diff --git a/engine/tabsqlitedb.py b/engine/tabsqlitedb.py
index 258c838..b8a858a 100644
--- a/engine/tabsqlitedb.py
+++ b/engine/tabsqlitedb.py
@@ -566,7 +566,7 @@ class tabsqlitedb:
         VALUES (:tabkeys, :phrase, :freq, :user_freq);
         ''' %{'database': database}
         insert_sqlargs = []
-        for (tabkeys, phrase, freq, user_freq) in phrases:
+        for (tabkeys, phrase, freq, user_freq) in sorted(phrases):
              insert_sqlargs.append({'tabkeys': tabkeys, 'phrase': phrase, 'freq': freq, 'user_freq': user_freq})
         self.db.executemany(insert_sqlstr, insert_sqlargs)
         self.db.commit()