diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 7404b899..96a86234 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -1,3 +1,6 @@
+#gawk sort order
+LC_CTYPE=C
+
 .SUFFIXES: .asm .tx .o .gbc
 
 TEXTFILES =	text/oakspeech.tx text/pokedex.tx text/mapRedsHouse1F.tx \
@@ -29,4 +32,4 @@ pokeblue.gbc: pokeblue.o
 clean:
 	rm -f common.tx pokered.o pokered.gbc pokeblue.o pokeblue.gbc redrle ${TEXTFILES}
 
-more: pokered.gbc pokeblue.gbc
\ No newline at end of file
+more: pokered.gbc pokeblue.gbc