diff --git a/src-web/components/Sidebar.tsx b/src-web/components/Sidebar.tsx
index a5783c99..0a594359 100644
--- a/src-web/components/Sidebar.tsx
+++ b/src-web/components/Sidebar.tsx
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ import { useDrag, useDrop } from 'react-dnd';
 import { useKey, useKeyPressEvent } from 'react-use';
 
 import { useActiveEnvironmentId } from '../hooks/useActiveEnvironmentId';
+import { useActiveRequest } from '../hooks/useActiveRequest';
 import { useActiveRequestId } from '../hooks/useActiveRequestId';
 import { useActiveWorkspace } from '../hooks/useActiveWorkspace';
 import { useAppRoutes } from '../hooks/useAppRoutes';
@@ -527,8 +528,8 @@ const SidebarItem = forwardRef(function SidebarItem(
   const updateAnyFolder = useUpdateAnyFolder();
   const prompt = usePrompt();
   const [editing, setEditing] = useState<boolean>(false);
-  const activeRequestId = useActiveRequestId();
-  const isActive = activeRequestId === itemId;
+  const activeRequest = useActiveRequest();
+  const isActive = activeRequest?.id === itemId;
 
   const handleSubmitNameEdit = useCallback(
     (el: HTMLInputElement) => {
@@ -629,9 +630,8 @@ const SidebarItem = forwardRef(function SidebarItem(
                   {
                     key: 'createRequest',
                     label: 'New Request',
-                    hotkeyAction: 'request.create',
                     leftSlot: <Icon icon="plus" />,
-                    onSelect: () => createRequest.mutate({ folderId: itemId, sortPriority: -1 }),
+                    onSelect: () => createRequest.mutate({ folderId: itemId }),
                   },
                   {
                     key: 'createFolder',
@@ -647,7 +647,7 @@ const SidebarItem = forwardRef(function SidebarItem(
                     hotkeyAction: 'request.duplicate',
                     leftSlot: <Icon icon="copy" />,
                     onSelect: () => {
-                      if (activeRequestId === itemId) {
+                      if (activeRequest?.id === itemId) {
                         duplicateRequest.mutate();
                       }
                     },
diff --git a/src-web/hooks/useCreateRequest.ts b/src-web/hooks/useCreateRequest.ts
index bed53ec7..ba5b2f10 100644
--- a/src-web/hooks/useCreateRequest.ts
+++ b/src-web/hooks/useCreateRequest.ts
@@ -24,7 +24,15 @@ export function useCreateRequest() {
       if (workspaceId === null) {
         throw new Error("Cannot create request when there's no active workspace");
       }
-      patch.sortPriority = patch.sortPriority || -Date.now();
+      if (patch.sortPriority === undefined) {
+        if (activeRequest != null) {
+          // Place above currently-active request
+          patch.sortPriority = activeRequest.sortPriority + 0.0001;
+        } else {
+          // Place at the very top
+          patch.sortPriority = -Date.now();
+        }
+      }
       patch.folderId = patch.folderId || activeRequest?.folderId;
       return invoke('create_request', { workspaceId, name: '', ...patch });
     },