diff --git a/src/main/java/world/bentobox/bentobox/panels/settings/SettingsTab.java b/src/main/java/world/bentobox/bentobox/panels/settings/SettingsTab.java
index 4a52bf78d..7a543c733 100644
--- a/src/main/java/world/bentobox/bentobox/panels/settings/SettingsTab.java
+++ b/src/main/java/world/bentobox/bentobox/panels/settings/SettingsTab.java
@@ -6,6 +6,8 @@ import java.util.List;
 import java.util.Map;
 import java.util.stream.Collectors;
 
+import org.bukkit.Bukkit;
+import org.bukkit.ChatColor;
 import org.bukkit.Material;
 import org.bukkit.Sound;
 import org.bukkit.World;
@@ -76,7 +78,8 @@ public class SettingsTab implements Tab, ClickHandler {
     protected List<Flag> getFlags() {
         // Get a list of flags of the correct type and sort by the translated names
         List<Flag> flags = plugin.getFlagsManager().getFlags().stream().filter(f -> f.getType().equals(type))
-                .sorted(Comparator.comparing(flag -> user.getTranslation(flag.getNameReference())))
+                // We're stripping colors to avoid weird sorting issues
+                .sorted(Comparator.comparing(flag -> ChatColor.stripColor(user.getTranslation(flag.getNameReference()))))
                 .collect(Collectors.toList());
         // Remove any that are not for this game mode
         plugin.getIWM().getAddon(world).ifPresent(gm -> flags.removeIf(f -> !f.getGameModes().isEmpty() && !f.getGameModes().contains(gm)));