null }.toMutableList() as ArrayList<ChecklistItem>
+            val sorting = context.config?.sorting ?: 0
+            if (sorting and SORT_BY_CUSTOM == 0) {
+                checklistItems.sort()
+                if (context?.config?.moveDoneChecklistItems == true) {
+                    checklistItems.sortBy { it.isDone }
+                }
+            }
         }
     }