lib/PublicInbox/NNTPD.pm | 2 +-

diff --git a/lib/PublicInbox/NNTPD.pm b/lib/PublicInbox/NNTPD.pm
index 2c84fb3004f1271702c04a4cfda484b50d8d3386..fc26c5c0b812c18875ae2370b3efbb701b31dc98 100644
--- a/lib/PublicInbox/NNTPD.pm
+++ b/lib/PublicInbox/NNTPD.pm
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ 			$new->{$g} = $ng;
 			push @list, $ng;
 		}
 	}
-	@list =	sort { $a->{name} cmp $b->{name} } @list;
+	@list =	sort { $a->{newsgroup} cmp $b->{newsgroup} } @list;
 	$self->{grouplist} = \@list;
 	# this will destroy old groups that got deleted
 	%{$self->{groups}} = %$new;