diff --git a/src/GcUpgrade.cpp b/src/GcUpgrade.cpp
index c7add0832..6064fe921 100644
--- a/src/GcUpgrade.cpp
+++ b/src/GcUpgrade.cpp
@@ -356,9 +356,7 @@ GcUpgrade::upgrade(const QDir &home)
 
     if (last < VERSION33_BUILD) {
 
-        // cleanup/restore default entries in the trainDB
-        trainDB->updateDefaultEntries();
-
+        trainDB->upgradeDefaultEntriesWorkout();
     }
 
 
diff --git a/src/TrainDB.cpp b/src/TrainDB.cpp
index e0236b6e8..fb61e093f 100644
--- a/src/TrainDB.cpp
+++ b/src/TrainDB.cpp
@@ -89,14 +89,6 @@ TrainDB::rebuildDB()
     createVideoSyncTable();
 }
 
-bool
-TrainDB::updateDefaultEntries() {
-
-    bool rc1 = createDefaultEntriesWorkout();
-    bool rc2 = createDefaultEntriesVideosync();
-    return rc1 && rc2;
-}
-
 
 bool TrainDB::createVideoTable()
 {
@@ -507,6 +499,27 @@ bool TrainDB::createDefaultEntriesWorkout()
     return rc;
 }
 
+bool TrainDB::upgradeDefaultEntriesWorkout()
+{
+
+    // set texts starting with " " in upgrade - since due to same translation errors the " " was lost e.g. in German
+    QSqlQuery query(db->database(sessionid));
+    bool rc;
+
+    // adding a space at the front of string to make manual mode always
+    // appear first in a sorted list is a bit of a hack, but works ok
+    QString manualErg = QString("UPDATE workouts SET filename = \"%1\" WHERE filepath = \"//1\";")
+            .arg(" " + tr("Manual Erg Mode")); // keep the SPACE separate so that translation cannot remove it
+    rc = query.exec(manualErg);
+
+    QString manualCrs = QString("UPDATE workouts SET filename = \"%1\" WHERE filepath = \"//2\";")
+            .arg(" " + tr("Manual Slope Mode")); // keep the SPACE separate so that translation cannot remove it
+    rc = query.exec(manualCrs);
+
+
+    return rc;
+}
+
 bool TrainDB::createDefaultEntriesVideosync()
 {
     QSqlQuery query(db->database(sessionid));
diff --git a/src/TrainDB.h b/src/TrainDB.h
index dbaeb6123..be2f8e40d 100644
--- a/src/TrainDB.h
+++ b/src/TrainDB.h
@@ -61,12 +61,12 @@ class TrainDB : public QObject
     bool importVideoSync(QString pathname, VideoSyncFile *videosyncFile);
     bool deleteVideoSync(QString pathname);
 
+    // for 3.3
+    bool upgradeDefaultEntriesWorkout();
+
     // drop and recreate tables
     void rebuildDB();
 
-    // update default entries in the tables
-    bool updateDefaultEntries();
-
     signals:
         void dataChanged();