diff --git a/lib/core/plugins.js b/lib/core/plugins.js
index 096ce43f..fe42c472 100644
--- a/lib/core/plugins.js
+++ b/lib/core/plugins.js
@@ -104,6 +104,17 @@ Plugins.prototype.getPluginsProperty = function(pluginType, property, sub_proper
     return plugin.has(pluginType);
   });
 
+  // Sort internal plugins first
+  matchingPlugins.sort((a, b) => {
+    if (a.isInternal) {
+      return -1;
+    }
+    if (b.isInternal) {
+      return 1;
+    }
+    return 0;
+  });
+
   let matchingProperties = matchingPlugins.map((plugin) => {
     if (sub_property) {
       return plugin[property][sub_property];
@@ -111,6 +122,7 @@ Plugins.prototype.getPluginsProperty = function(pluginType, property, sub_proper
     return plugin[property];
   });
 
+  // Remove empty properties
   matchingProperties = matchingProperties.filter((property) => property);
 
   //return flattened list
diff --git a/test_apps/test_app/README.md b/test_apps/test_app/README.md
index 45b4c937..c4971454 100644
--- a/test_apps/test_app/README.md
+++ b/test_apps/test_app/README.md
@@ -5,4 +5,3 @@ Test App for integration testing purposes.
 ```../../bin/embark test``` to see tests are working as expected
 
 ```dist/index.html``` and ```dist/test.html``` to check different functionality
-