diff --git a/backupninja b/backupninja
index b7d4a149e2e73683745e92f224faf899abd1c71f..ac504d605af123ae0f471f9f3e2ce457e511d90d 100755
--- a/backupninja
+++ b/backupninja
@@ -429,7 +429,7 @@ errormsg=""
 if [ "$singlerun" ]; then
 	files=$singlerun
 else
-	files=`find $configdirectory -mindepth 1 `
+	files=`find $configdirectory -mindepth 1 | sort -n`
 fi
 
 for file in $files; do