diff --git a/tests.d/1005-lib-io/02.listPaths.sh b/tests.d/1005-lib-io/02.listPaths.sh
index ce0782f..19dd127 100644
--- a/tests.d/1005-lib-io/02.listPaths.sh
+++ b/tests.d/1005-lib-io/02.listPaths.sh
@@ -8,25 +8,25 @@ function testIo::listPaths() {
 
   echo "→ io::listPaths \${PWD}/resources/search"
   io::listPaths "${PWD}/resources/search"
-  specialArraySort RETURNED_ARRAY
+  array::sort RETURNED_ARRAY
   echo "${RETURNED_ARRAY[*]}"
 
   echo
   echo "→ io::listPaths \${PWD}/resources/search" true
   io::listPaths "${PWD}/resources/search" true
-  specialArraySort RETURNED_ARRAY
+  array::sort RETURNED_ARRAY
   echo "${RETURNED_ARRAY[*]}"
 
   echo
   echo "→ io::listPaths \${PWD}/resources/search" false true
   io::listPaths "${PWD}/resources/search" false true
-  specialArraySort RETURNED_ARRAY
+  array::sort RETURNED_ARRAY
   echo "${RETURNED_ARRAY[*]}"
 
   echo
   echo "→ io::listPaths \${PWD}/resources/search" true true
   io::listPaths "${PWD}/resources/search" true true
-  specialArraySort RETURNED_ARRAY
+  array::sort RETURNED_ARRAY
   echo "${RETURNED_ARRAY[*]}"
 
   echo
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ function testIo::listPaths() {
   echo 'fileNamedFile() { if [[ ${1##*/} =~ ^file[[:digit:]]+$ ]]; then return 0; else return 1; fi; }'
   echo "→ io::listPaths \${PWD}/resources/search" true true fileNamedFile
   io::listPaths "${PWD}/resources/search" true true fileNamedFile
-  specialArraySort RETURNED_ARRAY
+  array::sort RETURNED_ARRAY
   echo "${RETURNED_ARRAY[*]}"
 
   echo
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ function testIo::listPaths() {
   echo 'fileNamedFile() { if [[ ${1##*/} =~ ^file[[:digit:]]+$ ]]; then return 0; else return 1; fi; }'
   echo "→ io::listPaths \${PWD}/resources/search" true true '' folderNamedHidden
   io::listPaths "${PWD}/resources/search" true true '' folderNamedHidden
-  specialArraySort RETURNED_ARRAY
+  array::sort RETURNED_ARRAY
   echo "${RETURNED_ARRAY[*]}"
 
   test::endTest "Testing io::listPaths" 0
@@ -53,19 +53,19 @@ function testIo::listFiles() {
 
   echo "→ io::listFiles \${PWD}/resources/search"
   io::listFiles "${PWD}/resources/search"
-  specialArraySort RETURNED_ARRAY
+  array::sort RETURNED_ARRAY
   echo "${RETURNED_ARRAY[*]}"
 
   echo
   echo "→ io::listFiles \${PWD}/resources/search" true
   io::listFiles "${PWD}/resources/search" true
-  specialArraySort RETURNED_ARRAY
+  array::sort RETURNED_ARRAY
   echo "${RETURNED_ARRAY[*]}"
 
   echo
   echo "→ io::listFiles \${PWD}/resources/search" true true
   io::listFiles "${PWD}/resources/search" true true
-  specialArraySort RETURNED_ARRAY
+  array::sort RETURNED_ARRAY
   echo "${RETURNED_ARRAY[*]}"
 
   echo
@@ -73,7 +73,7 @@ function testIo::listFiles() {
   echo 'fileNamedFile() { if [[ ${1##*/} =~ ^file[[:digit:]]+$ ]]; then return 0; else return 1; fi; }'
   echo "→ io::listFiles \${PWD}/resources/search" true true folderNamedHidden
   io::listFiles "${PWD}/resources/search" true true folderNamedHidden
-  specialArraySort RETURNED_ARRAY
+  array::sort RETURNED_ARRAY
   echo "${RETURNED_ARRAY[*]}"
 
