diff --git a/src/frontend/src/pages/FlowPage/components/extraSidebarComponent/index.tsx b/src/frontend/src/pages/FlowPage/components/extraSidebarComponent/index.tsx
index fbd0c12d1..9ec1031c2 100644
--- a/src/frontend/src/pages/FlowPage/components/extraSidebarComponent/index.tsx
+++ b/src/frontend/src/pages/FlowPage/components/extraSidebarComponent/index.tsx
@@ -22,12 +22,12 @@ import {
 import {
   classNames,
   removeCountFromString,
-  sensitiveSort,
 } from "../../../../utils/utils";
 import DisclosureComponent from "../DisclosureComponent";
 import ParentDisclosureComponent from "../ParentDisclosureComponent";
 import SidebarDraggableComponent from "./sideBarDraggableComponent";
 import { sortKeys } from "./utils";
+import sensitiveSort from "./utils/sensitive-sort";
 
 export default function ExtraSidebar(): JSX.Element {
   const data = useTypesStore((state) => state.data);
diff --git a/src/frontend/src/pages/FlowPage/components/extraSidebarComponent/utils/sensitive-sort.tsx b/src/frontend/src/pages/FlowPage/components/extraSidebarComponent/utils/sensitive-sort.tsx
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..c0e7bd265
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/frontend/src/pages/FlowPage/components/extraSidebarComponent/utils/sensitive-sort.tsx
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+export default function sensitiveSort(a: string, b: string): number {
+    // Extract the name and number from each string using regular expressions
+    const regex = /(.+) \((\w+)\)/;
+    const matchA = a.match(regex);
+    const matchB = b.match(regex);
+  
+    if (matchA && matchB) {
+      // Compare the names alphabetically
+      const nameA = matchA[1];
+      const nameB = matchB[1];
+      if (nameA !== nameB) {
+        return nameA.localeCompare(nameB);
+      }
+  
+      // If the names are the same, compare the numbers numerically
+      const numberA = parseInt(matchA[2]);
+      const numberB = parseInt(matchB[2]);
+      return numberA - numberB;
+    } else {
+      // Handle cases where one or both strings do not match the expected pattern
+      // Simple strings are treated as pure alphabetical comparisons
+      return a.localeCompare(b);
+    }
+}
+  
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