diff --git a/projects/manager/scripts/cms-to-static.js b/projects/manager/scripts/cms-to-static.js
index 84073c4..72ac355 100644
--- a/projects/manager/scripts/cms-to-static.js
+++ b/projects/manager/scripts/cms-to-static.js
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ import {
 import { finished } from 'stream/promises';
 import {
   mkdir,
+  rename,
   unlink,
   writeFile,
 } from 'fs/promises';
@@ -22,6 +23,32 @@ import { log } from '../src/log.js';
  */
 const getValidId = (str) => (str || '').replace(/( |\/|\\)/gm,'_');
 
+/**
+ * Gets an array sort function based on the provided type
+ * @param {string} type the sort function type
+ * @returns array sort function
+ */
+const getSortFunction = (type) => {
+  switch (type) {
+    case 'date': {
+      return (a, b) => {
+        try {
+          let dA = new Date(a.date || '');
+          let dB = new Date(b.date || '');
+          return dA.getTime() - dB.getTime();
+        } catch (err) {
+          log('Error parsing dates: ', 'error', 'cms-to-static::getSortFunction::date', err);
+          return ('' + a.date).localeCompare(b.date || '');
+        }
+      };
+    }
+    case 'title':
+    default: {
+      return (a, b) => ('' + a.title || 'untitled').localeCompare(b.title || 'untitled');
+    }
+  }
+}
+
 /**
  * Saves the given url to the given destination
  * @param {string} url the url of the file to save
@@ -129,6 +156,28 @@ const mapStrapiResponseToMackenzii = async (inVal) => {
   return new Promise(resolve => resolve(outVal));
 };
 
+/**
+ * Sorts the entries in the list based on the provided sort method
+ * @param {StrapiMediaList} inVal the media list to sort
+ * @param {[string, string]} sortMethod the sort method; first string is the field to sort by, the second string is the order (asc/desc)
+ * @returns {Promise<StrapiMediaList>} the updated media list
+ */
+const sortVariants = async (inVal, sortMethod) => {
+  let outVal;
+
+  if (sortMethod.length > 0) {
+    outVal = JSON.parse(JSON.stringify(inVal));
+    outVal.data.entries = outVal.data.entries.sort(getSortFunction(sortMethod[0]));
+    if (sortMethod[1] === 'desc') {
+      outVal.data.entries = outVal.data.entries.reverse();
+    }
+  } else {
+    outVal = inVal;
+  }
+
+  return new Promise(resolve => resolve(outVal));
+};
+
 (async () => {
   console.log('NOTE: This is currently only built to support gallery lists. Article lists and other content are not supported');
   const rl = readlinePromises.createInterface(process.stdin, process.stdout);
@@ -143,25 +192,47 @@ const mapStrapiResponseToMackenzii = async (inVal) => {
       rl.close();
       return;
     } else if (!fetchUrl.includes('?')) {
-      fetchUrl += '?populate[0]=entries&populate[1]=entries.variants&populate[2]=tags&populate[3]=tags.value'
+      fetchUrl += '?populate[0]=entries&populate[1]=entries.variants'
+    }
+  }
+
+  let sort = '';
+  let sortSplit = [];
+  try {
+    sort = await rl.question('Enter entry sorting method (valid options are "date" and "title" without quotes followed by a colon and either "asc" or "desc" without quotes): ');
+  } catch (err) {
+    log('There was an error: ', 'error', 'cms-to-static::main::Q2', err);
+  } finally {
+    if (sort !== '') {
+      sortSplit = sort.split(/\.|\,|\:|\ |\-/);
+      if (
+        sortSplit.length < 2
+        || !['date','title'].includes(sortSplit[0])
+        || !['asc', 'desc'].includes(sortSplit[1])
+      ) {
+        log(`Provided function ${sortSplit[0]} or order ${sortSplit[1]} not valid. Defaulting to title:asc`, 'error', 'cms-to-static::main::Q2');
+        sortSplit = ['title', 'asc'];
+      }
     }
   }
 
   let destination = '';
   try {
-    destination = await rl.question('Enter the directory to save the response\n(note: this should be a path relative to "sites";\n{your/input} will become sites/{your/input}):');
+    destination = await rl.question('Enter the directory to save the response\n(note: this should be a path relative to "sites";\n{your/input} will become sites/{your/input}): ');
     destination = 'sites/' + destination;
   } catch (err) {
-    log('There was an error: ', 'error', 'cms-to-static::main::Q2', err);
+    log('There was an error: ', 'error', 'cms-to-static::main::Q3', err);
   } finally {
     rl.close();
     if (!destination) {
-      log('An invalid path was given. Quitting...', 'log', 'cms-to-static::main::Q2');
+      log('An invalid path was given. Quitting...', 'log', 'cms-to-static::main::Q3');
       return;
     } else {
-      if (!existsSync(destination)) {
-        await mkdir(destination, { recursive: true });
+      if (existsSync(destination)) {
+        const split = destination.split('/');
+        await rename(destination, `${split.slice(0, -1).join('/')}/${split[split.length - 1]}_${Date.now()}`);
       }
+      await mkdir(destination, { recursive: true });
     }
   }
 
@@ -181,7 +252,8 @@ const mapStrapiResponseToMackenzii = async (inVal) => {
   try {
     await writeFile(`${destination}/in.json`, JSON.stringify(res, null, 2));
 
-    mapStrapiResponseToMackenzii(res)
+    sortVariants(res, sortSplit)
+      .then(list => mapStrapiResponseToMackenzii(list))
       .then(list => saveVariantsToDestination(list, fetchUrl, destination, destination.replace('sites/', '').split('/').slice(1).join('/')))
       .then(list => writeFile(`${destination}/out.json`, JSON.stringify(list, null, 2)));
     log('Done!', 'log', 'cms-to-static::main::writing');