It’s not that the way you’re loading your dishwasher is wrong—it’s just that you may be standing in the way of perfectly clean and sparkling dishware. Cookthink outlines five common dishwasher loading mistakes and what to do instead:

Putting utensils in used-end-down. Put them up and they’ll benefit from the full force of the spray (not the knives, of course.)

Separating utensils. If you keep the spoons, knives, and forks segregated to simplify unloading, the utensils will “nestle” together—just as they do in the drawer. They don’t get as clean when they do this.

Placing plates according to size. Mix it up—some large ones here, some short ones there—to allow better circulation of the cleaning solution.

Wedging normal bowls on the bottom shelf. The best place to put them is the middle section of the top row.

Putting glasses on just one prong. You may think this will allow it stability because there will be a supporting prong on each side. It’s better to place the glass in the rows demarcated by the prongs so they don’t touch—which could lead to breaks.