diff --git a/warden_server/warden_server.py b/warden_server/warden_server.py
index 5cf1c093fb006e3c11750b7cfc62da548d7d7d1b..fc8283e1032c9bbfdba0a66262d89a58e1f40a9a 100755
--- a/warden_server/warden_server.py
+++ b/warden_server/warden_server.py
@@ -1244,7 +1244,7 @@ section_order = ("log", "db", "auth", "validator", "handler", "server")
 section_def = {
     "log": [FileLogger, SysLogger],
     "db": [MySQL],
-    "auth": [X509Authenticator, PlainAuthenticator, X509NameAuthenticator, X509MixMatchAuthenticator],
+    "auth": [X509NameAuthenticator, PlainAuthenticator, X509Authenticator, X509MixMatchAuthenticator],
     "validator": [JSONSchemaValidator, NoValidator],
     "handler": [WardenHandler],
     "server": [Server]