diff --git a/app/Entities/Repos/ChapterRepo.php b/app/Entities/Repos/ChapterRepo.php
index 588854c7e..dadeec7f8 100644
--- a/app/Entities/Repos/ChapterRepo.php
+++ b/app/Entities/Repos/ChapterRepo.php
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ class ChapterRepo
     {
         $chapter = new Chapter();
         $chapter->book_id = $parentBook->id;
-        $chapter->priority = (new BookContents($parentBook))->getLastPriority() + 1;
+        $chapter->priority = $chapter->priority ?: (new BookContents($parentBook))->getLastPriority() + 1;
         $this->baseRepo->create($chapter, $input);
         Activity::add(ActivityType::CHAPTER_CREATE, $chapter);
 
diff --git a/app/Entities/Repos/PageRepo.php b/app/Entities/Repos/PageRepo.php
index 521519dc0..637f4133a 100644
--- a/app/Entities/Repos/PageRepo.php
+++ b/app/Entities/Repos/PageRepo.php
@@ -164,7 +164,7 @@ class PageRepo
 
         $draft->draft = false;
         $draft->revision_count = 1;
-        $draft->priority = $this->getNewPriority($draft);
+        $draft->priority = $draft->priority ?: $this->getNewPriority($draft);
         $draft->save();
 
         $this->revisionRepo->storeNewForPage($draft, trans('entities.pages_initial_revision'));