diff --git a/salt/zeek/files/local.zeek.jinja b/salt/zeek/files/local.zeek.jinja
index f4c83ec7a..364efa923 100644
--- a/salt/zeek/files/local.zeek.jinja
+++ b/salt/zeek/files/local.zeek.jinja
@@ -2,10 +2,10 @@
 
 {%- set ALLOWEDOPTIONS = [ 'load', 'load-sigs', 'redef' ] %}
 
-{%- for k, v in LOAD.items() %}
+{%- for k, v in LOCAL.items() %}
   {%- if k|lower in ALLOWEDOPTIONS %}
-    {%- for li in v %}
-@{{ k }} {{ v }}
+    {%- for li in v|sort %}
+@{{ k }} {{ li }}
     {%- endfor %}
   {%- endif %}
 {%- endfor %}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/salt/zeek/files/zeekctl.cfg.jinja b/salt/zeek/files/zeekctl.cfg.jinja
index 5da5ab824..0a6be371c 100644
--- a/salt/zeek/files/zeekctl.cfg.jinja
+++ b/salt/zeek/files/zeekctl.cfg.jinja
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 
 {%- set ALLOWEDOPTIONS = ['commtimeout','commandtimeout','compresscmd','compressextension','compresslogs','compresslogsinflight','controltopic','crashexpireinterval','croncmd','debug','env_vars','havenfs','keeplogs','logdir','logexpireinterval','logrotationinterval','mailalarmsinterval','mailalarmsto','mailarchivelogfail','mailconnectionsummary','mailfrom','mailhostupdown','mailreceivingpackets','mailreplyto','mailsubjectprefix','mailto','makearchivename','memlimit','mindiskspace','pfringclusterid','pfringclustertype','pfringfirstappinstance','prefixes','savetraces','sendmail','sitepluginpath','sitepolicypath','sitepolicyscripts','statslogenable','statslogexpireinterval','statuscmdshowall','stoptimeout','stopwait','timefmt','timemachinehost','timemachineport','zeekargs','zeekport','bindir','capstatspath','cfgdir','debuglog','defaultstoredir','helperdir','libdir','libdir64','libdirinternal','localnetscfg','lockfile','logexpireminutes','nodecfg','os','pcapbufsize','pcapsnaplen','plugindir','pluginzeekdir','policydir','policydirsiteinstall','policydirsiteinstallauto','postprocdir','scriptsdir','spooldir','standalone','statefile','staticdir','statsdir','statslog','time','tmpdir','tmpexecdir','tracesummary','version','zeek','zeekbase'] %}
 
-{%- for option in ZEEKCTL %}
+{%- for option in ZEEKCTL|sort %}
   {%- if option|lower in ALLOWEDOPTIONS %}
 {{ option }} = {{ ZEEKCTL[option] }}
   {%- endif %}