diff --git a/src/d_main.c b/src/d_main.c
index afa10ae3c..4904b6909 100644
--- a/src/d_main.c
+++ b/src/d_main.c
@@ -1842,17 +1842,21 @@ static boolean check_top_dir(const char **path, const char *top)
 	return true;
 }
 
-static int cmp_strlen_desc(const void *a, const void *b)
+static int cmp_strlen_desc(const void *A, const void *B)
 {
-	return ((int)strlen(*(const char*const*)b) - (int)strlen(*(const char*const*)a));
+	const char *pA = A;
+	const char *pB = B;
+	size_t As = strlen(pA);
+	size_t Bs = strlen(pB);
+	return ((int)Bs - (int)As);
 }
 
 boolean D_IsPathAllowed(const char *path)
 {
-	const char *paths[] = {
+	char *paths[] = {
 		srb2home,
 		srb2path,
-		cv_addons_folder.string
+		cv_addons_folder.zstring
 	};
 
 	const size_t n_paths = sizeof paths / sizeof *paths;
diff --git a/src/filesrch.c b/src/filesrch.c
index 944e8447f..3a729a9c8 100644
--- a/src/filesrch.c
+++ b/src/filesrch.c
@@ -699,6 +699,15 @@ static void initdirpath(char *dirpath, size_t *dirpathindex, int depthleft)
 		dirpathindex[depthleft]--;
 }
 
+//sortdir by name? 
+static int lumpnamecompare(const void *A, const void *B)
+{
+	const lumpinfo_t *pA = A;
+	const lumpinfo_t *pB = B;
+	return strcmp((pA->fullname), (pB->fullname));
+
+}
+
 lumpinfo_t *getdirectoryfiles(const char *path, UINT16 *nlmp, UINT16 *nfolders)
 {
 	DIR **dirhandle;
@@ -889,6 +898,9 @@ lumpinfo_t *getdirectoryfiles(const char *path, UINT16 *nlmp, UINT16 *nfolders)
 	free(dirpathindex);
 	free(dirhandle);
 
+	//sort files and directories
+	qsort (lumpinfo, numlumps, sizeof(lumpinfo_t), lumpnamecompare);
+
 	(*nlmp) = numlumps;
 	return lumpinfo;
 }