diff --git a/pkg/sqlite/tag.go b/pkg/sqlite/tag.go
index ea6eb17d0..922c8f41d 100644
--- a/pkg/sqlite/tag.go
+++ b/pkg/sqlite/tag.go
@@ -600,7 +600,7 @@ func (qb *tagQueryBuilder) getTagSort(query *queryBuilder, findFilter *models.Fi
 		case "scenes_count":
 			return getCountSort(tagTable, scenesTagsTable, tagIDColumn, direction)
 		case "scene_markers_count":
-			return getCountSort(tagTable, "scene_markers_tags", tagIDColumn, direction)
+			return fmt.Sprintf(" ORDER BY (SELECT COUNT(*) FROM scene_markers_tags WHERE tags.id = scene_markers_tags.tag_id)+(SELECT COUNT(*) FROM scene_markers WHERE tags.id = scene_markers.primary_tag_id) %s", getSortDirection(direction))
 		case "images_count":
 			return getCountSort(tagTable, imagesTagsTable, tagIDColumn, direction)
 		case "galleries_count":
diff --git a/pkg/sqlite/tag_test.go b/pkg/sqlite/tag_test.go
index 3a9dbd1f9..9309a826c 100644
--- a/pkg/sqlite/tag_test.go
+++ b/pkg/sqlite/tag_test.go
@@ -191,7 +191,7 @@ func TestTagQuerySort(t *testing.T) {
 
 		sortBy = "scene_markers_count"
 		tags = queryTags(ctx, t, sqb, nil, findFilter)
-		assert.Equal(tagIDs[tagIdxWithMarkers], tags[0].ID)
+		assert.Equal(tagIDs[tagIdxWithPrimaryMarkers], tags[0].ID)
 
 		sortBy = "images_count"
 		tags = queryTags(ctx, t, sqb, nil, findFilter)