diff --git a/src/main/java/de/adito/aditoweb/nbm/aliasdiff/impl/gui/EntityTreeNodeFilter.java b/src/main/java/de/adito/aditoweb/nbm/aliasdiff/impl/gui/EntityTreeNodeFilter.java
index 77b1cda..4025f25 100644
--- a/src/main/java/de/adito/aditoweb/nbm/aliasdiff/impl/gui/EntityTreeNodeFilter.java
+++ b/src/main/java/de/adito/aditoweb/nbm/aliasdiff/impl/gui/EntityTreeNodeFilter.java
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
 import lombok.NonNull;
 
 import javax.swing.tree.MutableTreeNode;
-import java.util.ArrayList;
+import java.util.*;
 
 /**
  * Filters the "entities" and "entityFields" nodes out of the hierarchy and takes their children to the upper level.
@@ -37,6 +37,13 @@ public ArrayList<MutableTreeNode> filterChild(@NonNull MutableTreeNode pChild)
     {
       for (int i = 0; i < pChild.getChildCount(); i++)
         list.add(new DiffFilterNode((MutableTreeNode) pChild.getChildAt(i), EntityTreeNodeFilter.this));
+
+      // Sort alphabetically, to improve readability
+      list.sort(Comparator.comparing(pNode -> {
+        if (pNode instanceof DiffFilterNode)
+          return ((DiffFilterNode) pNode).nameForDisplay(EDirection.LEFT);
+        return pNode.toString();
+      }, String.CASE_INSENSITIVE_ORDER));
     }
     else
       list.add(new DiffFilterNode(pChild, EntityTreeNodeFilter.this));
diff --git a/src/test/java/de/adito/aditoweb/nbm/aliasdiff/impl/gui/EntityTreeNodeFilterTest.java b/src/test/java/de/adito/aditoweb/nbm/aliasdiff/impl/gui/EntityTreeNodeFilterTest.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..ec5e223
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/java/de/adito/aditoweb/nbm/aliasdiff/impl/gui/EntityTreeNodeFilterTest.java
@@ -0,0 +1,91 @@
+package de.adito.aditoweb.nbm.aliasdiff.impl.gui;
+
+import com.google.common.graph.Traverser;
+import de.adito.aditoweb.nbm.aliasdiff.dialog.PropertyNode;
+import de.adito.aditoweb.system.crmcomponents.datamodels.entity.provider.IEntityProvider;
+import lombok.NonNull;
+import org.junit.jupiter.api.*;
+import org.mockito.Answers;
+
+import javax.swing.tree.*;
+import java.util.List;
+import java.util.stream.*;
+
+import static org.junit.jupiter.api.Assertions.assertEquals;
+import static org.mockito.Mockito.*;
+
+/**
+ * Test for {@link EntityTreeNodeFilter}
+ *
+ * @author w.glanzer, 09.08.2023
+ * @see EntityTreeNodeFilter
+ */
+@SuppressWarnings("UnstableApiUsage")
+class EntityTreeNodeFilterTest
+{
+
+  private static final Traverser<TreeNode> TREE_NODE_TRAVERSER = Traverser.forTree(pNode -> IntStream.range(0, pNode.getChildCount())
+      .mapToObj(pNode::getChildAt)
+      .collect(Collectors.toList()));
+
+  /**
+   * Test for the method {@link EntityTreeNodeFilter#filterChild(MutableTreeNode)}
+   */
+  @Nested
+  class FilterChild
+  {
+
+    /**
+     * Checks, if (transitive) children gets sorted alphabetically
+     */
+    @Test
+    void shouldSortAlphabetically()
+    {
+      // Create tree structure
+      DefaultMutableTreeNode root = createTreeNode("root");
+      DefaultMutableTreeNode entities = createTreeNode(IEntityProvider.entities.getName());
+      root.add(entities);
+      entities.add(createTreeNode("node1"));
+      entities.add(createTreeNode("node3"));
+      entities.add(createTreeNode("node4"));
+      entities.add(createTreeNode("node2"));
+
+      // filter its children, so they should be sorted now
+      List<MutableTreeNode> nodes = new EntityTreeNodeFilter().filterChild(root);
+      assertEquals(1, nodes.size());
+      assertEquals("root, node1, node2, node3, node4", toString(nodes.get(0)));
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Creates a readable view of the given node and its children
+     *
+     * @param pNode Node to get the view from
+     * @return the view as string
+     */
+    @NonNull
+    private String toString(@NonNull TreeNode pNode)
+    {
+      return StreamSupport.stream(TREE_NODE_TRAVERSER.breadthFirst(pNode).spliterator(), false)
+          .map(TreeNode::toString)
+          .collect(Collectors.joining(", "));
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Creates a {@link DefaultMutableTreeNode} with the given name
+     *
+     * @param pName Name that the node should have
+     * @return the node
+     */
+    @NonNull
+    private DefaultMutableTreeNode createTreeNode(@NonNull String pName)
+    {
+      PropertyNode node = mock(PropertyNode.class, Answers.CALLS_REAL_METHODS);
+      doReturn(pName).when(node).nameForDisplay(any());
+      doReturn(pName).when(node).toString();
+      node.setAllowsChildren(true);
+      return node;
+    }
+
+  }
+
+}
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