diff --git a/CHANGES b/CHANGES
index e69de29..d31426c 100644
--- a/CHANGES
+++ b/CHANGES
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+0.3.43
+------
+- change default order of model managers
+- always get `site` FK from related visit model instance
diff --git a/edc_crf/migrations/0003_alter_crfstatus_options.py b/edc_crf/migrations/0003_alter_crfstatus_options.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..8429a35
--- /dev/null
+++ b/edc_crf/migrations/0003_alter_crfstatus_options.py
@@ -0,0 +1,30 @@
+# Generated by Django 4.2.1 on 2023-07-05 02:16
+
+from django.db import migrations
+
+
+class Migration(migrations.Migration):
+    dependencies = [
+        ("edc_crf", "0002_auto_20200729_2310"),
+    ]
+
+    operations = [
+        migrations.AlterModelOptions(
+            name="crfstatus",
+            options={
+                "default_manager_name": "objects",
+                "default_permissions": (
+                    "add",
+                    "change",
+                    "delete",
+                    "view",
+                    "export",
+                    "import",
+                ),
+                "get_latest_by": "modified",
+                "ordering": ("-modified", "-created"),
+                "verbose_name": "CRF Status",
+                "verbose_name_plural": "CRF Status",
+            },
+        ),
+    ]
diff --git a/edc_crf/model_mixins/crf_model_mixin.py b/edc_crf/model_mixins/crf_model_mixin.py
index f418ebb..c26aece 100644
--- a/edc_crf/model_mixins/crf_model_mixin.py
+++ b/edc_crf/model_mixins/crf_model_mixin.py
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+from django.contrib.sites.models import Site
 from edc_model.models import HistoricalRecords
 from edc_sites.models import SiteModelMixin
 from edc_visit_tracking.managers import CrfCurrentSiteManager, CrfModelManager
@@ -6,9 +7,15 @@
 
 
 class CrfModelMixin(SiteModelMixin, CrfNoManagerModelMixin):
-    on_site = CrfCurrentSiteManager()
     objects = CrfModelManager()
+    on_site = CrfCurrentSiteManager()
     history = HistoricalRecords(inherit=True)
 
+    def get_site_on_create(self) -> Site:
+        """Expect site instance to be set from the related_visit
+        model instance.
+        """
+        return self.related_visit.site
+
     class Meta(CrfNoManagerModelMixin.Meta):
         abstract = True
diff --git a/edc_crf/model_mixins/crf_with_action_model_mixin.py b/edc_crf/model_mixins/crf_with_action_model_mixin.py
index 25f6902..d464da0 100644
--- a/edc_crf/model_mixins/crf_with_action_model_mixin.py
+++ b/edc_crf/model_mixins/crf_with_action_model_mixin.py
@@ -13,8 +13,8 @@ class CrfWithActionModelMixin(
 ):
     action_name = None
 
-    on_site = CrfCurrentSiteManager()
     objects = CrfModelManager()
+    on_site = CrfCurrentSiteManager()
     history = HistoricalRecords(inherit=True)
 
     class Meta(CrfNoManagerModelMixin.Meta):