diff --git a/spiffworkflow-backend/.gitignore b/spiffworkflow-backend/.gitignore
index 790b4c8ab..58a60a60b 100644
--- a/spiffworkflow-backend/.gitignore
+++ b/spiffworkflow-backend/.gitignore
@@ -23,3 +23,4 @@ node_modules
 /some_cache_dir
 /process.json
 /spiffworkflow_backend.svg
+/.venv
diff --git a/spiffworkflow-backend/src/spiffworkflow_backend/scripts/get_group_members.py b/spiffworkflow-backend/src/spiffworkflow_backend/scripts/get_group_members.py
index b46b86a64..0fecb543d 100644
--- a/spiffworkflow-backend/src/spiffworkflow_backend/scripts/get_group_members.py
+++ b/spiffworkflow-backend/src/spiffworkflow_backend/scripts/get_group_members.py
@@ -26,5 +26,5 @@ class GetGroupMembers(Script):
         if group is None:
             raise GroupNotFoundError(f"Script 'get_group_members' could not find group with identifier '{group_identifier}'.")
 
-        usernames = [u.username for u in group.users]
+        usernames = sorted([u.username for u in group.users])
         return usernames