diff --git a/src/Libraries/AvalonEdit/ICSharpCode.AvalonEdit/Folding/FoldingManager.cs b/src/Libraries/AvalonEdit/ICSharpCode.AvalonEdit/Folding/FoldingManager.cs
index d96731d390..acc8e591f1 100644
--- a/src/Libraries/AvalonEdit/ICSharpCode.AvalonEdit/Folding/FoldingManager.cs
+++ b/src/Libraries/AvalonEdit/ICSharpCode.AvalonEdit/Folding/FoldingManager.cs
@@ -274,7 +274,8 @@ namespace ICSharpCode.AvalonEdit.Folding
 				margin = new FoldingMargin() { FoldingManager = this };
 				generator = new FoldingElementGenerator() { FoldingManager = this };
 				textArea.LeftMargins.Add(margin);
-				textArea.TextView.ElementGenerators.Add(generator);
+				// HACK: folding only works correctly when it has highest priority
+				textArea.TextView.ElementGenerators.Insert(0, generator);
 				textArea.Caret.PositionChanged += textArea_Caret_PositionChanged;
 			}