diff --git a/webapp_moderation.py b/webapp_moderation.py
index 5db54848b..1af0f315a 100644
--- a/webapp_moderation.py
+++ b/webapp_moderation.py
@@ -395,7 +395,11 @@ def html_moderation_info(css_cache: {}, translate: {},
     blocking_filename = base_dir + '/accounts/blocking.txt'
     if os.path.isfile(blocking_filename):
         with open(blocking_filename, 'r') as fp_block:
-            blocked_str = fp_block.read()
+            blocked_lines = fp_block.readlines().sort()
+            blocked_str = ''
+            for line in blocked_lines:
+                line = line.replace('\n', '').replace('\r', '').strip()
+                blocked_str += line + '\n'
             info_form += '<div class="container">\n'
             info_form += \
                 '  <br><b>' + \