diff --git a/internal/api/handlers/v0/ui_index.html b/internal/api/handlers/v0/ui_index.html
index dc437ff76..88ed79ba0 100644
--- a/internal/api/handlers/v0/ui_index.html
+++ b/internal/api/handlers/v0/ui_index.html
@@ -24,14 +24,6 @@ <h1 class="text-4xl font-bold text-gray-900 mb-2">Official MCP Registry</h1>
             </div>
         </header>
 
-        <!-- Recently Updated -->
-        <div id="recently-updated" class="hidden mb-8">
-            <h2 class="text-xl font-semibold text-gray-900 mb-4">Recently Updated</h2>
-            <div id="recent-cards" class="grid grid-cols-1 md:grid-cols-2 lg:grid-cols-3 gap-4">
-                <!-- Populated by JS -->
-            </div>
-        </div>
-
         <!-- Search and Filter -->
         <div class="mb-8 space-y-3">
             <div class="relative">
@@ -50,6 +42,14 @@ <h2 class="text-xl font-semibold text-gray-900 mb-4">Recently Updated</h2>
             </label>
         </div>
 
+        <!-- Recently Updated -->
+        <div id="recently-updated" class="hidden mb-8">
+            <h2 class="text-xl font-semibold text-gray-900 mb-4">Recently Updated</h2>
+            <div id="recent-cards" class="grid grid-cols-1 md:grid-cols-2 lg:grid-cols-3 gap-4">
+                <!-- Populated by JS -->
+            </div>
+        </div>
+
         <!-- Loading State -->
         <div id="loading" class="text-center py-12 text-gray-600">
             Loading servers...
diff --git a/internal/api/handlers/v0/ui_test.go b/internal/api/handlers/v0/ui_test.go
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..c9e8c6a52
--- /dev/null
+++ b/internal/api/handlers/v0/ui_test.go
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+package v0_test
+
+import (
+	"strings"
+	"testing"
+
+	v0 "github.com/modelcontextprotocol/registry/internal/api/handlers/v0"
+	"github.com/stretchr/testify/require"
+)
+
+func TestUIHTML_SearchPrecedesRecentlyUpdated(t *testing.T) {
+	html := v0.GetUIHTML()
+
+	searchPos := strings.Index(html, `id="search"`)
+	latestOnlyPos := strings.Index(html, `id="latest-only"`)
+	recentPos := strings.Index(html, `id="recently-updated"`)
+
+	require.NotEqual(t, -1, searchPos, "id=\"search\" must be present in UI HTML")
+	require.NotEqual(t, -1, latestOnlyPos, "id=\"latest-only\" must be present in UI HTML")
+	require.NotEqual(t, -1, recentPos, "id=\"recently-updated\" must be present in UI HTML")
+	require.Less(t, searchPos, recentPos, "search control must appear before recently-updated section")
+	require.Less(t, latestOnlyPos, recentPos, "filter control must appear before recently-updated section")
+}