diff --git a/src/commands/CmdProjects.cpp b/src/commands/CmdProjects.cpp
index e9b1482fd..16d9503bc 100644
--- a/src/commands/CmdProjects.cpp
+++ b/src/commands/CmdProjects.cpp
@@ -112,29 +112,7 @@ int CmdProjects::execute (std::string& output)
 
     // create sorted list of table entries
     std::list <std::pair<std::string, int>> sorted_view;
-    for (auto& project : unique)
-    {
-      const std::vector <std::string> parents = extractParents (project.first);
-      if (parents.size ()) {
-        // if parents exist: store iterator position of last parent
-        std::list<std::pair<std::string, int>>::iterator parent_pos;
-        for (auto& parent : parents)
-        {
-          parent_pos = std::find_if (sorted_view.begin (), sorted_view.end (),
-              [&parent](const std::pair<std::string, int>& element) { return element.first == parent; }
-          );
-          // if parent does not exist yet: insert into sorted view
-          if (parent_pos == sorted_view.end()) {
-            sorted_view.insert (parent_pos, std::make_pair(parent, 1));
-          }
-        }
-        // insert new element below latest parent
-        sorted_view.insert (++parent_pos, project);
-      } else {
-        // if has no parents: simply push to end of list
-        sorted_view.push_back (project);
-      }
-    }
+    sort_projects (sorted_view, unique);
 
     // construct view from sorted list
     for (auto& item: sorted_view) {
diff --git a/src/commands/CmdSummary.cpp b/src/commands/CmdSummary.cpp
index 3ae204227..e76acd8c6 100644
--- a/src/commands/CmdSummary.cpp
+++ b/src/commands/CmdSummary.cpp
@@ -148,53 +148,24 @@ int CmdSummary::execute (std::string& output)
   }
 
   // sort projects into sorted list
-  std::list<std::string> sortedProjects;
-  for (auto& i : allProjects)
-  {
-    if (showAllProjects || countPending[i.first] > 0)
-    {
-      const std::vector <std::string> parents = extractParents (i.first);
-      if (parents.size ())
-      {
-        // if parents exist: store iterator position of last parent
-        std::list<std::string>::iterator parent_pos;
-        for (auto& parent : parents)
-        {
-          parent_pos = std::find (sortedProjects.begin (), sortedProjects.end (), parent);
-          // if parent does not exist yet: insert into sorted view
-          if (parent_pos == sortedProjects.end ())
-          {
-            sortedProjects.push_back (parent);
-          }
-        }
-        // insert new element below latest parent
-        if (parent_pos == sortedProjects.end ()) {
-          sortedProjects.push_back (i.first);
-        } else {
-          sortedProjects.insert (++parent_pos, i.first);
-        }
-      } else {
-        // if has no parents: simply push to end of list
-        sortedProjects.push_back (i.first);
-      }
-    }
-  }
+  std::list<std::pair<std::string, int>> sortedProjects;
+  sort_projects (sortedProjects, allProjects);
 
   int barWidth = 30;
   // construct view from sorted list
   for (auto& i : sortedProjects)
   {
       int row = view.addRow ();
-      view.set (row, 0, (i == ""
+      view.set (row, 0, (i.first == ""
                           ? "(none)"
-                          : indentProject (i, "  ", '.')));
+                          : indentProject (i.first, "  ", '.')));
 
-      view.set (row, 1, countPending[i]);
-      if (counter[i])
-        view.set (row, 2, Duration ((int) (sumEntry[i] / (double)counter[i])).formatVague ());
+      view.set (row, 1, countPending[i.first]);
+      if (counter[i.first])
+        view.set (row, 2, Duration ((int) (sumEntry[i.first] / (double)counter[i.first])).formatVague ());
 
-      int c = countCompleted[i];
-      int p = countPending[i];
+      int c = countCompleted[i.first];
+      int p = countPending[i.first];
       int completedBar = 0;
       if (c + p)
         completedBar = (c * barWidth) / (c + p);
diff --git a/src/main.h b/src/main.h
index 511692dd7..9874c20d6 100644
--- a/src/main.h
+++ b/src/main.h
@@ -30,6 +30,7 @@
 #include <algorithm>
 #include <string>
 #include <vector>
+#include <list>
 #include <map>
 #include <sys/types.h>
 #include <Context.h>
@@ -81,6 +82,8 @@ std::string onExpiration (Task&);
 
 // sort.cpp
 void sort_tasks (std::vector <Task>&, std::vector <int>&, const std::string&);
+void sort_projects (std::list <std::pair <std::string, int>>& sorted, std::map <std::string, int>& allProjects);
+void sort_projects (std::list <std::pair <std::string, int>>& sorted, std::map <std::string, bool>& allProjects);
 
 // legacy.cpp
 void legacyColumnMap (std::string&);
diff --git a/src/sort.cpp b/src/sort.cpp
index fab503293..f12d29fb7 100644
--- a/src/sort.cpp
+++ b/src/sort.cpp
@@ -27,12 +27,15 @@
 #include <cmake.h>
 #include <algorithm>
 #include <vector>
+#include <list>
+#include <map>
 #include <string>
 #include <stdlib.h>
 #include <Context.h>
 #include <Duration.h>
 #include <Task.h>
 #include <shared.h>
+#include <util.h>
 #include <format.h>
 
 static std::vector <Task>* global_data = nullptr;
@@ -59,6 +62,49 @@ void sort_tasks (
   Context::getContext ().time_sort_us += timer.total_us ();
 }
 
+void sort_projects (
+    std::list <std::pair <std::string, int>>& sorted,
+    std::map <std::string, int>& allProjects)
+{
+  for (auto& project : allProjects)
+  {
+    const std::vector <std::string> parents = extractParents (project.first);
+    if (parents.size ())
+    {
+      // if parents exist: store iterator position of last parent
+      std::list <std::pair <std::string, int>>::iterator parent_pos;
+      for (auto& parent : parents)
+      {
+        parent_pos = std::find_if (sorted.begin (), sorted.end (),
+            [&parent](const std::pair <std::string, int>& item) { return item.first == parent; }
+        );
+        // if parent does not exist yet: insert into sorted view
+        if (parent_pos == sorted.end ()) {
+          sorted.push_back (std::make_pair (parent, 1));
+        }
+      }
+      // insert new element below latest parent
+      sorted.insert ((parent_pos == sorted.end ()) ? parent_pos : ++parent_pos, project);
+    } else {
+      // if has no parents: simply push to end of list
+      sorted.push_back (project);
+    }
+  }
+}
+
+void sort_projects (
+    std::list <std::pair <std::string, int>>& sorted,
+    std::map <std::string, bool>& allProjects)
+{
+  std::map <std::string, int> allProjectsInt;
+  for (auto& p : allProjects)
+  {
+    allProjectsInt[p.first] = (int) p.second;
+  }
+  sort_projects (sorted, allProjectsInt);
+}
+
+
 ////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
 // Re-implementation, using direct Task access instead of data copies that
 // require re-parsing.