diff --git a/src/main/java/net/william278/velocitab/config/Placeholder.java b/src/main/java/net/william278/velocitab/config/Placeholder.java
index 06017d4..28a4cd9 100644
--- a/src/main/java/net/william278/velocitab/config/Placeholder.java
+++ b/src/main/java/net/william278/velocitab/config/Placeholder.java
@@ -106,7 +106,8 @@ public enum Placeholder {
             .orElse(getPlaceholderFallback(plugin, "%luckperms_primary_group_name%"))),
     ROLE_DISPLAY_NAME((plugin, player) -> player.getRole().getDisplayName()
             .orElse(getPlaceholderFallback(plugin, "%luckperms_primary_group_name%"))),
-    ROLE_WEIGHT((plugin, player) -> player.getRoleWeightString()),
+    ROLE_WEIGHT((plugin, player) -> player.getRoleWeightString()
+            .orElse(getPlaceholderFallback(plugin, "%luckperms_meta_weight%"))),
     SERVER_GROUP((plugin, player) -> player.getGroup().name()),
     SERVER_GROUP_INDEX((plugin, player) -> Integer.toString(player.getServerGroupPosition(plugin))),
     DEBUG_TEAM_NAME((plugin, player) -> plugin.getFormatter().escape(player.getLastTeamName().orElse(""))),
diff --git a/src/main/java/net/william278/velocitab/player/Role.java b/src/main/java/net/william278/velocitab/player/Role.java
index d62c539..03805ba 100644
--- a/src/main/java/net/william278/velocitab/player/Role.java
+++ b/src/main/java/net/william278/velocitab/player/Role.java
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ import java.util.Optional;
 @RequiredArgsConstructor
 public class Role implements Comparable<Role> {
 
-    public static final int DEFAULT_WEIGHT = 0;
+    public static final int DEFAULT_WEIGHT = -1;
     public static final Role DEFAULT_ROLE = new Role(DEFAULT_WEIGHT, null, null, null, null);
     @Getter
     private final int weight;
@@ -65,8 +65,11 @@ public class Role implements Comparable<Role> {
     }
 
     @NotNull
-    protected String getWeightString() {
-        return Integer.toString(weight);
+    protected Optional<String> getWeightString() {
+        if (weight == -1) {
+            return Optional.empty();
+        }
+        return Optional.of(Integer.toString(weight));
     }
 
     @Override
diff --git a/src/main/java/net/william278/velocitab/player/TabPlayer.java b/src/main/java/net/william278/velocitab/player/TabPlayer.java
index 82bc7cb..c1f1952 100644
--- a/src/main/java/net/william278/velocitab/player/TabPlayer.java
+++ b/src/main/java/net/william278/velocitab/player/TabPlayer.java
@@ -96,7 +96,7 @@ public final class TabPlayer implements Comparable<TabPlayer> {
     }
 
     @NotNull
-    public String getRoleWeightString() {
+    public Optional<String> getRoleWeightString() {
         return getRole().getWeightString();
     }
 
@@ -263,7 +263,7 @@ public final class TabPlayer implements Comparable<TabPlayer> {
     @Override
     public int compareTo(@NotNull TabPlayer o) {
         final int roleDifference = role.compareTo(o.role);
-        if (roleDifference == 0) {
+        if (roleDifference <= 0) {
             return player.getUsername().compareTo(o.player.getUsername());
         }
         return roleDifference;