diff --git a/scripts/utils.py b/scripts/utils.py
index 15edffc..f0d7f53 100644
--- a/scripts/utils.py
+++ b/scripts/utils.py
@@ -377,12 +377,14 @@ def sort_instances(df, sort_by, preferred=None):
     """
 
     try:
-        df = df.sort_values(by=sort_by)
 
         if preferred:
             df['priority'] = (df[sort_by] == preferred).astype(int)
             df = df.sort_values(by=['priority', sort_by], ascending=[False, True]).drop(columns='priority')
 
+        else:
+            df = df.sort_values(by=sort_by)
+
     except Exception as err:
         print_colors('[-] Sorting failed',is_error=True)