diff --git a/add_card_widget.py b/add_card_widget.py
index ec5cc5e..42939df 100644
--- a/add_card_widget.py
+++ b/add_card_widget.py
@@ -30,7 +30,8 @@ class AddCardWidget( QWidget ) :
         uic.loadUi( os.path.join(globals.base_dir,"ui/add_card_widget.ui") , self )
         self.lb_cards.setSortingEnabled( True )
         # load the widget
-        for nat in globals.cards :
+        sorted_nats = sorted( globals.cards.keys() , key=lambda n: n.lower() )
+        for nat in sorted_nats :
             fname = natinfo.get_flag( nat )
             if fname :
                 self.cbo_nationality.addItem( QIcon(fname) , nat )
diff --git a/ui/add_card_widget.ui b/ui/add_card_widget.ui
index 383a48a..79b4fea 100644
--- a/ui/add_card_widget.ui
+++ b/ui/add_card_widget.ui
@@ -80,6 +80,9 @@
         <height>16777215</height>
        </size>
       </property>
+      <property name="insertPolicy">
+       <enum>QComboBox::InsertAlphabetically</enum>
+      </property>
      </widget>
      <widget class="QLabel" name="label">
       <property name="geometry">