diff --git a/links.py b/links.py
index 260dadb1..b0ca2bfd 100644
--- a/links.py
+++ b/links.py
@@ -46,8 +46,8 @@ from config import ANSI
 
 def validate_links(links):
     links = archivable_links(links)  # remove chrome://, about:, mailto: etc.
-    links = uniquefied_links(links)  # merge/dedupe duplicate timestamps & urls
     links = sorted_links(links)      # deterministically sort the links based on timstamp, url
+    links = uniquefied_links(links)  # merge/dedupe duplicate timestamps & urls
     
     if not links:
         print('[X] No links found :(')