diff --git a/src/src/app/components/dashboard/dashboard.component.ts b/src/src/app/components/dashboard/dashboard.component.ts
index ab139d4..d4884f3 100644
--- a/src/src/app/components/dashboard/dashboard.component.ts
+++ b/src/src/app/components/dashboard/dashboard.component.ts
@@ -233,7 +233,9 @@ export class DashboardComponent implements OnInit, AfterViewInit {
           p.description?.toLowerCase().includes(searchValue),
       );
 
-    this.visiblePlaces.sort((a, b) => a.name.localeCompare(b.name));
+    this.visiblePlaces.sort((a, b) =>
+      a.name < b.name ? -1 : a.name > b.name ? 1 : 0,
+    );
   }
 
   resetFilters() {
@@ -326,7 +328,7 @@ export class DashboardComponent implements OnInit, AfterViewInit {
           .subscribe({
             next: (place: Place) => {
               this.places = [...this.places, place].sort((a, b) =>
-                a.name.localeCompare(b.name),
+                a.name < b.name ? -1 : a.name > b.name ? 1 : 0,
               );
               setTimeout(() => {
                 this.updateMarkersAndClusters();
@@ -372,7 +374,7 @@ export class DashboardComponent implements OnInit, AfterViewInit {
           .pipe(take(1))
           .subscribe((places) => {
             this.places = [...this.places, ...places].sort((a, b) =>
-              a.name.localeCompare(b.name),
+              a.name < b.name ? -1 : a.name > b.name ? 1 : 0,
             );
             setTimeout(() => {
               this.updateMarkersAndClusters();
@@ -528,7 +530,9 @@ export class DashboardComponent implements OnInit, AfterViewInit {
               const places = [...this.places];
               const idx = places.findIndex((p) => p.id == place.id);
               if (idx > -1) places.splice(idx, 1, place);
-              places.sort((a, b) => a.name.localeCompare(b.name));
+              places.sort((a, b) =>
+                a.name < b.name ? -1 : a.name > b.name ? 1 : 0,
+              );
               this.places = places;
               this.selectedPlace = { ...place };
               setTimeout(() => {
@@ -631,7 +635,7 @@ export class DashboardComponent implements OnInit, AfterViewInit {
       .subscribe({
         next: (resp) => {
           this.places = [...this.places, ...resp.places].sort((a, b) =>
-            a.name.localeCompare(b.name),
+            a.name < b.name ? -1 : a.name > b.name ? 1 : 0,
           );
 
           this.categories = resp.categories;
@@ -766,8 +770,8 @@ export class DashboardComponent implements OnInit, AfterViewInit {
           .subscribe({
             next: (category: Category) => {
               this.categories.push(category);
-              this.categories.sort((categoryA: Category, categoryB: Category) =>
-                categoryA.name.localeCompare(categoryB.name),
+              this.categories.sort((a, b) =>
+                a.name < b.name ? -1 : a.name > b.name ? 1 : 0,
               );
               this.activeCategories.add(category.name);
             },
@@ -812,9 +816,8 @@ export class DashboardComponent implements OnInit, AfterViewInit {
   }
 
   sortCategories() {
-    this.categories = [...this.categories].sort(
-      (categoryA: Category, categoryB: Category) =>
-        categoryA.name.localeCompare(categoryB.name),
+    this.categories = [...this.categories].sort((a, b) =>
+      a.name < b.name ? -1 : a.name > b.name ? 1 : 0,
     );
   }
 
diff --git a/src/src/app/components/shared-trip/shared-trip.component.ts b/src/src/app/components/shared-trip/shared-trip.component.ts
index a8ab52a..fdd4374 100644
--- a/src/src/app/components/shared-trip/shared-trip.component.ts
+++ b/src/src/app/components/shared-trip/shared-trip.component.ts
@@ -247,7 +247,9 @@ export class SharedTripComponent implements AfterViewInit {
   }
 
   sortTripDays() {
-    this.trip?.days.sort((a, b) => a.label.localeCompare(b.label));
+    this.trip?.days.sort((a, b) =>
+      a.label < b.label ? -1 : a.label > b.label ? 1 : 0,
+    );
   }
 
