diff --git a/layouts/partials/navbar.html b/layouts/partials/navbar.html
index 4f49e87..9830011 100644
--- a/layouts/partials/navbar.html
+++ b/layouts/partials/navbar.html
@@ -5,7 +5,8 @@
       {{ $home := .Site.GetPage "home" }}
       {{ range where .Site.Pages.ByTitle "Kind" "section" }}
         {{ if eq .Parent $home }}
-          {{ $valid_children :=  where .Site.Pages.ByTitle ".Parent" "!=" nil }}
+          {{ $sorted_pages := sort .Site.Pages (default "Title" .Params.sort_by) (default "asc" .Params.sort_order)}}
+          {{ $valid_children :=  where $sorted_pages ".Parent" "!=" nil }}
           {{ $children := where $valid_children ".Parent.UniqueID" .UniqueID }}
           {{ $children := where $children ".Params.hide_in_nav" "!=" "true" }}
           <li class="top-level">