diff --git a/misc/filehighlight.ini b/misc/filehighlight.ini
index 4c167297e..b2731d756 100644
--- a/misc/filehighlight.ini
+++ b/misc/filehighlight.ini
@@ -16,9 +16,6 @@
 [symlink]
     type=SYMLINK
 
-[hardlink]
-    type=HARDLINK
-
 [core]
     regexp=^core\\.*\\d*$
     extensions_case=true
@@ -44,3 +41,7 @@
 
 [database]
     extensions=cdx;dat;db;dbf;dbi;dbx;fox;mdb;mdn;mdx;msql;mssql;pgsql;sql;ssql
+
+# Hardlinks have lowest precenence to make it colored by file type or extension
+[hardlink]
+    type=HARDLINK