diff --git a/src/app.rs b/src/app.rs
index a73fa7a..bd28b9c 100644
--- a/src/app.rs
+++ b/src/app.rs
@@ -3,8 +3,6 @@
 use rusqlite::Connection;
 use serde::{Deserialize, Serialize};
 use std::cmp::min;
-use std::fs::File;
-use std::io::Read;
 use tui_textarea::TextArea;
 
 use crate::db;
@@ -184,39 +182,7 @@ impl<'a> Column {
 }
 
 impl Project {
-    #[must_use]
-    pub fn new(name: &str, filepath: String) -> Self {
-        Project {
-            name: name.to_owned(),
-            filepath,
-            columns: vec![
-                Column::new("Todo"),
-                Column::new("InProgress"),
-                Column::new("Done"),
-                Column::new("Ideas"),
-            ],
-            selected_column_idx: 0,
-        }
-    }
-
-    fn load_from_json(json: &str) -> Result<Self, KanbanError> {
-        serde_json::from_str(json).map_err(|_| KanbanError::BadJson)
-    }
-
-    /// # Errors
-    ///
-    /// Will return `Err` if `file` contains json that doesn't match State schema
-    pub fn load(path: String, mut file: &File) -> Result<Self, KanbanError> {
-        let mut json = String::new();
-        file.read_to_string(&mut json)?;
-        if json.trim().is_empty() {
-            Ok(Project::new("", path))
-        } else {
-            Self::load_from_json(&json)
-        }
-    }
-
-    pub async fn load2(pool: &Connection) -> Result<Self, KanbanError> {
+    pub async fn load(pool: &Connection) -> Result<Self, KanbanError> {
         let columns = db::get_all_columns(&pool).unwrap();
 
         Ok(Project {
diff --git a/src/db.rs b/src/db.rs
index 574f1d2..ba5d7e0 100644
--- a/src/db.rs
+++ b/src/db.rs
@@ -79,10 +79,17 @@ pub fn update_task_text(conn: &Connection, task: &Task) {
 
 pub fn move_task_to_column(conn: &Connection, task: &Task, target_column: &Column) {
     let mut stmt = conn
-        .prepare("update task set column_id = ?2, sort_order = ?3 where task.id = ?1")
-        .unwrap();
-    stmt.execute((&task.id, &target_column.id, &target_column.tasks.len()))
+        .prepare(
+            "update task
+             set
+               column_id = ?2,
+               sort_order = 1 +
+                 (select sort_order from task
+                  where column_id = ?2 order by sort_order desc limit 1)
+             where task.id = ?1",
+        )
         .unwrap();
+    stmt.execute((&task.id, &target_column.id)).unwrap();
 }
 
 pub fn swap_task_order(conn: &mut Connection, task1: &Task, task2: &Task) {
@@ -93,12 +100,14 @@ pub fn swap_task_order(conn: &mut Connection, task1: &Task, task2: &Task) {
         &[&task1.id],
     )
     .unwrap();
+
     tx.execute(
         "update task set sort_order = (select sort_order from task where id = ?2)
          where id = ?1",
         (task1.id, task2.id),
     )
     .unwrap();
+
     tx.execute(
         "update task set sort_order = (select sort_order from temp_order) where id = ?1",
         &[&task2.id],
diff --git a/src/main.rs b/src/main.rs
index 35bd907..127f2dc 100644
--- a/src/main.rs
+++ b/src/main.rs
@@ -90,7 +90,7 @@ async fn main() -> anyhow::Result<(), Box<dyn Error>> {
     let db_pool = Connection::open("db.sqlite")?;
 
     // let project = Project::load(_filepath, &_file)?;
-    let project = Project::load2(&db_pool).await?;
+    let project = Project::load(&db_pool).await?;
     let mut state = State::new(db_pool, project);
 
     enable_raw_mode()?;