diff --git a/internal/glance/widget-twitch-channels.go b/internal/glance/widget-twitch-channels.go
index f3ab206..1290a26 100644
--- a/internal/glance/widget-twitch-channels.go
+++ b/internal/glance/widget-twitch-channels.go
@@ -196,6 +196,10 @@ func fetchChannelFromTwitchTask(channel string) (twitchChannel, error) {
 				slog.Warn("Failed to parse Twitch stream started at", "error", err, "started_at", streamMetadata.UserOrNull.Stream.StartedAt)
 			}
 		}
+	} else {
+		// This prevents live channels with 0 viewers from being
+		// incorrectly sorted lower than offline channels
+		result.ViewersCount = -1
 	}
 
 	return result, nil