diff --git a/troveclient/utils.py b/troveclient/utils.py
index 69e0b3d3..e39ada33 100644
--- a/troveclient/utils.py
+++ b/troveclient/utils.py
@@ -181,7 +181,10 @@ def print_list(objs, fields, formatters={}, order_by=None, obj_is_dict=False,
                 data = obj.get(field, '')
             else:
                 data = getattr(obj, field, '')
-            row.append(str(data))
+            if isinstance(data, six.string_types):
+                row.append(data.encode('utf-8'))
+            else:
+                row.append(str(data))
             # set the alignment to right-aligned if it's a numeric
             if set_align and hasattr(data, '__int__'):
                 align[labels[field]] = 'r'
diff --git a/troveclient/v1/shell.py b/troveclient/v1/shell.py
index ba693c92..8a479d6d 100644
--- a/troveclient/v1/shell.py
+++ b/troveclient/v1/shell.py
@@ -231,7 +231,8 @@ def do_flavor_list(cs, args):
 
     utils.print_list(_flavors, ['id', 'name', 'ram', 'vcpus', 'disk',
                                 'ephemeral'],
-                     labels={'ram': 'RAM', 'vcpus': 'vCPUs', 'disk': 'Disk'})
+                     labels={'ram': 'RAM', 'vcpus': 'vCPUs', 'disk': 'Disk'},
+                     order_by='ram')
 
 
 @utils.arg('flavor', metavar='<flavor>', type=str,