From 868aa36469de46f502e0ec3a5f6c544ad01d3d75 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: shreyarora2198 <32587504+shreyarora2198@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Mon, 8 Dec 2025 23:46:11 -0500
Subject: [PATCH] Shrey Arora (ska2153) CBL

---
 server.py            | 2 ++
 static/scoreboard.js | 1 +
 2 files changed, 3 insertions(+)

diff --git a/server.py b/server.py
index 372a266c..f0fafb22 100644
--- a/server.py
+++ b/server.py
@@ -51,6 +51,8 @@ def increase_score():
         if team["id"] == team_id:
             team["score"] += 1
 
+    # sort the scoreboard by score in descending order
+    scoreboard.sort(key=lambda t: t["score"], reverse=True)
     return jsonify(scoreboard=scoreboard)
 
 
diff --git a/static/scoreboard.js b/static/scoreboard.js
index 34ce2009..f7f096b4 100644
--- a/static/scoreboard.js
+++ b/static/scoreboard.js
@@ -33,6 +33,7 @@ function increase_score(id){
     data : JSON.stringify(team_id),
     success: function(result){
         
+        display_scoreboard(result.scoreboard); // show the updated scoreboard
     },
     error: function(request, status, error){
         console.log("Error");