Best way to arrange custom post types by Attributes -> Order metabox value?

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I have my front page setup to display a custom post type via:

add_filter( 'pre_get_posts', 'my_get_posts' );

function my_get_posts( $query ) {

    if ( is_home() && false == $query->query_vars['suppress_filters'] )         $query->set( 'post_type', array( 'jwf_portfolio', 'attachment' ) );
                $query->set( 'order', 'menu_order' );

    return $query; }

What’s the most efficient way to have these ordered by the number value in the Order input in the Attributes metabox for each custom post? Currently I’m trying

<?php query_posts( $query_string . '&orderby=menu_order' ); ?>
<?php if ( have_posts() ) while ( have_posts() ) : the_post(); ?>

on my index.php and that’s not cutting it.

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This did it:

add_filter( 'pre_get_posts', 'my_get_posts' );

function my_get_posts( $query ) {

    if ( is_home() && false == $query->query_vars['suppress_filters'] )
        $query->set( 'post_type', array( 'jwf_portfolio', 'attachment' ) );
                $query->set('orderby', 'menu_order');
                $query->set('order', 'ASC'); 

    return $query;
}

No need to mess with index.php now.

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