diff --git a/xCAT-server/sbin/xcatd b/xCAT-server/sbin/xcatd
index 0628022ab..810984c79 100755
--- a/xCAT-server/sbin/xcatd
+++ b/xCAT-server/sbin/xcatd
@@ -1231,7 +1231,8 @@ sub plugin_command {
             unless ($handler_hash{$_} == 1) {
     	       #ok, if nodes have numbers, this sorts them numerically... roughly..
     	       #if node doesn't, then it spews a message, need to fix
-              my @nodes = sort {($a =~ /(\d+)/)[0] <=> ($b =~ /(\d+)/)[0] || $a cmp $b } (keys %{$handler_hash{$_}});
+              #my @nodes = sort {($a =~ /(\d+)/)[0] <=> ($b =~ /(\d+)/)[0] || $a cmp $b } (keys %{$handler_hash{$_}});
+              my @nodes = sort {($a =~ /(\d+)/ ? $1 : -1)[0] <=> ($b =~ /(\d+)/ ? $1 : -1)[0] || $a cmp $b } (keys %{$handler_hash{$_}});
               $req->{node}=\@nodes;
             }
             no strict  "refs";