diff --git a/pwiki/page.js b/pwiki/page.js
index 6c7ce80..f23e01b 100755
--- a/pwiki/page.js
+++ b/pwiki/page.js
@@ -558,6 +558,7 @@ object.Constructor('BasePage', {
 
 	// sorting...
 	//
+	// XXX revise how we sore order...
 	sort: async function(...cmp){
 		// normalize to path...
 		this.metadata = 
@@ -570,7 +571,9 @@ object.Constructor('BasePage', {
 	sortAs: async function(order){
 		this.metadata = 
 			order instanceof Array ?
-				{ order }
+				{ order: order
+					.map(function(p){ 
+						return pwpath.sanitize(p) }) }
 				: { order: (await this.metadata)['order_'+ order] }
 		return this },
 	// XXX EXPERIMENTAL -- move this to store???
diff --git a/pwiki2.js b/pwiki2.js
index 55ca30e..d91333a 100755
--- a/pwiki2.js
+++ b/pwiki2.js
@@ -37,6 +37,16 @@
 * 		- 
 *
 *
+* XXX revise how we store order...
+* 			.metadata.order = [ .. ]
+* 			.metadata.order_<name> = [ .. ]
+* 			...
+* 		or:
+* 			.metadata.order = {
+* 				'default': [ .. ],
+* 				<name>: [ .. ]
+* 				...
+* 			}
 * XXX macros: else/default macro args essentially mean the same thing, should we
 * 		unify them to use the same name???
 * XXX parser: error handling: revise page quoting...