diff --git a/dzgui/api/mods.py b/dzgui/api/mods.py
index 9bda5be..46498ee 100644
--- a/dzgui/api/mods.py
+++ b/dzgui/api/mods.py
@@ -101,8 +101,8 @@ def get_delimited_mods(steam_path: Path) -> list[Any]:
             continue
         size = get_mod_size(mod)
         # NOTE: final col is cell renderer highlight toggle
-        clean.append([meta.name.casefold(), symlink, mod_dir, size, False])
-    clean.sort(key=lambda row: row[0])
+        clean.append([meta.name, symlink, mod_dir, size, False])
+    clean.sort(key=lambda row: row[0].casefold())
     return clean