diff --git a/portable_computing_toolkit_installer/ui/installer_wizard.py b/portable_computing_toolkit_installer/ui/installer_wizard.py
index b965269..dba04b0 100644
--- a/portable_computing_toolkit_installer/ui/installer_wizard.py
+++ b/portable_computing_toolkit_installer/ui/installer_wizard.py
@@ -7,7 +7,6 @@ import zipfile
 from pathlib import Path
 from queue import Queue
 import json
-from operator import itemgetter
 
 import psutil
 from PyQt5 import QtCore, QtGui, QtNetwork, QtWebEngineWidgets, QtWidgets
@@ -159,30 +158,31 @@ class InstallerWizard(QtWidgets.QWizard):
     def _populate_menu(self):
         """Populates the selection menu with items loaded from supported_tools.json
         """
-        for name, info in self.__tools__.items():
-            placement = [level.capitalize().strip() for level in info["category"].split(".") if level] + [name]
+        for tool in sorted(self.__tools__, key = lambda x: x["category"] + f".{x['name']}"):
+            placement = [level.capitalize().strip() for level in tool["category"].split(".") if level] + [tool["name"]]
             root = self.selection_menu.invisibleRootItem()
             children = [root.child(i) for i in range(root.childCount())]
             while placement:
                 current_level = placement.pop()
 
-                if current_level in [child.text(0) for child in children]:
+                if self.selection_menu.findItem(current_level, QtCore.Qt.MatchFixedString|QtCore.Qt.MatchCaseSensitive) in children:
                     root = list(filter(lambda child: child.text(0) == current_level, children)).pop()
+                    children = [child for child in MenuIterator(root) if child in [root.child(i) for i in range(root.childCount())]]
                 else:
                     new_item = QtWidgets.QTreeWidgetItem(root, QtWidgets.QTreeWidgetItem.Type)
                     new_item.setText(0, current_level)
                     new_item.setFlags(QtCore.Qt.ItemIsSelectable|QtCore.Qt.ItemIsUserCheckable|QtCore.Qt.ItemIsEnabled)
                     new_item.setCheckState(0, QtCore.Qt.Unchecked)
-                    if current_level == name:
+                    if current_level == tool["name"]:
                         new_item.setFlags(new_item.flags()|QtCore.Qt.ItemNeverHasChildren)
                         new_item.setData(1, QtCore.Qt.DecorationRole, QtGui.QIcon(str(Path(__file__).parent.parent/"resources/icons/internet-web-browser-4.png")))
-                        new_item.setData(1, QtCore.Qt.ToolTipRole, info["homepage"])
+                        new_item.setData(1, QtCore.Qt.ToolTipRole, tool["homepage"])
                         try:
-                            self._get_icon(new_item, info["icon url"])
+                            self._get_icon(new_item, tool["icon url"])
                         except KeyError:
                             self._get_icon(new_item)
                         try:
-                            if info["depends on"] == current_level: #tool depends on itself makes it mandatory
+                            if tool["depends on"] == current_level: #tool depends on itself makes it mandatory
                                 new_item.setFlags(new_item.flags()^QtCore.Qt.ItemIsUserCheckable)
                                 new_item.setCheckState(0, QtCore.Qt.Checked)
                         except KeyError:
@@ -195,11 +195,6 @@ class InstallerWizard(QtWidgets.QWizard):
         self.selection_menu.resizeColumnToContents(0)
         self.selection_menu.resizeColumnToContents(1)
 
-    def _create_placements(self):
-        placements = [[level.capitalize().strip() for level in info["category"].split(".") if info["category"]] + [name] for name, info in self.__tools__.items()]
-        for menu_placement in placements:
-            self.__tools__[menu_placement[-1]]["placement"] = menu_placement
-
     @QtCore.pyqtSlot("QTreeWidgetItem*", "int")
     def _open_homepage(self, item, column):
         """Receives the itemClicked signal from the selection_menu QTreeWidget and if the user has clicked a homepage, opens it in a new browser tab.