diff --git a/db/tasks.go b/db/tasks.go
index ad613da..6ee9250 100644
--- a/db/tasks.go
+++ b/db/tasks.go
@@ -89,7 +89,7 @@ func GetTasks(status, category string) (types.Context, error) {
 
 	if category != "" {
 		status = category
-		getTasksql = "select t.id, title, content, created_date, priority from task t, category c where c.id = t.cat_id and name = ?"
+		getTasksql = "select t.id, title, content, created_date, priority from task t, category c where c.id = t.cat_id and name = ?  and  is_deleted!='Y'  order by priority desc, created_date asc, finish_date asc"
 		rows, err = database.db.Query(getTasksql, category)
 		if err != nil {
 			log.Println("something went wrong while getting query")
@@ -202,9 +202,9 @@ func GetCategoryIdByName(category string) int {
 }
 
 //UpdateTask is used to update the tasks in the database
-func UpdateTask(id int, title, content, category string) error {
+func UpdateTask(id int, title, content, category string, priority int) error {
 	categoryID := GetCategoryIdByName(category)
-	err := taskQuery("update task set title=?, content=?, cat_id=? where id=?", title, content, categoryID, id)
+	err := taskQuery("update task set title=?, content=?, cat_id=?, priority = ? where id=?", title, content, categoryID, priority, id)
 	return err
 }
 
diff --git a/views/otherViews.go b/views/otherViews.go
index 0413838..aaae3c9 100644
--- a/views/otherViews.go
+++ b/views/otherViews.go
@@ -96,7 +96,11 @@ func UpdateTaskFunc(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
 		category := r.Form.Get("category")
 		title := r.Form.Get("title")
 		content := r.Form.Get("content")
-		err = db.UpdateTask(id, title, content, category)
+		priority, err := strconv.Atoi(r.Form.Get("priority"))
+		if err != nil {
+			log.Println(err)
+		}
+		err = db.UpdateTask(id, title, content, category, priority)
 		if err != nil {
 			message = "Error updating task"
 		} else {