diff --git a/ui/room-list.go b/ui/room-list.go
index b9ee7f6..df986fe 100644
--- a/ui/room-list.go
+++ b/ui/room-list.go
@@ -91,7 +91,7 @@ func NewRoomList(parent *MainView) *RoomList {
 		parent: parent,
 
 		items: make(map[string]*TagRoomList),
-		tags:  []string{"m.favourite", "net.maunium.gomuks.fake.direct", "", "m.lowpriority"},
+		tags:  []string{},
 
 		scrollOffset: 0,
 
@@ -135,7 +135,7 @@ func (list *RoomList) checkTag(tag string) {
 	trl, ok := list.items[tag]
 
 	if ok && trl.IsEmpty() {
-		//delete(list.items, tag)
+		delete(list.items, tag)
 		ok = false
 	}
 
@@ -221,7 +221,7 @@ func (list *RoomList) Clear() {
 	list.Lock()
 	defer list.Unlock()
 	list.items = make(map[string]*TagRoomList)
-	list.tags = []string{"m.favourite", "net.maunium.gomuks.fake.direct", "", "m.lowpriority"}
+	list.tags = []string{}
 	for _, tag := range list.tags {
 		list.items[tag] = NewTagRoomList(list, tag)
 	}
@@ -533,7 +533,7 @@ func (list *RoomList) clickRoom(line, column int, mod bool) bool {
 	return false
 }
 
-var nsRegex = regexp.MustCompile("^[a-z]\\.[a-z](?:\\.[a-z])*$")
+var nsRegex = regexp.MustCompile("^[a-z]+\\.[a-z]+(?:\\.[a-z]+)*$")
 
 func (list *RoomList) GetTagDisplayName(tag string) string {
 	switch {
diff --git a/ui/tag-room-list.go b/ui/tag-room-list.go
index ca24d4e..3bea033 100644
--- a/ui/tag-room-list.go
+++ b/ui/tag-room-list.go
@@ -170,7 +170,10 @@ func almostEqual(a, b float64) bool {
 // ShouldBeAfter returns if the first room should be after the second room in the room list.
 // The manual order and last received message timestamp are considered.
 func (trl *TagRoomList) ShouldBeAfter(room1 *OrderedRoom, room2 *OrderedRoom) bool {
-	return room1.order > room2.order || (almostEqual(room1.order, room2.order) && room2.LastReceivedMessage.After(room1.LastReceivedMessage))
+	// Lower order value = higher in list
+	return room1.order > room2.order ||
+		// Equal order value and more recent message = higher in the list
+		(almostEqual(room1.order, room2.order) && room2.LastReceivedMessage.After(room1.LastReceivedMessage))
 }
 
 func (trl *TagRoomList) Insert(order json.Number, mxRoom *rooms.Room) {