diff --git a/verifier/summary_template.html b/verifier/summary_template.html
index d27a9487..0afe6782 100644
--- a/verifier/summary_template.html
+++ b/verifier/summary_template.html
@@ -177,7 +177,7 @@
           // If platform/exec order is specified, use that.
           let executed_platforms = [];
           // exec_set includes all those that are represented in the data
-          const platform_order = ["$platform_order"];
+          const platform_order = $platform_order;
           if (platform_order.length <= 0 || platform_order[0] == 'alphabetic'
              || platform_order[0] == "None") {
               // Default is alphabetic sort
diff --git a/verifier/testreport.py b/verifier/testreport.py
index b1045115..91ea3216 100644
--- a/verifier/testreport.py
+++ b/verifier/testreport.py
@@ -1182,6 +1182,12 @@ def __init__(self, file_base):
 
         self.templates = reportTemplate()
 
+        # Default
+        self.platform_order = ['ICU4C', 'ICU4J', 'ICU4X', 'NodeJS', 'Dart_Web', 'Dart_Native']
+
+        if self.debug > 1:
+            logging.info('SUMMARY REPORT base = %s', self.file_base)
+
         self.summary_html_path = None
 
         self.header_item_template = Template(
@@ -1304,11 +1310,16 @@ def summarize_reports(self):
     def create_summary_html(self):
         # Generate HTML page containing this information
         # Create the template
+
+        # Make a string that looks like a JS list.
+        order_of_platforms = json.dumps(self.platform_order)
+
         html_map = {
             'all_platforms': ', '.join(list(self.exec_summary.keys())),
             'all_icu_versions': None,  # TEMP!!!
             'all_tests': ', '.join(list(self.type_summary.keys())),
             'datetime': datetime.now().strftime('%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S'),
+            'platform_order': order_of_platforms,
         }
         # Create header for each executor
         header_line = ''  # TODO
diff --git a/verifier/verifier.py b/verifier/verifier.py
index 73c3756b..41444e85 100644
--- a/verifier/verifier.py
+++ b/verifier/verifier.py
@@ -308,7 +308,6 @@ def create_summary_reports(self):
 
         summary_report.setup_all_test_results()
 
-
         if self.options.platform_order:
             # Set the order of the platforms in the summary dashboard
             summary_report.platform_order = self.options.platform_order