diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index 1eaa866c1..54577efa4 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -31,6 +31,7 @@ ver 0.24 (not yet released)
   - ffmpeg: require FFmpeg 4.0 or later
   - ffmpeg: query supported demuxers at runtime
   - hybrid_dsd: remove
+  - mpg123: prefer over "mad"
   - opus: implement bitrate calculation
   - sidplay: require libsidplayfp (drop support for the original sidplay)
   - wavpack: require libwavpack version 5
diff --git a/src/decoder/DecoderList.cxx b/src/decoder/DecoderList.cxx
index dac240ab4..d0c59c189 100644
--- a/src/decoder/DecoderList.cxx
+++ b/src/decoder/DecoderList.cxx
@@ -40,12 +40,12 @@
 #include <string.h>
 
 constinit const struct DecoderPlugin *const decoder_plugins[] = {
-#ifdef ENABLE_MAD
-	&mad_decoder_plugin,
-#endif
 #ifdef ENABLE_MPG123
 	&mpg123_decoder_plugin,
 #endif
+#ifdef ENABLE_MAD
+	&mad_decoder_plugin,
+#endif
 #ifdef ENABLE_VORBIS_DECODER
 	&vorbis_decoder_plugin,
 #endif