diff --git a/router/router.py b/router/router.py
index c34c751..ba229fb 100644
--- a/router/router.py
+++ b/router/router.py
@@ -239,8 +239,8 @@ def route(rd, tier):
         result = select_best_gpu(candidates, "heavy_reasoning")
         if result: return result
     
-    # TIER 5: Default — MoE primary, Dense fallback
-    candidates = [m for m in ["qwen3.6-35B-A3B","qwen3.6-27B-code","qwen3.5-9b-vlm"] if m in avail]
+    # TIER 5: Default — Dense primary, MoE fallback
+    candidates = [m for m in ["qwen3.6-27B-code","qwen3.5-9b-vlm","qwen3.6-35B-A3B"] if m in avail]
     result = select_best_gpu(candidates, "default")
     if result: return result
     return {"model":avail[0],"reason":"last_resort"}