diff --git a/plugins/org.eclipse.gmt.tcs.injector/src/org/eclipse/gmt/tcs/injector/ParserLauncher.java b/plugins/org.eclipse.gmt.tcs.injector/src/org/eclipse/gmt/tcs/injector/ParserLauncher.java
index 6306152..0c68c6e 100644
--- a/plugins/org.eclipse.gmt.tcs.injector/src/org/eclipse/gmt/tcs/injector/ParserLauncher.java
+++ b/plugins/org.eclipse.gmt.tcs.injector/src/org/eclipse/gmt/tcs/injector/ParserLauncher.java
@@ -78,6 +78,21 @@
 		}
 
 //		if(runtime.getNbErrors() == 0) {
+			// A RefSetting that can autoCreate an element should come before other
+			// RefSettings that might refer to this element.
+			Collections.sort(refSettings, new Comparator() {
+				public int compare(Object o1, Object o2) {
+					RefSetting rs1 = (RefSetting)o1;
+					RefSetting rs2 = (RefSetting)o2;
+					if(rs1.canAutoCreate() && !rs2.canAutoCreate())
+						return -1;	// autoCreate first
+					else if(rs2.canAutoCreate() && !rs1.canAutoCreate())
+						return 1;	// autoCreate first
+					else			// both or none are autoCreate
+						return 0;	// don't care
+				}
+			});
+
 			// A RefSetting that relies on imported contexts can only be executed after
 			// the RefSetting importing the corresponding context (and this, recursively).
 			// For now, we sort RefSettings so that all those that import a context