   test::endTest "Testing io::listFiles" 0
@@ -84,19 +84,19 @@ function testIo::listDirectories() {
 
   echo "→ io::listDirectories \${PWD}/resources/search"
   io::listDirectories "${PWD}/resources/search"
-  specialArraySort RETURNED_ARRAY
+  array::sort RETURNED_ARRAY
   echo "${RETURNED_ARRAY[*]}"
 
   echo
   echo "→ io::listDirectories \${PWD}/resources/search" true
   io::listDirectories "${PWD}/resources/search" true
-  specialArraySort RETURNED_ARRAY
+  array::sort RETURNED_ARRAY
   echo "${RETURNED_ARRAY[*]}"
 
   echo
   echo "→ io::listDirectories \${PWD}/resources/search" true true
   io::listDirectories "${PWD}/resources/search" true true
-  specialArraySort RETURNED_ARRAY
+  array::sort RETURNED_ARRAY
   echo "${RETURNED_ARRAY[*]}"
 
   echo
@@ -104,31 +104,23 @@ function testIo::listDirectories() {
   echo 'fileNamedFile() { if [[ ${1##*/} =~ ^file[[:digit:]]+$ ]]; then return 0; else return 1; fi; }'
   echo "→ io::listDirectories \${PWD}/resources/search" true true folderNamedHidden
   io::listDirectories "${PWD}/resources/search" true true folderNamedHidden
-  specialArraySort RETURNED_ARRAY
+  array::sort RETURNED_ARRAY
   echo "${RETURNED_ARRAY[*]}"
 
   test::endTest "Testing io::listDirectories" 0
 }
 
-function specialArraySort() {
-  local -n array=${1}
-  local -i i j
-  local temp
-  for ((i = 0; i < ${#array[@]}; i++)); do
-    for ((j = i + 1; j < ${#array[@]}; j++)); do
-      if [[ ( ${array[i]} != "."* && ${array[j]} == "."* ) || ${array[i]} > ${array[j]} ]]; then
-        temp="${array[i]}"
-        array[i]="${array[j]}"
-        array[j]="${temp}"
-      fi
-    done
-  done
-}
-
 function main() {
+  local original_lc_all=${LC_ALL:-}
+  # make sure the sort is consistent!
+  LC_ALL=C
   testIo::listPaths
   testIo::listFiles
   testIo::listDirectories
+  unset LC_ALL
+  if [[ -n ${original_lc_all} ]]; then
+    export LC_ALL=${original_lc_all}
+  fi
 }
 
 main
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diff --git a/valet.d/lib-interactive b/valet.d/lib-interactive
index d8a87b0..261f1a7 100644
--- a/valet.d/lib-interactive
+++ b/valet.d/lib-interactive
@@ -719,6 +719,13 @@ function interactive::startProgress() {
   # shellcheck source=lib-io
   source io
 
+  printf '%s' "${AC__CURSOR_HIDE}"
+
+  # disable echoing when we type something
+  if command -v stty &>/dev/null; then
+    stty -echo &>/dev/null || :
+  fi
+
   io::createTempFile
   _PROGRESS_BAR_UPDATE_FILE="${RETURNED_VALUE}"
   _PROGRESS_BAR_RUNNING=true
@@ -793,4 +800,9 @@ function interactive::stopProgress() {
   fi
 
   printf "%s" "${AC__ERASE_LINE}${AC__CURSOR_SHOW}"
+
+  # restore the key echoing
+  if command -v stty &>/dev/null; then
+    stty echo &>/dev/null || :
+  fi
 }
diff --git a/valet.d/version b/valet.d/version
index d5e98f7..6261a05 100644
--- a/valet.d/version
+++ b/valet.d/version
@@ -1 +1 @@
-1.3.2
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+1.3.1
\ No newline at end of file