diff --git a/src/main/java/org/alliancegenome/curation_api/dao/base/BaseSQLDAO.java b/src/main/java/org/alliancegenome/curation_api/dao/base/BaseSQLDAO.java
index e0153efa3..94bf5a5a1 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/alliancegenome/curation_api/dao/base/BaseSQLDAO.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/alliancegenome/curation_api/dao/base/BaseSQLDAO.java
@@ -667,10 +667,10 @@ public SearchResponse<E> findByParams(Pagination pagination, Map<String, Object>
 		if (orderByField != null) {
 			query.orderBy(builder.asc(root.get(orderByField)));
 		} else {
-			// Metamodel metaModel = entityManager.getMetamodel();
-			// IdentifiableType<E> of = (IdentifiableType<E>)
-			// metaModel.managedType(myClass);
-			// query.orderBy(builder.asc(root.get(of.getId(of.getIdType().getJavaType()).getName())));
+			// Else always order by the ID field to prevent random lists when using different page,limit combinations
+			Metamodel metaModel = entityManager.getMetamodel();
+			IdentifiableType<E> of = (IdentifiableType<E>) metaModel.managedType(myClass);
+			query.orderBy(builder.asc(root.get(of.getId(of.getIdType().getJavaType()).getName())));
 		}
 
 		if (queryOperator == Operator.AND) {