diff --git a/app/Tables/BaseExporter.php b/app/Tables/BaseExporter.php
index 6671d0e..b830aaa 100644
--- a/app/Tables/BaseExporter.php
+++ b/app/Tables/BaseExporter.php
@@ -127,10 +127,15 @@ abstract class BaseExporter
         $count = $revision->rows()->count();
 
         $start = 0;
+        $rq = $revision->rowsData($this->columns, false);
+
+        $columns = $this->columns;
+
+        // TODO raw query to allow selecting aggregates, column subsets, etc
+        if (count($columns)) $rq = $rq->orderByRaw("data->>'".$columns[0]->id."'");
+
         while ($start < $count) {
-            // TODO raw query to allow selecting aggregates, column subsets, etc
-            $rows = $revision->rowsData($this->columns, false)
-                ->offset($start)->limit($chunkSize)->get()->toArray();
+            $rows = $rq->offset($start)->limit($chunkSize)->get()->toArray();
 
             foreach ($rows as $row) {
                 unset($row['_row_pivot']);