diff --git a/build/litegraph.js b/build/litegraph.js
index 39b050c1e..88bc46de2 100644
--- a/build/litegraph.js
+++ b/build/litegraph.js
@@ -96,6 +96,7 @@
 		Globals: {}, //used to store vars between graphs
 
         searchbox_extras: {}, //used to add extra features to the search box
+        auto_sort_node_types: false, // If set to true, will automatically sort node types / categories in the context menus
 
         /**
          * Register a node class so it can be listed when the user wants to create a new one
@@ -416,7 +417,7 @@
                 }
             }
 
-            return r;
+            return this.auto_sort_node_types ? r.sort() : r;
         },
 
         /**
@@ -440,7 +441,7 @@
             for (var i in categories) {
                 result.push(i);
             }
-            return result;
+            return this.auto_sort_node_types ? result.sort() : result;
         },
 
         //debug purposes: reloads all the js scripts that matches a wildcard
diff --git a/build/litegraph.min.js b/build/litegraph.min.js
index 4055527ed..e85da2710 100644
--- a/build/litegraph.min.js
+++ b/build/litegraph.min.js
@@ -288,7 +288,7 @@ $jscomp.polyfill("Object.values", function(x) {
   }
   var f = x.LiteGraph = {VERSION:0.4, CANVAS_GRID_SIZE:10, NODE_TITLE_HEIGHT:30, NODE_TITLE_TEXT_Y:20, NODE_SLOT_HEIGHT:20, NODE_WIDGET_HEIGHT:20, NODE_WIDTH:140, NODE_MIN_WIDTH:50, NODE_COLLAPSED_RADIUS:10, NODE_COLLAPSED_WIDTH:80, NODE_TITLE_COLOR:"#999", NODE_SELECTED_TITLE_COLOR:"#FFF", NODE_TEXT_SIZE:14, NODE_TEXT_COLOR:"#AAA", NODE_SUBTEXT_SIZE:12, NODE_DEFAULT_COLOR:"#333", NODE_DEFAULT_BGCOLOR:"#353535", NODE_DEFAULT_BOXCOLOR:"#666", NODE_DEFAULT_SHAPE:"box", NODE_BOX_OUTLINE_COLOR:"#FFF", 
   DEFAULT_SHADOW_COLOR:"rgba(0,0,0,0.5)", DEFAULT_GROUP_FONT:24, WIDGET_BGCOLOR:"#222", WIDGET_OUTLINE_COLOR:"#666", WIDGET_TEXT_COLOR:"#DDD", WIDGET_SECONDARY_TEXT_COLOR:"#999", LINK_COLOR:"#9A9", EVENT_LINK_COLOR:"#A86", CONNECTING_LINK_COLOR:"#AFA", MAX_NUMBER_OF_NODES:1000, DEFAULT_POSITION:[100, 100], VALID_SHAPES:["default", "box", "round", "card"], BOX_SHAPE:1, ROUND_SHAPE:2, CIRCLE_SHAPE:3, CARD_SHAPE:4, ARROW_SHAPE:5, INPUT:1, OUTPUT:2, EVENT:-1, ACTION:-1, ALWAYS:0, ON_EVENT:1, NEVER:2, 
-  ON_TRIGGER:3, UP:1, DOWN:2, LEFT:3, RIGHT:4, CENTER:5, STRAIGHT_LINK:0, LINEAR_LINK:1, SPLINE_LINK:2, NORMAL_TITLE:0, NO_TITLE:1, TRANSPARENT_TITLE:2, AUTOHIDE_TITLE:3, proxy:null, node_images_path:"", debug:!1, catch_exceptions:!0, throw_errors:!0, allow_scripts:!1, registered_node_types:{}, node_types_by_file_extension:{}, Nodes:{}, Globals:{}, searchbox_extras:{}, registerNodeType:function(a, b) {
+  ON_TRIGGER:3, UP:1, DOWN:2, LEFT:3, RIGHT:4, CENTER:5, STRAIGHT_LINK:0, LINEAR_LINK:1, SPLINE_LINK:2, NORMAL_TITLE:0, NO_TITLE:1, TRANSPARENT_TITLE:2, AUTOHIDE_TITLE:3, proxy:null, node_images_path:"", debug:!1, catch_exceptions:!0, throw_errors:!0, allow_scripts:!1, registered_node_types:{}, node_types_by_file_extension:{}, Nodes:{}, Globals:{}, searchbox_extras:{}, auto_sort_node_types:!1, registerNodeType:function(a, b) {
     if (!b.prototype) {
       throw "Cannot register a simple object, it must be a class with a prototype";
     }
@@ -423,7 +423,7 @@ $jscomp.polyfill("Object.values", function(x) {
       var g = this.registered_node_types[e];
       g.filter == b && ("" == a ? null == g.category && d.push(g) : g.category == a && d.push(g));
     }
-    return d;
+    return this.auto_sort_node_types ? d.sort() : d;
   }, getNodeTypesCategories:function(a) {
     var b = {"":1}, d;
     for (d in this.registered_node_types) {
@@ -434,7 +434,7 @@ $jscomp.polyfill("Object.values", function(x) {
     for (d in b) {
       a.push(d);
     }
-    return a;
+    return this.auto_sort_node_types ? a.sort() : a;
   }, reloadNodes:function(a) {
     for (var b = document.getElementsByTagName("script"), d = [], e = 0; e < b.length; e++) {
       d.push(b[e]);