diff --git a/apps/backend/backend_client.c b/apps/backend/backend_client.c
index 8e89e848..939511b1 100644
--- a/apps/backend/backend_client.c
+++ b/apps/backend/backend_client.c
@@ -403,7 +403,11 @@ from_client_edit_config(clicon_handle h,
 		    "</rpc-error></rpc-reply>");
 	    goto ok;
 	}
-
+	/* Cant do this earlier since we dont have a yang spec to
+	 * the upper part of the tree, until we get the "config" tree.
+	 */
+	if (xml_child_sort && xml_apply0(xc, CX_ELMNT, xml_sort, NULL) < 0)
+	    goto done;
 	if (xmldb_put(h, target, operation, xc) < 0){
 	    cprintf(cbret, "<rpc-reply><rpc-error>"
 		    "<error-tag>operation-failed</error-tag>"
diff --git a/datastore/text/clixon_xmldb_text.c b/datastore/text/clixon_xmldb_text.c
index cdf7aea8..da40df1d 100644
--- a/datastore/text/clixon_xmldb_text.c
+++ b/datastore/text/clixon_xmldb_text.c
@@ -474,9 +474,6 @@ text_get(xmldb_handle xh,
 	    if (singleconfigroot(xt, &xt) < 0)
 		goto done;
 	}
-	/* Sort XML children according to YANG */
-	if (xml_child_sort && xml_apply0(xt, CX_ELMNT, xml_sort, NULL) < 0)
-	    goto done;
     } /* xt == NULL */
     /* Here xt looks like: <config>...</config> */
 
@@ -540,11 +537,10 @@ text_get(xmldb_handle xh,
     /* Order XML children according to YANG */
     if (!xml_child_sort && xml_apply(xt, CX_ELMNT, xml_order, NULL) < 0)
 	goto done;
-    /* Again just so default values are placed correctly */
-    if (xml_child_sort && xml_apply0(xt, CX_ELMNT, xml_sort, NULL) < 0)
-	goto done;
+#if 0 /* debug */
     if (xml_child_sort && xml_apply0(xt, -1, xml_sort_verify, NULL) < 0)
 	clicon_log(LOG_NOTICE, "%s: verify failed #2", __FUNCTION__);
+#endif
     if (debug>1)
     	clicon_xml2file(stderr, xt, 0, 1);
     *xtop = xt;
@@ -730,6 +726,7 @@ text_modify(cxobj              *x0,
 	} /* CONTAINER switch op */
     } /* else Y_CONTAINER  */
     // ok:
+    xml_sort(x0p, NULL);
     retval = 0;
  done:
     if (x0vec)
@@ -916,8 +913,10 @@ text_put(xmldb_handle        xh,
     /* XXX: where is this created? Add yspec */
     if (xml_apply(x1, CX_ELMNT, xml_spec_populate, yspec) < 0)
        goto done;
-    if (xml_child_sort && xml_apply0(x1, CX_ELMNT, xml_sort, NULL) < 0)
-	goto done;
+#if 0 /* debug */
+    if (xml_child_sort && xml_apply0(x1, -1, xml_sort_verify, NULL) < 0)
+	clicon_log(LOG_NOTICE, "%s: verify failed #1", __FUNCTION__);
+#endif
     /* 
      * Modify base tree x with modification x1. This is where the
      * new tree is made.
@@ -937,9 +936,10 @@ text_put(xmldb_handle        xh,
     /* Remove (prune) nodes that are marked (non-presence containers w/o children) */
     if (xml_tree_prune_flagged(x0, XML_FLAG_MARK, 1) < 0)
 	goto done;
-    if (xml_child_sort && xml_apply0(x0, CX_ELMNT, xml_sort, NULL) < 0)
-	goto done;
-
+#if 0 /* debug */
+    if (xml_child_sort && xml_apply0(x0, -1, xml_sort_verify, NULL) < 0)
+	clicon_log(LOG_NOTICE, "%s: verify failed #3", __FUNCTION__);
+#endif
     /* Write back to datastore cache if first time */
     if (xmltree_cache){
 	struct db_element de0 = {0,};
diff --git a/lib/src/clixon_xml.c b/lib/src/clixon_xml.c
index ae63e306..eefad00f 100644
--- a/lib/src/clixon_xml.c
+++ b/lib/src/clixon_xml.c
@@ -534,10 +534,10 @@ xml_childvec_get(cxobj *x)
 cxobj *
 xml_new(char      *name, 
 	cxobj     *xp,
-	yang_stmt *spec)
+	yang_stmt *yspec)
 {
     cxobj *x;
-
+    
     if ((x = malloc(sizeof(cxobj))) == NULL){
 	clicon_err(OE_XML, errno, "%s: malloc", __FUNCTION__);
 	return NULL;
@@ -545,11 +545,12 @@ xml_new(char      *name,
     memset(x, 0, sizeof(cxobj));
     if ((xml_name_set(x, name)) < 0)
 	return NULL;
-
-    xml_parent_set(x, xp);
-    if (xp && xml_child_append(xp, x) < 0) 
-	return NULL;
-    x->x_spec = spec; /* Can be NULL */
+    if (xp){
+	xml_parent_set(x, xp);
+	if (xml_child_append(xp, x) < 0) 
+	    return NULL;
+    }
+    x->x_spec = yspec; /* Can be NULL */
     return x;
 }
 
@@ -1212,8 +1213,8 @@ xmltree2cbuf(cbuf  *cb,
  */
 static int 
 _xml_parse(const char *str, 
-	  yang_spec  *yspec,
-	  cxobj      *xt)
+	  yang_spec   *yspec,
+	  cxobj       *xt)
 {
     int                       retval = -1;
     struct xml_parse_yacc_arg ya = {0,};
@@ -1233,6 +1234,13 @@ _xml_parse(const char *str,
 	goto done;    
     if (clixon_xml_parseparse(&ya) != 0)  /* yacc returns 1 on error */
 	goto done;
+    /* Sort the complete tree after parsing */
+    if (yspec){
+	if (xml_apply0(xt, CX_ELMNT, xml_sort, NULL) < 0)
+	    goto done;
+	if (xml_apply0(xt, -1, xml_sort_verify, NULL) < 0)
+	    goto done;
+    }
     retval = 0;
   done:
     clixon_xml_parsel_exit(&ya);
diff --git a/lib/src/clixon_xml_map.c b/lib/src/clixon_xml_map.c
index 0cfdda27..bb910066 100644
--- a/lib/src/clixon_xml_map.c
+++ b/lib/src/clixon_xml_map.c
@@ -1206,6 +1206,7 @@ xml_default(cxobj *xt,
 	    }
 	}
     }
+    xml_sort(xt, NULL);
     retval = 0;
  done:
     return retval;
diff --git a/test/test_perf.sh b/test/test_perf.sh
index a6a9087d..580b2d16 100755
--- a/test/test_perf.sh
+++ b/test/test_perf.sh
@@ -18,7 +18,6 @@ cfg=/tmp/scaling-conf.xml
 fyang=/tmp/scaling.yang
 fconfig=/tmp/config
 
-
 # include err() and new() functions
 . ./lib.sh
 
@@ -67,7 +66,7 @@ if [ $? -ne 0 ]; then
     err
 fi
 
-new "start backend"
+new "start backend  -s init -f $cfg -y $fyang"
 # start new backend
 sudo clixon_backend -s init -f $cfg -y $fyang
 if [ $? -ne 0 ]; then