diff --git a/generate.go b/generate.go
index 2ab8665..b10ebcc 100644
--- a/generate.go
+++ b/generate.go
@@ -121,7 +121,7 @@ func (pb *Files) makeNewSortfile(pf *File) error {
 					// func newSortBy(w io.Writer, STRUCT, ITER, SORTNAME, SORTBY, SELECT string) string {
 					if PARENT == VARNAME {
 						sortby = "SortBy" + v.VarName
-						sortname := s.VarType + v.VarName
+						sortname := "sort" + s.VarType + v.VarName
 						selectName := "selectAll" + VARNAME
 						funcdef := pmsg.newSortBy(wSort, PARENT, s.VarType, sortname, sortby, selectName, v.VarName)
 						log.Printf("Adding %s\n", funcdef)
diff --git a/generateSort.go b/generateSort.go
index 2daee70..a9d5259 100644
--- a/generateSort.go
+++ b/generateSort.go
@@ -83,14 +83,15 @@ func newIter(w io.Writer, msg *MsgName) string {
 // TODO; figure out what types this actually works on
 // TODO; add timestamppb compare
 func (msg *MsgName) newSortType(w io.Writer, STRUCT, VARNAME string) string {
+	SORTNAME := "sort" + STRUCT + VARNAME
 
 	// Can these be lower case? Should they be lower case? maybe sort.Sort() requires upper case?
 	fmt.Fprintln(w, "// sort struct by", VARNAME)
-	fmt.Fprintln(w, "type "+STRUCT+VARNAME+" []*"+STRUCT+"")
+	fmt.Fprintln(w, "type "+SORTNAME+" []*"+STRUCT+"")
 	fmt.Fprintln(w, "")
-	fmt.Fprintln(w, "func (a "+STRUCT+VARNAME+") Len() int           { return len(a) }")
-	fmt.Fprintln(w, "func (a "+STRUCT+VARNAME+") Less(i, j int) bool { return a[i]."+VARNAME+" < a[j]."+VARNAME+" }")
-	fmt.Fprintln(w, "func (a "+STRUCT+VARNAME+") Swap(i, j int)      { a[i], a[j] = a[j], a[i] }")
+	fmt.Fprintln(w, "func (a "+SORTNAME+") Len() int           { return len(a) }")
+	fmt.Fprintln(w, "func (a "+SORTNAME+") Less(i, j int) bool { return a[i]."+VARNAME+" < a[j]."+VARNAME+" }")
+	fmt.Fprintln(w, "func (a "+SORTNAME+") Swap(i, j int)      { a[i], a[j] = a[j], a[i] }")
 	fmt.Fprintln(w, "")
 
 	return "type " + STRUCT + VARNAME + " []*" + STRUCT + "  // { return a[i]." + VARNAME + " < a[j]." + VARNAME + " }"