diff --git a/app/controllers/users_controller.rb b/app/controllers/users_controller.rb
index 9cd6172e..224d3ff6 100644
--- a/app/controllers/users_controller.rb
+++ b/app/controllers/users_controller.rb
@@ -102,6 +102,16 @@ class UsersController < ApplicationController
     end
   end
 
+  # PUT /user/update_metacode_focus
+  def update_metacode_focus
+    @user = current_user
+    @user.settings.metacode_focus = params[:value]
+    @user.save
+    respond_to do |format|
+      format.json { render json: { success: "success" }}
+    end
+  end
+
   private
 
   def user_params
diff --git a/app/helpers/application_helper.rb b/app/helpers/application_helper.rb
index 540fbdeb..860cd38c 100644
--- a/app/helpers/application_helper.rb
+++ b/app/helpers/application_helper.rb
@@ -22,7 +22,24 @@ module ApplicationHelper
                  else
                    Metacode.where(id: @m).to_a
                  end
-    @metacodes.sort! { |m1, m2| m2.name.downcase <=> m1.name.downcase }.rotate!(-1)
+
+    focus_code = user_metacode()
+    if focus_code != nil && @metacodes.index{|m| m.id == focus_code.id} == nil
+      @metacodes.push(focus_code)
+    end
+
+    @metacodes
+      .sort! { |m1, m2| m2.name.downcase <=> m1.name.downcase }
+
+    if focus_code != nil
+      @metacodes.rotate!(@metacodes.index{|m| m.id == focus_code.id})
+    else
+      @metacodes.rotate!(-1)
+    end
+  end
+
+  def user_metacode
+    current_user.settings.metacode_focus ? Metacode.find(current_user.settings.metacode_focus.to_i) : nil
   end
   
   def user_metacode
diff --git a/app/policies/user_policy.rb b/app/policies/user_policy.rb
index 943200e8..4de64c57 100644
--- a/app/policies/user_policy.rb
+++ b/app/policies/user_policy.rb
@@ -28,6 +28,10 @@ class UserPolicy < ApplicationPolicy
     update?
   end
 
+  def update_metacode_focus?
+    update?
+  end
+
   # API action
   def current?
     user == record