diff --git a/gemma-rest/src/main/java/ubic/gemma/rest/DatasetsWebService.java b/gemma-rest/src/main/java/ubic/gemma/rest/DatasetsWebService.java
index 21c15f352d..becf10348f 100644
--- a/gemma-rest/src/main/java/ubic/gemma/rest/DatasetsWebService.java
+++ b/gemma-rest/src/main/java/ubic/gemma/rest/DatasetsWebService.java
@@ -893,7 +893,12 @@ private StreamingOutput getDatasetsDifferentialExpressionAnalysisResultsForGeneI
         }
         Map<DifferentialExpressionAnalysisResult, Long> sourceExperimentIdMap = new HashMap<>();
         Map<DifferentialExpressionAnalysisResult, Long> experimentAnalyzedIdMap = new HashMap<>();
-        List<DifferentialExpressionAnalysisResult> payload = differentialExpressionResultService.findByGeneAndExperimentAnalyzed( gene, ids, sourceExperimentIdMap, experimentAnalyzedIdMap, threshold, false );
+        //noinspection Convert2MethodRef
+        List<DifferentialExpressionAnalysisResult> payload = differentialExpressionResultService.findByGeneAndExperimentAnalyzed( gene, ids, sourceExperimentIdMap, experimentAnalyzedIdMap, threshold, false ).stream()
+                .sorted( Comparator.comparing( ( DifferentialExpressionAnalysisResult r ) -> sourceExperimentIdMap.get( r ) )
+                        .thenComparing( ( DifferentialExpressionAnalysisResult r ) -> experimentAnalyzedIdMap.get( r ) )
+                        .thenComparing( ( DifferentialExpressionAnalysisResult r ) -> r.getResultSet().getId() ) )
+                .collect( Collectors.toList() );
         return output -> differentialExpressionAnalysisResultListFileService.writeTsv( payload, gene, sourceExperimentIdMap, experimentAnalyzedIdMap, new OutputStreamWriter( output ) );
     }