diff --git a/bin/vdns-zone-lst.sh b/bin/vdns-zone-lst.sh
index 31fc322..302d45b 100755
--- a/bin/vdns-zone-lst.sh
+++ b/bin/vdns-zone-lst.sh
@@ -33,11 +33,12 @@ SEARCH=($(/usr/local/sbin/pdns-search.sh -q hostname=$hostname/$query -c))
 
 # check for header row output, this indicates one or more results were found
 if [[ "${SEARCH[0]}" = "content,name,object_type,type,zone,zone_id" ]]; then
+  # sort results
+  readarray -td '' SORTED < <(printf '%s\0' "${SEARCH[@]}" | sort -z)
   # echo header and remove header row
   echo zone
-  SEARCH=("${SEARCH[@]:1}")
   # check each row to verify data and output zone (domain) if it validates
-  for ROW in "${SEARCH[@]}"; do
+  for ROW in "${SORTED[@]}"; do
     # turn row into array
     readarray -d , -t row_array < <(echo $ROW)
     # get zone, strip ending dot