diff --git a/evennia/typeclasses/managers.py b/evennia/typeclasses/managers.py
index c8ad666e23..e5d1130f12 100644
--- a/evennia/typeclasses/managers.py
+++ b/evennia/typeclasses/managers.py
@@ -286,7 +286,7 @@ class TypedObjectManager(idmapper.manager.SharedMemoryManager):
         categories = make_iter(category) if category else []
         n_keys = len(keys)
         n_categories = len(categories)
-        unique_categories = sorted(set(categories))
+        unique_categories = set(categories)
         n_unique_categories = len(unique_categories)
 
         dbmodel = self.model.__dbclass__.__name__.lower()
diff --git a/evennia/typeclasses/tests.py b/evennia/typeclasses/tests.py
index aea6ce7518..90c4945898 100644
--- a/evennia/typeclasses/tests.py
+++ b/evennia/typeclasses/tests.py
@@ -142,6 +142,13 @@ class TestTypedObjectManager(BaseEvenniaTest):
             [self.obj1],
         )
 
+    def test_get_tag_with_any_including_nones(self):
+        self.obj1.tags.add("tagA", "categoryA")
+        self.assertEqual(
+            self._manager("get_by_tag", ["tagA", "tagB"], ["categoryA", "categoryB", None], match="any"),
+            [self.obj1],
+        )
+
     def test_get_tag_withnomatch(self):
         self.obj1.tags.add("tagC", "categoryC")
         self.assertEqual(