diff --git a/thesis/config/thesis.tex b/thesis/config/thesis.tex
index 82fe779b9f1e03ff9d9e281c082d53d457dab3d9..c46bc13af6ecfb988811104a90667a918346d3ef 100644
--- a/thesis/config/thesis.tex
+++ b/thesis/config/thesis.tex
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@
 \usepackage{xcolor}
 \usepackage{chngcntr}	% counter related package
 %\usepackage{emptypage}	% adds blank pages without number, but keeps page numbering going on
-\usepackage[backend=bibtex,style=iso-numeric,citestyle=numeric-comp]{biblatex}
+\usepackage[backend=bibtex,style=iso-numeric,citestyle=numeric-comp,sorting=nyt]{biblatex}
 
 \graphicspath{{figures/}}
 \addbibresource{references.bib}