diff --git a/api/src/main/java/org/openmrs/module/queue/api/QueueEntryService.java b/api/src/main/java/org/openmrs/module/queue/api/QueueEntryService.java
index 0b3ec57..0b10286 100644
--- a/api/src/main/java/org/openmrs/module/queue/api/QueueEntryService.java
+++ b/api/src/main/java/org/openmrs/module/queue/api/QueueEntryService.java
@@ -104,4 +104,13 @@ String generateVisitQueueNumber(@NotNull Location location, @NotNull Queue queue
 	 *         none configured
 	 */
 	SortWeightGenerator getSortWeightGenerator();
+	
+	/**
+	 * Allows explicitly setting the sortWeightGenerator Typical usage would involve configuring the
+	 * sortWeightGenerator via global property but this method exists to enable setting programmatically
+	 * if necessary
+	 * 
+	 * @param sortWeightGenerator the SortWeightGenerator to set
+	 */
+	void setSortWeightGenerator(SortWeightGenerator sortWeightGenerator);
 }
diff --git a/api/src/main/java/org/openmrs/module/queue/api/impl/QueueEntryServiceImpl.java b/api/src/main/java/org/openmrs/module/queue/api/impl/QueueEntryServiceImpl.java
index e2fb8ad..cb36f69 100644
--- a/api/src/main/java/org/openmrs/module/queue/api/impl/QueueEntryServiceImpl.java
+++ b/api/src/main/java/org/openmrs/module/queue/api/impl/QueueEntryServiceImpl.java
@@ -57,6 +57,7 @@ public class QueueEntryServiceImpl extends BaseOpenmrsService implements QueueEn
 	
 	private AdministrationService administrationService;
 	
+	@Setter
 	private SortWeightGenerator sortWeightGenerator = null;
 	
 	public void setDao(QueueEntryDao<QueueEntry> dao) {
@@ -111,10 +112,8 @@ public QueueEntry saveQueueEntry(QueueEntry queueEntry) {
 				}
 			}
 		}
-		if (sortWeightGenerator != null) {
-			Double sortWeight = sortWeightGenerator.generateSortWeight(queueEntry);
-			queueEntry.setSortWeight(sortWeight);
-		}
+		Double sortWeight = getSortWeightGenerator().generateSortWeight(queueEntry);
+		queueEntry.setSortWeight(sortWeight);
 		return dao.createOrUpdate(queueEntry);
 	}
 	
diff --git a/api/src/test/java/org/openmrs/module/queue/api/QueueEntryServiceTest.java b/api/src/test/java/org/openmrs/module/queue/api/QueueEntryServiceTest.java
index ec3a519..743ada7 100644
--- a/api/src/test/java/org/openmrs/module/queue/api/QueueEntryServiceTest.java
+++ b/api/src/test/java/org/openmrs/module/queue/api/QueueEntryServiceTest.java
@@ -42,6 +42,7 @@
 import org.openmrs.module.queue.api.dao.QueueEntryDao;
 import org.openmrs.module.queue.api.impl.QueueEntryServiceImpl;
 import org.openmrs.module.queue.api.search.QueueEntrySearchCriteria;
+import org.openmrs.module.queue.api.sort.ExistingValueSortWeightGenerator;
 import org.openmrs.module.queue.exception.DuplicateQueueEntryException;
 import org.openmrs.module.queue.model.Queue;
 import org.openmrs.module.queue.model.QueueEntry;
@@ -77,6 +78,7 @@ protected QueueEntryService getProxiedQueueEntryService() {
 		};
 		queueEntryService.setDao(dao);
 		queueEntryService.setVisitService(visitService);
+		queueEntryService.setSortWeightGenerator(new ExistingValueSortWeightGenerator());
 	}
 	
 	@Test