diff --git a/chrome/content/zotero/tools/testTranslators/translatorTester.js b/chrome/content/zotero/tools/testTranslators/translatorTester.js
index c987bc1206..1a05d837bb 100644
--- a/chrome/content/zotero/tools/testTranslators/translatorTester.js
+++ b/chrome/content/zotero/tools/testTranslators/translatorTester.js
@@ -220,7 +220,9 @@ Zotero_TranslatorTester._sanitizeItem = function(item, forSave) {
 	const skipFields = ["note", "notes", "itemID", "attachments", "tags", "seeAlso",
 						"itemType", "complete", "creators"];
 	for(var field in item) {
-		if(skipFields.indexOf(field) !== -1) continue;
+		if(skipFields.indexOf(field) !== -1) {
+			continue;
+		}
 		
 		if(!item[field] || !(fieldID = Zotero.ItemFields.getID(field))) {
 			delete item[field];
@@ -241,6 +243,9 @@ Zotero_TranslatorTester._sanitizeItem = function(item, forSave) {
 	
 	// remove fields to be ignored
 	if("accessDate" in item) delete item.accessDate;
+
+	//sort tags, if they're still there
+	if(item.tags) item.tags.sort();
 	
 	return item;
 };