diff --git a/wsme/tests/test_types.py b/wsme/tests/test_types.py
index 87d66bc..26d7014 100644
--- a/wsme/tests/test_types.py
+++ b/wsme/tests/test_types.py
@@ -32,6 +32,20 @@ class TestTypes(unittest.TestCase):
 
         assert len(WithPrivateAttrs._wsme_attributes) == 0
 
+    def test_attribute_order(self):
+        class ForcedOrder(object):
+            _wsme_attr_order = ('a2', 'a1', 'a3')
+            a1 = int
+            a2 = int
+            a3 = int
+
+        types.register_type(ForcedOrder)
+
+        print ForcedOrder._wsme_attributes
+        assert ForcedOrder._wsme_attributes[0][0] == 'a2'
+        assert ForcedOrder._wsme_attributes[1][0] == 'a1'
+        assert ForcedOrder._wsme_attributes[2][0] == 'a3'
+
     def test_wsproperty(self):
         class WithWSProp(object):
             def __init__(self):
diff --git a/wsme/types.py b/wsme/types.py
index d83d5f5..44a38d8 100644
--- a/wsme/types.py
+++ b/wsme/types.py
@@ -69,7 +69,7 @@ def sort_attributes(class_, attributes):
             names_order = list(names)
             names_order.sort()
 
-        attributes[:] = [(name, attrs[name]) for name in names_order]
+    attributes[:] = [(name, attrs[name]) for name in names_order]
 
 
 def inspect_class(class_):