diff --git a/uk/ac/sanger/artemis/util/DatabaseDocument.java b/uk/ac/sanger/artemis/util/DatabaseDocument.java
index 70d9284fb5fd3ae5aabcf3d3b9bf2822cc65b3d0..c5517c20fc864bf5c059c86011eb43f1ce9caca3 100644
--- a/uk/ac/sanger/artemis/util/DatabaseDocument.java
+++ b/uk/ac/sanger/artemis/util/DatabaseDocument.java
@@ -499,7 +499,7 @@ public class DatabaseDocument extends Document
       }
 
       sql = sql + ") " + " and organism.organism_id=feature.organism_id "+
-            "ORDER BY abbreviation, name";
+            "ORDER BY abbreviation";
 
       appendToLogFile(sql,sqlLog);