diff --git a/project/src/di/Container.ts b/project/src/di/Container.ts
index 99175560..1f6cbf57 100644
--- a/project/src/di/Container.ts
+++ b/project/src/di/Container.ts
@@ -122,6 +122,7 @@ import { TraderHelper } from "../helpers/TraderHelper";
 import { UtilityHelper } from "../helpers/UtilityHelper";
 import { WeightedRandomHelper } from "../helpers/WeightedRandomHelper";
 import { BundleLoader } from "../loaders/BundleLoader";
+import { ModLoadOrder } from "../loaders/ModLoadOrder";
 import { ModTypeCheck } from "../loaders/ModTypeCheck";
 import { PostAkiModLoader } from "../loaders/PostAkiModLoader";
 import { PostDBModLoader } from "../loaders/PostDBModLoader";
@@ -383,6 +384,7 @@ export class Container
         depContainer.register<IAsyncQueue>("AsyncQueue", AsyncQueue, { lifecycle: Lifecycle.Singleton });
         depContainer.register<IUUidGenerator>("UUidGenerator", UUidGenerator, { lifecycle: Lifecycle.Singleton });
         depContainer.register<HttpFileUtil>("HttpFileUtil", HttpFileUtil, { lifecycle: Lifecycle.Singleton });
+        depContainer.register<ModLoadOrder>("ModLoadOrder", ModLoadOrder, { lifecycle: Lifecycle.Singleton });
         depContainer.register<ModTypeCheck>("ModTypeCheck", ModTypeCheck, { lifecycle: Lifecycle.Singleton });
     }
 
diff --git a/project/src/loaders/ModLoadOrder.ts b/project/src/loaders/ModLoadOrder.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..22353373
--- /dev/null
+++ b/project/src/loaders/ModLoadOrder.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,152 @@
+import { injectable } from "tsyringe";
+import { IPackageJsonData } from "../models/spt/mod/IPackageJsonData";
+
+@injectable()
+export class ModLoadOrder
+{
+    protected mods = new Map<string, IPackageJsonData>();
+    protected modsAvailable = new Map<string, IPackageJsonData>();
+    protected loadOrder = new Set<string>();
+
+    public setModList(mods: Record<string, IPackageJsonData>): void
+    {
+        this.mods = new Map<string, IPackageJsonData>(Object.entries(mods));
+        this.modsAvailable = structuredClone(this.mods);
+        this.loadOrder = new Set<string>();
+
+        const visited = new Set<string>();
+
+        //invert loadBefore into loadAfter on specified mods
+        for (const [ modName, modConfig ] of this.modsAvailable)
+        {
+            if ((modConfig.loadBefore ?? []).length > 0)
+            {
+                this.invertLoadBefore(modName);
+            }
+        }
+
+        for (const modName of this.modsAvailable.keys())
+        {
+            this.getLoadOrderRecursive(modName, visited);
+        }
+    }
+
+    public getLoadOrder(): string[]
+    {
+        return Array.from(this.loadOrder);
+    }
+
+    public getModsOnLoadBefore(mod: string): Set<string>
+    {
+        if (!this.mods.has(mod))
+        {
+            throw new Error(`Mod: ${mod} isn't present.`);
+        }
+
+        const config = this.mods.get(mod);
+
+        const loadBefore = new Set<string>(config.loadBefore);
+
+        for (const loadBeforeMod of loadBefore)
+        {
+            if (!this.mods.has(loadBeforeMod))
+            {
+                loadBefore.delete(loadBeforeMod);
+            }
+        }
+
+        return loadBefore;
+    }
+
+    public getModsOnLoadAfter(mod: string): Set<string>
+    {
+        if (!this.mods.has(mod))
+        {
+            throw new Error(`Mod: ${mod} isn't present.`);
+        }
+
+        const config = this.mods.get(mod);
+
+        const loadAfter = new Set<string>(config.loadAfter);
+
+        for (const loadAfterMod of loadAfter)
+        {
+            if (!this.mods.has(loadAfterMod))
+            {
+                loadAfter.delete(loadAfterMod);
+            }
+        }
+
+        return loadAfter;
+    }
+
+    protected invertLoadBefore(mod: string): void
+    {
+        if (!this.modsAvailable.has(mod))
+        {
+            console.log("missing mod", mod);
+            throw new Error("MISSING DEPENDENCY");
+        }
+
+        const loadBefore = this.getModsOnLoadBefore(mod);
+        
+        for (const loadBeforeMod of loadBefore) 
+        {
+            const loadBeforeModConfig = this.modsAvailable.get(loadBeforeMod)!;
+
+            loadBeforeModConfig.loadAfter ??= [];
+            loadBeforeModConfig.loadAfter.push(mod);
+
+            this.modsAvailable.set(loadBeforeMod, loadBeforeModConfig);
+        }
+    }
+
+    protected getLoadOrderRecursive(mod: string, visited: Set<string>): void
+    {
+        // validate package
+        if (this.loadOrder.has(mod))
+        {
+            return;
+        }
+
+        if (visited.has(mod))
+        {
+            console.log("current mod", mod);
+            console.log("result", JSON.stringify(this.loadOrder, null, "\t"));
+            console.log("visited", JSON.stringify(visited, null, "\t"));
+            throw new Error("CYCLIC DEPENDENCY");
+        }
+
+        // check dependencies
+        if (!this.modsAvailable.has(mod))
+        {
+            console.log("missing mod", mod);
+            throw new Error("MISSING DEPENDENCY");
+        }
+
+        const config = this.modsAvailable.get(mod);
+
+        config.loadAfter ??= [];
+        config.modDependencies ??= {};
+
+        const loadAfter = new Set<string>(Object.keys(config.modDependencies));
+
+        for (const after of config.loadAfter)
+        {
+            if (this.modsAvailable.has(after))
+            {
+                loadAfter.add(after);
+            }
+        }
+
+        visited.add(mod);
+
+        for (const mod of loadAfter)
+        {
+            this.getLoadOrderRecursive(mod, visited);
+        }
+
+        visited.delete(mod);
+        this.loadOrder.add(mod);
+    }
+}
diff --git a/project/src/loaders/PreAkiModLoader.ts b/project/src/loaders/PreAkiModLoader.ts
index a7417629..91e3e700 100644
--- a/project/src/loaders/PreAkiModLoader.ts
+++ b/project/src/loaders/PreAkiModLoader.ts
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ import { ModCompilerService } from "../services/ModCompilerService";
 import { JsonUtil } from "../utils/JsonUtil";
 import { VFS } from "../utils/VFS";
 import { BundleLoader } from "./BundleLoader";
+import { ModLoadOrder } from "./ModLoadOrder";
 import { ModTypeCheck } from "./ModTypeCheck";
 
