diff --git a/src/render/context/mod.rs b/src/render/context/mod.rs
index 0a4f006b..273cc1c2 100644
--- a/src/render/context/mod.rs
+++ b/src/render/context/mod.rs
@@ -78,8 +78,8 @@ pub struct Context {
     pub prune: bool,
 
     /// Sort-order to display directory content
-    #[arg(short, long, value_enum)]
-    sort: Option<SortType>,
+    #[arg(short, long, value_enum, default_value_t = SortType::None)]
+    sort: SortType,
 
     /// Always sorts directories above files
     #[arg(long)]
@@ -151,7 +151,7 @@ impl Context {
     }
 
     /// The sort-order used for printing.
-    pub fn sort(&self) -> Option<SortType> {
+    pub fn sort(&self) -> SortType {
         self.sort
     }
 
diff --git a/src/render/context/test.rs b/src/render/context/test.rs
index 1e0fcb63..c9817aaf 100644
--- a/src/render/context/test.rs
+++ b/src/render/context/test.rs
@@ -13,9 +13,7 @@ fn config() {
 
     assert_eq!(level, 1, "Failed to properly read 'level' from config");
 
-    let sort = context
-        .sort()
-        .expect("Failed to properly read 'sort' from config");
+    let sort = context.sort();
 
     assert_eq!(
         sort,
diff --git a/src/render/order.rs b/src/render/order.rs
index a2e0e8f7..ff606a79 100644
--- a/src/render/order.rs
+++ b/src/render/order.rs
@@ -13,6 +13,9 @@ pub enum SortType {
 
     /// Sort entries by size largest to smallest, bottom to top
     SizeRev,
+
+    /// Do not sort entries
+    None,
 }
 
 #[derive(Copy, Clone, Debug, PartialEq, Eq, PartialOrd, Ord)]
@@ -56,6 +59,7 @@ impl SortType {
             Self::Name => Some(Box::new(Self::name_comparator)),
             Self::Size => Some(Box::new(Self::size_comparator)),
             Self::SizeRev => Some(Box::new(Self::size_rev_comparator)),
+            Self::None => None,
         }
     }
 
diff --git a/src/render/tree/mod.rs b/src/render/tree/mod.rs
index ec9ea8b8..45be38d3 100644
--- a/src/render/tree/mod.rs
+++ b/src/render/tree/mod.rs
@@ -167,10 +167,8 @@ impl Tree {
             current_node.set_file_size(dir_size)
         }
 
-        if let Some(order) = ctx.sort().map(|s| Order::from((s, ctx.dirs_first()))) {
-            if let Some(func) = order.comparator() {
-                current_node.sort_children(func);
-            }
+        if let Some(func) = Order::from((ctx.sort(), ctx.dirs_first())).comparator() {
+            current_node.sort_children(func)
         }
     }
 }