diff --git a/py/services/recipe_cache.py b/py/services/recipe_cache.py
index c0762a4a..048e8ce8 100644
--- a/py/services/recipe_cache.py
+++ b/py/services/recipe_cache.py
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 import asyncio
 from typing import Iterable, List, Dict, Optional
 from dataclasses import dataclass, field
-from operator import itemgetter
 from natsort import natsorted
 
 
@@ -149,5 +148,10 @@ class RecipeCache:
         )
         if not name_only:
             self.sorted_by_date = sorted(
-                self.raw_data, key=itemgetter("created_date", "file_path"), reverse=True
+                self.raw_data,
+                key=lambda x: (
+                    x.get("modified", x.get("created_date", 0)),
+                    x.get("file_path", ""),
+                ),
+                reverse=True,
             )
diff --git a/py/services/recipes/persistence_service.py b/py/services/recipes/persistence_service.py
index 184268f4..6852faf5 100644
--- a/py/services/recipes/persistence_service.py
+++ b/py/services/recipes/persistence_service.py
@@ -216,11 +216,12 @@ class RecipePersistenceService:
             "preview_nsfw_level",
             "favorite",
             "gen_params",
+            "base_model",
         )
 
         if not any(key in updates for key in allowed_fields):
             raise RecipeValidationError(
-                "At least one field to update must be provided (title or tags or source_path or preview_nsfw_level or favorite or gen_params)"
+                "At least one field to update must be provided (title or tags or source_path or preview_nsfw_level or favorite or gen_params or base_model)"
             )
 
         if "gen_params" in updates and not isinstance(updates["gen_params"], dict):
diff --git a/static/js/managers/BulkManager.js b/static/js/managers/BulkManager.js
index f1b7c01a..a0917acb 100644
--- a/static/js/managers/BulkManager.js
+++ b/static/js/managers/BulkManager.js
@@ -1665,13 +1665,19 @@ export class BulkManager {
                 cancelled = true;
             });
 
+            const isRecipesPage = state.currentPageType === 'recipes';
+
             for (const filepath of state.selectedModels) {
                 if (cancelled) {
                     showToast('toast.api.operationCancelled', {}, 'info');
                     break;
                 }
                 try {
-                    await getModelApiClient().saveModelMetadata(filepath, { base_model: newBaseModel });
+                    if (isRecipesPage) {
+                        await updateRecipeMetadata(filepath, { base_model: newBaseModel });
+                    } else {
+                        await getModelApiClient().saveModelMetadata(filepath, { base_model: newBaseModel });
+                    }
                     successCount++;
                 } catch (error) {
                     errorCount++;