diff --git a/evennia/prototypes/prototypes.py b/evennia/prototypes/prototypes.py
index c0e5088deb..54d7ca84fb 100644
--- a/evennia/prototypes/prototypes.py
+++ b/evennia/prototypes/prototypes.py
@@ -319,10 +319,11 @@ def search_prototype(key=None, tags=None, require_single=False):
         tag_categories = ["db_prototype" for _ in tags]
         db_matches = DbPrototype.objects.get_by_tag(tags, tag_categories)
     else:
-        db_matches = DbPrototype.objects.all()
+        db_matches = DbPrototype.objects.all().order_by("id")
     if key:
         # exact or partial match on key
-        db_matches = db_matches.filter(db_key=key) or db_matches.filter(db_key__icontains=key)
+        db_matches = (db_matches.filter(db_key=key) or
+                      db_matches.filter(db_key__icontains=key)).order_by("id")
         # return prototype
     db_prototypes = [dbprot.prototype for dbprot in db_matches]
 
diff --git a/evennia/typeclasses/managers.py b/evennia/typeclasses/managers.py
index a76ff2384f..062ce0f5e3 100644
--- a/evennia/typeclasses/managers.py
+++ b/evennia/typeclasses/managers.py
@@ -260,7 +260,7 @@ class TypedObjectManager(idmapper.manager.SharedMemoryManager):
 
         dbmodel = self.model.__dbclass__.__name__.lower()
         query = self.filter(db_tags__db_tagtype__iexact=tagtype,
-                            db_tags__db_model__iexact=dbmodel).distinct()
+                            db_tags__db_model__iexact=dbmodel).distinct().order_by('id')
 
         if n_keys > 0:
             # keys and/or categories given