diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..c18dd8d8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+__pycache__/
diff --git a/server.py b/server.py
index 372a266c..70cf6229 100644
--- a/server.py
+++ b/server.py
@@ -38,6 +38,7 @@
 
 @app.route('/')
 def show_scoreboard():
+    scoreboard.sort(key=lambda team: team["score"], reverse=True)
     return render_template('scoreboard.html', scoreboard = scoreboard) 
 
 @app.route('/increase_score', methods=['GET', 'POST'])
@@ -51,6 +52,8 @@ def increase_score():
         if team["id"] == team_id:
             team["score"] += 1
 
+    scoreboard.sort(key=lambda team: team["score"], reverse=True)
+
     return jsonify(scoreboard=scoreboard)
 
 
diff --git a/static/scoreboard.js b/static/scoreboard.js
index 34ce2009..f48d7c1c 100644
--- a/static/scoreboard.js
+++ b/static/scoreboard.js
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ function increase_score(id){
     contentType: "application/json; charset=utf-8",
     data : JSON.stringify(team_id),
     success: function(result){
-        
+        display_scoreboard(result.scoreboard);
     },
     error: function(request, status, error){
         console.log("Error");