diff --git a/puppet/src/puppet.js b/puppet/src/puppet.js
index 97adc1d..3798c2e 100644
--- a/puppet/src/puppet.js
+++ b/puppet/src/puppet.js
@@ -584,7 +584,9 @@ export default class MessagesPuppeteer {
 		this.log("Waiting for messages to load")
 		const messages = await this.page.evaluate(
 			id => window.__mautrixController.parseMessageList(id), id)
-		return messages.filter(msg => msg.id > minID && !this.sentMessageIDs.has(msg.id))
+		return messages.
+			filter(msg => msg.id > minID && !this.sentMessageIDs.has(msg.id).
+			sort((a,b) => a.id - b.id) // TODO Confirm whether this sort is really needed
 	}
 
 	async _processChatListChangeUnsafe(id) {