diff --git a/specifyweb/backend/stored_queries/execution.py b/specifyweb/backend/stored_queries/execution.py
index 776c8be6358..cde46621e8e 100644
--- a/specifyweb/backend/stored_queries/execution.py
+++ b/specifyweb/backend/stored_queries/execution.py
@@ -401,7 +401,7 @@ def query_to_csv(
     See build_query for details of the other accepted arguments.
     """
     set_group_concat_max_len(session.connection())
-    query, __ = build_query(
+    query, order_by_exprs = build_query(
         session,
         collection,
         user,
@@ -409,6 +409,7 @@ def query_to_csv(
         field_specs,
         BuildQueryProps(recordsetid=recordsetid, replace_nulls=True, distinct=distinct),
     )
+    query = query.order_by(*order_by_exprs)
     query_rows = apply_special_post_query_processing(
         query=query,
         processors=DefaultQueryProcessors(