diff --git a/scrapy/utils/console.py b/scrapy/utils/console.py
index a9d73aada..2e9981556 100644
--- a/scrapy/utils/console.py
+++ b/scrapy/utils/console.py
@@ -56,9 +56,9 @@ def _embed_standard_shell(namespace={}, banner=''):
     return wrapper
 
 DEFAULT_PYTHON_SHELLS = OrderedDict([
+    ('ptpython', _embed_ptpython_shell),
     ('ipython', _embed_ipython_shell),
     ('bpython', _embed_bpython_shell),
-    ('ptpython', _embed_ptpython_shell),
     ('python', _embed_standard_shell),
 ])