 @injectable()
@@ -40,6 +41,7 @@ export class PreAkiModLoader implements IModLoader
         @inject("BundleLoader") protected bundleLoader: BundleLoader,
         @inject("LocalisationService") protected localisationService: LocalisationService,
         @inject("ConfigServer") protected configServer: ConfigServer,
+        @inject("ModLoadOrder") protected modLoadOrder: ModLoadOrder,
         @inject("ModTypeCheck") protected modTypeCheck: ModTypeCheck
     )
     {
@@ -206,6 +208,8 @@ export class PreAkiModLoader implements IModLoader
         {
             await this.addMod(mod);
         }
+
+        this.modLoadOrder.setModList(this.imported);
     }
 
     protected sortMods(prev: string, next: string, missingFromOrderJSON: Record<string, boolean>): number
@@ -380,7 +384,7 @@ export class PreAkiModLoader implements IModLoader
         }
         else
         {
-            return Object.keys(this.getLoadOrder(this.imported));
+            return this.modLoadOrder.getLoadOrder();
         }
     }
 
@@ -623,72 +627,6 @@ export class PreAkiModLoader implements IModLoader
         return !issue;
     }
 
-    protected getLoadOrderRecursive(mod: string, result: Record<string, string>, visited: Record<string, string>): void
-    {
-        // validate package
-        if (mod in result)
-        {
-            return;
-        }
-
-        if (mod in visited)
-        {
-            // front: white, back: red
-            this.logger.error(this.localisationService.getText("modloader-cyclic_dependency"));
-
-            // additional info
-            this.logger.debug(this.localisationService.getText("modloader-checking_mod", mod));
-            this.logger.debug(`${this.localisationService.getText("modloader-checked")}:`);
-            this.logger.debug(result);
-            this.logger.debug(`${this.localisationService.getText("modloader-visited")}:`);
-            this.logger.debug(visited);
-
-            // wait for input
-            process.exit(1);
-        }
-
-        // check dependencies
-        const config = this.imported[mod];
-
-        if (typeof config === "undefined")
-        {
-            this.logger.error(this.localisationService.getText("modloader-missing_dependency"));
-            throw new Error(this.localisationService.getText("modloader-error_parsing_mod_load_order"));
-        }
-
-        const dependencies: Record<string, string> = config.dependencies || {};
-
-        visited[mod] = config.version;
-
-        for (const dependency in dependencies)
-        {
-            this.getLoadOrderRecursive(dependency, result, visited);
-        }
-
-        delete visited[mod];
-
-        // fully checked package
-        result[mod] = config.version;
-    }
-
-    protected getLoadOrder(mods: Record<string, IPackageJsonData>): Record<string, string>
-    {
-        const result: Record<string, string> = {};
-        const visited: Record<string, string> = {};
-
-        for (const mod in mods)
-        {
-            if (mods[mod][0] in result)
-            {
-                continue;
-            }
-
-            this.getLoadOrderRecursive(mod, result, visited);
-        }
-
-        return result;
-    }
-
     public getContainer(): DependencyContainer
     {
         if (PreAkiModLoader.container)
@@ -700,4 +638,4 @@ export class PreAkiModLoader implements IModLoader
             throw new Error(this.localisationService.getText("modloader-dependency_container_not_initalized"));
         }
     }
-}
\ No newline at end of file
+}
diff --git a/project/src/models/spt/mod/IPackageJsonData.ts b/project/src/models/spt/mod/IPackageJsonData.ts
index 11968008..74a1b9c8 100644
--- a/project/src/models/spt/mod/IPackageJsonData.ts
+++ b/project/src/models/spt/mod/IPackageJsonData.ts
@@ -1,17 +1,19 @@
 export interface IPackageJsonData
 {
-    incompatibilities?: string[]
-    dependencies?: Record<string, string>
-    modDependencies?: Record<string, string>
-    name: string
-    author: string
-    version: string
-    akiVersion: string
+    incompatibilities?: string[];
+    loadBefore?: string[];
+    loadAfter?: string[];
+    dependencies?: Record<string, string>;
+    modDependencies?: Record<string, string>;
+    name: string;
+    author: string;
+    version: string;
+    akiVersion: string;
     /** We deliberately purge this data */
-    scripts: Record<string, string>
-    devDependencies: Record<string, string>
-    licence: string
-    main: string
-    isBundleMod: boolean
-    contributors: string[]
-}
\ No newline at end of file
+    scripts: Record<string, string>;
+    devDependencies: Record<string, string>;
+    licence: string;
+    main: string;
+    isBundleMod: boolean;
+    contributors: string[];
+}