diff --git a/apps/documents/models.py b/apps/documents/models.py
index bc54f12edd..2090f09aea 100755
--- a/apps/documents/models.py
+++ b/apps/documents/models.py
@@ -179,7 +179,7 @@ class Document(models.Model):
                     document_id_list = DocumentMetadata.objects.filter(total_query).values_list('document', flat=True)
                 else:
                     document_id_list = []
-                metadata_groups[group] = Document.objects.filter(Q(id__in=document_id_list)) or []
+                metadata_groups[group] = Document.objects.filter(Q(id__in=document_id_list)).order_by('file_filename') or []
         return metadata_groups, errors