diff --git a/nw/gui/projecteditor.py b/nw/gui/projecteditor.py
index 88da6ca6..5ba2e558 100644
--- a/nw/gui/projecteditor.py
+++ b/nw/gui/projecteditor.py
@@ -336,6 +336,9 @@ class GuiProjectEditReplace(QWidget):
             newItem = QTreeWidgetItem(["<%s>" % aKey, aVal])
             self.listBox.addTopLevelItem(newItem)
 
+        self.listBox.sortByColumn(0, Qt.AscendingOrder)
+        self.listBox.setSortingEnabled(True)
+
         self.editKey    = QLineEdit()
         self.editValue  = QLineEdit()
         self.saveButton = QPushButton(QIcon.fromTheme("document-save"),"")
diff --git a/sample/sampleNovel/nwProject.nwx b/sample/sampleNovel/nwProject.nwx
index 5f27329d..e0347637 100644
--- a/sample/sampleNovel/nwProject.nwx
+++ b/sample/sampleNovel/nwProject.nwx
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 <?xml version='1.0' encoding='utf-8'?>
-<novelWriterXML appVersion="0.2.0" fileVersion="1.0" timeStamp="2019-06-28 12:43:41">
+<novelWriterXML appVersion="0.2.0" fileVersion="1.0" timeStamp="2019-08-11 19:41:35">
   <project>
     <name>Sample Project</name>
     <title>Sample Project</title>
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@
     <lastWordCount>581</lastWordCount>
     <autoReplace>
       <A>B</A>
+      <B>E</B>
       <C>D</C>
     </autoReplace>
     <status>