   toggleFiltering() {
@@ -309,7 +311,7 @@ export class SharedTripComponent implements AfterViewInit {
               item.comment?.toLowerCase().includes(searchValue)
             : true,
         )
-        .sort((a, b) => a.time.localeCompare(b.time))
+        .sort((a, b) => (a.time < b.time ? -1 : a.time > b.time ? 1 : 0))
         .map((item) => ({
           td_id: day.id,
           td_label: day.label,
@@ -337,7 +339,7 @@ export class SharedTripComponent implements AfterViewInit {
   setPlacesAndMarkers() {
     this.computePlacesUsedInTable();
     this.places = [...(this.trip?.places ?? [])].sort((a, b) =>
-      a.name.localeCompare(b.name),
+      a.name < b.name ? -1 : a.name > b.name ? 1 : 0,
     );
     this.markerClusterGroup?.clearLayers();
     this.places.forEach((p) => {
@@ -471,7 +473,7 @@ export class SharedTripComponent implements AfterViewInit {
     const items = this.trip.days
       .flatMap((day, idx) =>
         day.items
-          .sort((a, b) => a.time.localeCompare(b.time))
+          .sort((a, b) => (a.time < b.time ? -1 : a.time > b.time ? 1 : 0))
           .map((item) => {
             let data = {
               text: item.text,
@@ -588,7 +590,7 @@ export class SharedTripComponent implements AfterViewInit {
     const idx = this.trip?.days.findIndex((d) => d.id === day_id);
     if (!this.trip || idx === undefined || idx == -1) return;
     const data = this.trip.days[idx].items.sort((a, b) =>
-      a.time.localeCompare(b.time),
+      a.time < b.time ? -1 : a.time > b.time ? 1 : 0,
     );
     const items = data
       .map((item) => {
@@ -709,7 +711,11 @@ export class SharedTripComponent implements AfterViewInit {
         ? a.packed
           ? 1
           : -1
-        : a.text.localeCompare(b.text),
+        : a.text < b.text
+          ? -1
+          : a.text > b.text
+            ? 1
+            : 0,
     );
 
     this.dispPackingList = sorted.reduce<Record<string, PackingItem[]>>(
diff --git a/src/src/app/components/trips/trips.component.ts b/src/src/app/components/trips/trips.component.ts
index c24632e..376dd31 100644
--- a/src/src/app/components/trips/trips.component.ts
+++ b/src/src/app/components/trips/trips.component.ts
@@ -110,7 +110,7 @@ export class TripsComponent implements OnInit {
         return Number(!!a.archived) - Number(!!b.archived);
       }
 
-      return a.name.localeCompare(b.name);
+      return a.name < b.name ? -1 : a.name > b.name ? 1 : 0;
     });
   }
 
diff --git a/src/src/app/modals/trip-place-select-modal/trip-place-select-modal.component.ts b/src/src/app/modals/trip-place-select-modal/trip-place-select-modal.component.ts
index f3e09ec..b7c1299 100644
--- a/src/src/app/modals/trip-place-select-modal/trip-place-select-modal.component.ts
+++ b/src/src/app/modals/trip-place-select-modal/trip-place-select-modal.component.ts
@@ -38,7 +38,9 @@ export class TripPlaceSelectModalComponent {
   ) {
     this.apiService.getPlaces().subscribe({
       next: (places) => {
-        this.places = places.sort((a, b) => a.name.localeCompare(b.name));
+        this.places = places.sort((a, b) =>
+          a.name < b.name ? -1 : a.name > b.name ? 1 : 0,
+        );
         this.displayedPlaces = places;
       },
     });
@@ -78,7 +80,9 @@ export class TripPlaceSelectModalComponent {
 
     this.selectedPlacesID.push(p.id);
     this.selectedPlaces.push(p);
-    this.selectedPlaces.sort((a, b) => a.name.localeCompare(b.name));
+    this.selectedPlaces.sort((a, b) =>
+      a.name < b.name ? -1 : a.name > b.name ? 1 : 0,
+    );
   }
 
   closeDialog() {
diff --git a/src/src/app/services/api.service.ts b/src/src/app/services/api.service.ts
index 2c3d7e5..63767c3 100644
--- a/src/src/app/services/api.service.ts
+++ b/src/src/app/services/api.service.ts
@@ -41,8 +41,8 @@ export class ApiService {
 
   _categoriesSubjectNext(categories: Category[]) {
     this.categoriesSubject.next(
-      [...categories].sort((categoryA: Category, categoryB: Category) =>
-        categoryA.name.localeCompare(categoryB.name),
+      [...categories].sort((a, b) =>
+        a.name < b.name ? -1 : a.name > b.name ? 1 : 0,
       ),
     );
   }