diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 4e8f2684..2941d1b0 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -16,7 +16,8 @@ CHANGELOG for FlatCAM Evo beta
 - in Distance Plugin: added a new way to display the angle (angles between 181° and 359° are subtracted from 360°)
 - in Distance Plugin: "snap to center" feature now works outside the Editors too (for Gerber object pads and Excellon object drill holes)
 - some minor changes in Distance Plugin
-- when changing workspace orientation fixed leaving behind the old frame on the cavnas
+- when changing workspace orientation fixed leaving behind the old frame on the canvas
+- improved how the PDF printing works: now the Excellon files are always on top and from the rest of objects the first selected is on top, below the Excellons
 
 29.03.2022
 
diff --git a/appMain.py b/appMain.py
index bbdeb672..bf68f6d4 100644
--- a/appMain.py
+++ b/appMain.py
@@ -10696,6 +10696,13 @@ class MenuFileHandlers(QtCore.QObject):
             }
         )
 
+        # make sure that the Excellon objeacts are drawn on top of everything
+        excellon_objs = [obj for obj in obj_selection if obj.kind == 'excellon']
+        # reverse the object order such that the first selected is on top
+        non_excellon_objs = [obj for obj in obj_selection if obj.kind != 'excellon'][::-1]
+        obj_selection = non_excellon_objs + excellon_objs
+
+        # generate the SVG files from the application objects
         exported_svg = []
         for obj in obj_selection:
             svg_obj = obj.export_svg(scale_stroke_factor=0.0)