diff --git a/app/views/code_ocean/files/_form.html.slim b/app/views/code_ocean/files/_form.html.slim
index 96bcdb56..dab380e3 100644
--- a/app/views/code_ocean/files/_form.html.slim
+++ b/app/views/code_ocean/files/_form.html.slim
@@ -4,6 +4,6 @@
     = f.text_field(:name, class: 'form-control', required: true)
   .form-group
     = f.label(:file_type_id, t('activerecord.attributes.file.file_type_id'))
-    = f.collection_select(:file_type_id, FileType.where(binary: false), :id, :name, {}, class: 'form-control')
+    = f.collection_select(:file_type_id, FileType.where(binary: false).order(:name), :id, :name, {}, class: 'form-control')
   = f.hidden_field(:context_id)
   .actions = render('shared/submit_button', f: f, object: CodeOcean::File.new)