diff --git a/src/Reference/ArticleReference.php b/src/Reference/ArticleReference.php
index 62d98d6..6cbe692 100644
--- a/src/Reference/ArticleReference.php
+++ b/src/Reference/ArticleReference.php
@@ -4,19 +4,15 @@
 
 namespace Hofff\Contao\Content\Reference;
 
-use Contao\ArticleModel;
 use Contao\CoreBundle\Security\Authentication\Token\TokenChecker;
-use Contao\Model\Registry;
 use Doctrine\DBAL\Connection;
-use Hofff\Contao\Content\Renderer\ArticleRenderer;
-use Hofff\Contao\Content\Renderer\Renderer;
 use Hofff\Contao\Content\Renderer\Select;
 use Hofff\Contao\Content\Util\ContaoUtil;
 use Symfony\Contracts\Translation\TranslatorInterface;
 
 final class ArticleReference extends RelatedReference implements CreatesRenderer, CreatesSelect
 {
-    use ConfigureRenderer;
+    use CreateArticleRender;
 
     public function __construct(
         Connection $connection,
@@ -43,24 +39,6 @@ public function backendIcon(array $row): string
         return $this->contaoUtil->isPublished((object) $reference) ? 'articles.svg' : 'articles_.svg';
     }
 
-    /** {@inheritDoc} */
-    public function createRenderer(array $reference, array $config): Renderer
-    {
-        $model = Registry::getInstance()->fetch('tl_article', $reference['id']);
-        if (! $model instanceof ArticleModel) {
-            $model = new ArticleModel();
-            $model->setRow($reference);
-        }
-
-        $renderer = new ArticleRenderer($this->tokenChecker);
-        $renderer->setArticle($model);
-        $renderer->setRenderContainer($config['render_container']);
-
-        $this->configureRenderer($renderer, $config);
-
-        return $renderer;
-    }
-
     /** {@inheritDoc} */
     public function createSelect(array $config, int $index, string $column): Select
     {
diff --git a/src/Reference/CreateArticleRender.php b/src/Reference/CreateArticleRender.php
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..4116124
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/Reference/CreateArticleRender.php
@@ -0,0 +1,36 @@
+<?php
+
+declare(strict_types=1);
+
+namespace Hofff\Contao\Content\Reference;
+
+use Contao\ArticleModel;
+use Contao\CoreBundle\Security\Authentication\Token\TokenChecker;
+use Contao\Model\Registry;
+use Hofff\Contao\Content\Renderer\ArticleRenderer;
+use Hofff\Contao\Content\Renderer\Renderer;
+
+trait CreateArticleRender
+{
+    use ConfigureRenderer;
+
+    private readonly TokenChecker $tokenChecker;
+
+    /** {@inheritDoc} */
+    public function createRenderer(array $reference, array $config): Renderer
+    {
+        $model = Registry::getInstance()->fetch('tl_article', $reference['id']);
+        if (! $model instanceof ArticleModel) {
+            $model = new ArticleModel();
+            $model->setRow($reference);
+        }
+
+        $renderer = new ArticleRenderer($this->tokenChecker);
+        $renderer->setArticle($model);
+        $renderer->setRenderContainer($config['render_container']);
+
+        $this->configureRenderer($renderer, $config);
+
+        return $renderer;
+    }
+}
diff --git a/src/Reference/PageReference.php b/src/Reference/PageReference.php
index 77c099e..555ba8a 100644
--- a/src/Reference/PageReference.php
+++ b/src/Reference/PageReference.php
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@
 namespace Hofff\Contao\Content\Reference;
 
 use Contao\Controller;
+use Contao\CoreBundle\Security\Authentication\Token\TokenChecker;
 use Contao\StringUtil;
 use Doctrine\DBAL\Connection;
 use Hofff\Contao\Content\Renderer\Select;
@@ -15,11 +16,14 @@
 use function array_merge;
 use function array_values;
 
-final class PageReference extends RelatedReference implements CreatesSelect
+final class PageReference extends RelatedReference implements CreatesSelect, CreatesRenderer, ProvidesOrderClause
 {
+    use CreateArticleRender;
+
     public function __construct(
         Connection $connection,
         private readonly LanguageRelationDetector $langRelationDetector,
+        private readonly TokenChecker $tokenChecker,
     ) {
         parent::__construct($connection);
     }
@@ -80,11 +84,14 @@ public function createSelect(array $config, int $index, string $column): Select
     article.pid = ?
 $targetCondition
 $sourceCondition
-ORDER BY
-    article.sorting
 SQL;
 
-        return new Select('article', $sql, $params);
+        return new Select('page', $sql, $params);
+    }
+
+    public function orderClause(): string
+    {
+        return 'hofff_content_index, sorting';
     }
 
     protected function labelColumn(): string
diff --git a/src/Reference/ProvidesOrderClause.php b/src/Reference/ProvidesOrderClause.php
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..4cc39b7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/Reference/ProvidesOrderClause.php
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+<?php
+
+declare(strict_types=1);
+
+namespace Hofff\Contao\Content\Reference;
+
+interface ProvidesOrderClause
+{
+    public function orderClause(): string;
+}
diff --git a/src/Renderer/RendererFactory.php b/src/Renderer/RendererFactory.php
index 3258ec2..bfdef91 100644
--- a/src/Renderer/RendererFactory.php
+++ b/src/Renderer/RendererFactory.php
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@
 use Doctrine\DBAL\Connection;
 use Hofff\Contao\Content\Reference\CreatesRenderer;
 use Hofff\Contao\Content\Reference\CreatesSelect;
+use Hofff\Contao\Content\Reference\ProvidesOrderClause;
 use Hofff\Contao\Content\Reference\ReferenceRegistry;
 
 use function array_map;
@@ -57,7 +58,12 @@ public function createAll(array $configs, string $column): array
             $queries = array_map(static fn (Select $select) => $select->sql, $selects);
             $params  = array_merge(...array_map(static fn (Select $select) => $select->params, $selects));
             $sql     = '(' . implode(') UNION ALL (', $queries) . ')';
-            $result  = $this->connection->executeQuery($sql, $params);
+
+            if ($reference instanceof ProvidesOrderClause) {
+                $sql .= ' ORDER BY ' . $reference->orderClause();
+            }
+
+            $result = $this->connection->executeQuery($sql, $params);
 
             while ($row = $result->fetchAssociative()) {
                 $i = $row['hofff_content_index'];
diff --git a/src/Resources/config/services.xml b/src/Resources/config/services.xml
index 7e2aeb1..0cc8331 100644
--- a/src/Resources/config/services.xml
+++ b/src/Resources/config/services.xml
@@ -75,6 +75,7 @@
         <service id="Hofff\Contao\Content\Reference\PageReference">
             <argument type="service" id="database_connection"/>
             <argument type="service" id="Hofff\Contao\Content\Util\LanguageRelationDetector"/>
+            <argument type="service" id="contao.security.token_checker"/>
             <tag name="Hofff\Contao\Content\Reference\Reference"/>
         </service>