diff --git a/src/WSRequestHandler.cpp b/src/WSRequestHandler.cpp
index 2cadf9c0..321fa5a6 100644
--- a/src/WSRequestHandler.cpp
+++ b/src/WSRequestHandler.cpp
@@ -38,7 +38,6 @@ QHash<QString, void(*)(WSRequestHandler*)> WSRequestHandler::messageMap {
 	{ "GetCurrentScene", WSRequestHandler::HandleGetCurrentScene },
 	{ "GetSceneList", WSRequestHandler::HandleGetSceneList },
 
-	{ "SetSceneItemOrder", WSRequestHandler::HandleSetSceneItemOrder },
 	{ "SetSourceRender", WSRequestHandler::HandleSetSceneItemRender }, // Retrocompat
 	{ "SetSceneItemRender", WSRequestHandler::HandleSetSceneItemRender },
 	{ "SetSceneItemPosition", WSRequestHandler::HandleSetSceneItemPosition },
@@ -49,6 +48,7 @@ QHash<QString, void(*)(WSRequestHandler*)> WSRequestHandler::messageMap {
 	{ "ResetSceneItem", WSRequestHandler::HandleResetSceneItem },
 	{ "DeleteSceneItem", WSRequestHandler::HandleDeleteSceneItem },
 	{ "DuplicateSceneItem", WSRequestHandler::HandleDuplicateSceneItem },
+	{ "ReorderSceneItems", WSRequestHandler::HandleReorderSceneItems },
 
 	{ "GetStreamingStatus", WSRequestHandler::HandleGetStreamingStatus },
 	{ "StartStopStreaming", WSRequestHandler::HandleStartStopStreaming },
diff --git a/src/WSRequestHandler.h b/src/WSRequestHandler.h
index a3d13847..cb259827 100644
--- a/src/WSRequestHandler.h
+++ b/src/WSRequestHandler.h
@@ -66,7 +66,6 @@ class WSRequestHandler : public QObject {
 		static void HandleGetCurrentScene(WSRequestHandler* req);
 		static void HandleGetSceneList(WSRequestHandler* req);
 
-		static void HandleSetSceneItemOrder(WSRequestHandler* req);
 		static void HandleSetSceneItemRender(WSRequestHandler* req);
 		static void HandleSetSceneItemPosition(WSRequestHandler* req);
 		static void HandleSetSceneItemTransform(WSRequestHandler* req);
@@ -76,6 +75,7 @@ class WSRequestHandler : public QObject {
 		static void HandleResetSceneItem(WSRequestHandler* req);
 		static void HandleDuplicateSceneItem(WSRequestHandler* req);
 		static void HandleDeleteSceneItem(WSRequestHandler* req);
+		static void HandleReorderSceneItems(WSRequestHandler* req);
 
 		static void HandleGetStreamingStatus(WSRequestHandler* req);
 		static void HandleStartStopStreaming(WSRequestHandler* req);
diff --git a/src/WSRequestHandler_Scenes.cpp b/src/WSRequestHandler_Scenes.cpp
index 928f8e16..bebdb9c2 100644
--- a/src/WSRequestHandler_Scenes.cpp
+++ b/src/WSRequestHandler_Scenes.cpp
@@ -90,11 +90,11 @@ void WSRequestHandler::HandleGetSceneList(WSRequestHandler* req) {
 * @param {String (optional)} `items[].name` Name of a scene item. Sufficiently unique if no scene items share sources within the scene.
 *
 * @api requests
-* @name SetSceneItemOrder
+* @name ReorderSceneItems
 * @category scenes
 * @since 4.5.0
 */
-void WSRequestHandler::HandleSetSceneItemOrder(WSRequestHandler* req) {
+void WSRequestHandler::HandleReorderSceneItems(WSRequestHandler* req) {
 	QString sceneName = obs_data_get_string(req->data, "scene");
 	OBSSourceAutoRelease scene = Utils::GetSceneFromNameOrCurrent(sceneName);
 	if (!scene) {
@@ -113,7 +113,7 @@ void WSRequestHandler::HandleSetSceneItemOrder(WSRequestHandler* req) {
 	std::vector<obs_sceneitem_t*> newOrder;
 	newOrder.reserve(count);
 
-	for (size_t i = 0; i < count; i++) {
+	for (size_t i = 0; i < count; ++i) {
 		OBSDataAutoRelease item = obs_data_array_item(items, i);
 
 		OBSSceneItemAutoRelease sceneItem = Utils::GetSceneItemFromItem(scene, item);
@@ -124,7 +124,7 @@ void WSRequestHandler::HandleSetSceneItemOrder(WSRequestHandler* req) {
 			return;
 		}
 		
-		for (size_t j = 0; j <= i; j++) {
+		for (size_t j = 0; j <= i; ++j) {
 			if (sceneItem == newOrder[j]) {
 				req->SendErrorResponse("Duplicate sceneItem in specified order");
 				return;
@@ -140,5 +140,9 @@ void WSRequestHandler::HandleSetSceneItemOrder(WSRequestHandler* req) {
 		return;
 	}
 
+	for (auto const& item: newOrder) {
+		obs_sceneitem_release(item);
+	}
+
 	req->SendOKResponse();
 }