diff --git a/daemon/core/gui/dialogs/emaneconfig.py b/daemon/core/gui/dialogs/emaneconfig.py
index ea7f5624..ef446a62 100644
--- a/daemon/core/gui/dialogs/emaneconfig.py
+++ b/daemon/core/gui/dialogs/emaneconfig.py
@@ -114,10 +114,11 @@ class EmaneConfigDialog(Dialog):
         self.node: Node = node
         self.radiovar: tk.IntVar = tk.IntVar()
         self.radiovar.set(1)
+
         self.emane_models: List[str] = [
-            x.split("_")[1] for x in self.app.core.emane_models
+            x.split("_")[1] for x in sorted(self.app.core.emane_models)
         ]
-        model = self.node.emane.split("_")[1]
+        model = self.emane_models[0]
         self.emane_model: tk.StringVar = tk.StringVar(value=model)
         self.emane_model_button: Optional[ttk.Button] = None
         self.enabled: bool = not self.app.core.is_runtime()