diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 6998d566..a8c1fec8 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -59,6 +59,7 @@ To use swagger-ui you should take a look at the [source of swagger-ui html page]
 * *dom_id parameter* is the the id of a dom element inside which SwaggerUi will put the user interface for swagger
 * *booleanValues* SwaggerUI renders boolean data types as a dropdown. By default it provides a 'true' and 'false' string as the possible choices. You can use this parameter to change the values in dropdown to be something else, for example 0 and 1 by setting booleanValues to new Array(0, 1)
 * *docExpansion* controls how the API listing is displayed. It can be set to 'none' (default), 'list' (shows operations for each resource), or 'full' (fully expanded: shows operations and their details)
+* *sorter* apply a sort to the API list. It can be 'alpha' (sort paths alphanumerically) or 'method' (sort operations by HTTP method). Default is the order returned by the server unchanged.
 * *onComplete* is a callback function parameter which can be passed to be notified of when SwaggerUI has completed rendering successfully.
 * *onFailure* is a callback function parameter which can be passed to be notified of when SwaggerUI encountered a failure was unable to render.
 * All other parameters are explained in greater detail below
diff --git a/src/main/coffeescript/view/MainView.coffee b/src/main/coffeescript/view/MainView.coffee
index e7ea1fd2..4f41a7d1 100644
--- a/src/main/coffeescript/view/MainView.coffee
+++ b/src/main/coffeescript/view/MainView.coffee
@@ -1,13 +1,18 @@
 class MainView extends Backbone.View
-  initialize: (opts={}) ->
-    if opts.swaggerOptions.sortAlphabetically == true
-      pathSorter = (a,b) -> return a.path.localeCompare(b.path)
-      # sort apis
-      @model.apisArray.sort pathSorter
-      # sort operations
-      for route in @model.apisArray
-        route.operationsArray.sort pathSorter
+  sorters = {
+    'alpha'   : (a,b) -> return a.path.localeCompare(b.path),
+    'method'  : (a,b) -> return a.method.localeCompare(b.method),
+  }
 
+  initialize: (opts={}) ->
+    if opts.swaggerOptions.sorter
+      sorterName = opts.swaggerOptions.sorter
+      sorter = sorters[sorterName]
+      for route in @model.apisArray
+        route.operationsArray.sort sorter
+      if (sorterName == "alpha") # sort top level paths if alpha 
+        @model.apisArray.sort sorter
+ 
   render: ->
     # Render the outer container for resources
     $(@el).html(Handlebars.templates.main(@model))
diff --git a/src/main/html/index.html b/src/main/html/index.html
index 0de90936..caf4ef0e 100644
--- a/src/main/html/index.html
+++ b/src/main/html/index.html
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@
         log("Unable to Load SwaggerUI");
       },
       docExpansion: "none",
-      sortAlphabetically: true
+      sorter : "alpha"
     });
 
     $('#input_apiKey').change(function() {