diff --git a/question/type/ordering/questiontype.php b/question/type/ordering/questiontype.php
index 77068bfb3f7..824ec0b6a55 100644
--- a/question/type/ordering/questiontype.php
+++ b/question/type/ordering/questiontype.php
@@ -669,7 +669,7 @@ class qtype_ordering extends question_type {
     public function set_layout_select_count_grading(&$question, $layout, $select, $count, $grading) {
 
         // set default values
-        $layouttype  = qtype_ordering_question::LAYOUT_HORIZONTAL;
+        $layouttype  = qtype_ordering_question::LAYOUT_VERTICAL;
         $selecttype  = qtype_ordering_question::SELECT_RANDOM;
         $selectcount = 3;
         $gradingtype = qtype_ordering_question::GRADING_RELATIVE_NEXT_EXCLUDE_LAST;
diff --git a/question/type/ordering/version.php b/question/type/ordering/version.php
index 9575bb6681e..5f54400d95d 100644
--- a/question/type/ordering/version.php
+++ b/question/type/ordering/version.php
@@ -31,5 +31,5 @@ $plugin->cron      = 0;
 $plugin->component = 'qtype_ordering';
 $plugin->maturity  = MATURITY_STABLE;
 $plugin->requires  = 2010112400; // Moodle 2.0
-$plugin->version   = 2016022444;
-$plugin->release   = '2016-02-24 (44)';
+$plugin->version   = 2016022445;
+$plugin->release   = '2016-02-24 (45)';