diff --git a/lib/commands/new.js b/lib/commands/new.js
index 545c2a2..0dcb7d5 100644
--- a/lib/commands/new.js
+++ b/lib/commands/new.js
@@ -3,7 +3,6 @@
 const Os = require('os');
 const Path = require('path');
 const ChildProcess = require('child_process');
-const StableStringify = require('json-stable-stringify');
 const Helpers = require('../helpers');
 const DisplayError = require('../display-error');
 
@@ -87,13 +86,16 @@ module.exports = async (cwd, dir, ctx) => {
 
     const cmp = (x, y) => {
 
-        const xScore = order.indexOf(x.key) === -1 ? order.length : order.indexOf(x.key);
-        const yScore = order.indexOf(y.key) === -1 ? order.length : order.indexOf(y.key);
-
+        const xScore = order.indexOf(x) === -1 ? order.length : order.indexOf(x);
+        const yScore = order.indexOf(y) === -1 ? order.length : order.indexOf(y);
         return xScore - yScore;
     };
 
-    const finalPkgStringified = StableStringify(finalPkg, { cmp, space: 2 });
+    finalPkg = internals.sortObject(finalPkg, cmp);
+    finalPkg.dependencies = internals.sortObject(finalPkg.dependencies);
+    finalPkg.devDependencies = internals.sortObject(finalPkg.devDependencies);
+
+    const finalPkgStringified = JSON.stringify(finalPkg, null, 2);
     const projectName = finalPkg.name || Path.basename(dir);
 
     await Promise.all([
@@ -104,6 +106,17 @@ module.exports = async (cwd, dir, ctx) => {
     await Helpers.exec('git add package.json README.md', { cwd: dir });
 };
 
+// Bic'd and adapted from domenic/sorted-object (WTFPL)
+internals.sortObject = (input, fn) => {
+
+    return Object.keys(input).sort(fn)
+        .reduce((output, key) => {
+
+            output[key] = input[key];
+            return output;
+        }, {});
+};
+
 internals.ensureGitAndNpm = async ({ colors }) => {
 
     try {
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 86a66e6..b03441e 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -40,7 +40,6 @@
     "@hapi/wreck": "15.x.x",
     "bin-v8-flags-filter": ">=1.2.0 <2",
     "glob": "7.x.x",
-    "json-stable-stringify": "1.x.x",
     "marked": "0.7.x",
     "marked-terminal": "3.x.x",
     "mkdirp": "0.5.x",
diff --git a/test/index.js b/test/index.js
index 2840063..2e8a323 100644
--- a/test/index.js
+++ b/test/index.js
@@ -678,6 +678,26 @@ describe('hpal', () => {
                 }
             };
 
+            const completePkgKeysOrder = [
+                'name',
+                'version',
+                'description',
+                'author',
+                'license',
+                'main',
+                'directories',
+                'scripts',
+                'dependencies',
+                'devDependencies'
+            ];
+
+            const bailedPkgKeysOrder = [
+                'main',
+                'scripts',
+                'dependencies',
+                'devDependencies'
+            ];
+
             it('creates a new pal project.', { timeout: 5000 }, async (flags) => {
 
                 flags.onCleanup = async () => await rimraf('new/my-project');
@@ -718,6 +738,9 @@ describe('hpal', () => {
                 expect(pkg.version).to.equal('1.0.0');
                 expect(pkg.dependencies).to.exist();
                 expect(pkg.devDependencies).to.exist();
+                expect(Object.keys(pkg)).to.equal(completePkgKeysOrder);
+                expect(Object.keys(pkg.dependencies)).to.equal(Object.keys(pkg.dependencies).sort());
+                expect(Object.keys(pkg.devDependencies)).to.equal(Object.keys(pkg.devDependencies).sort());
                 expect(pkgAsString.endsWith('\n')).to.equal(true);
                 expect(readmeH1).to.equal('chosen-name');
                 expect(lib).to.exist();
@@ -773,6 +796,9 @@ describe('hpal', () => {
                 expect(pkg.version).to.not.exist();
                 expect(pkg.dependencies).to.exist();
                 expect(pkg.devDependencies).to.exist();
+                expect(Object.keys(pkg)).to.equal(bailedPkgKeysOrder);
+                expect(Object.keys(pkg.dependencies)).to.equal(Object.keys(pkg.dependencies).sort());
+                expect(Object.keys(pkg.devDependencies)).to.equal(Object.keys(pkg.devDependencies).sort());
                 expect(pkgAsString.endsWith('\n')).to.equal(true);
                 expect(readmeH1).to.equal('bail-on-npm-init');
                 expect(lib).to.exist();