diff --git a/fixtures/fixtures.conf.json b/fixtures/fixtures.conf.json
index 2b73356..a7869b8 100644
--- a/fixtures/fixtures.conf.json
+++ b/fixtures/fixtures.conf.json
@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@
         }
     },
     "docdash": {
-        "static": true
+        "static": false,
+        "sort": true
     }
 }
diff --git a/publish.js b/publish.js
index 655f145..b0abdd6 100644
--- a/publish.js
+++ b/publish.js
@@ -408,6 +408,7 @@ function buildNav(members) {
     @param {Tutorial} tutorials
  */
 exports.publish = function(taffyData, opts, tutorials) {
+    var docdash = env && env.conf && env.conf.docdash || {};
     data = taffyData;
 
     var conf = env.conf.templates || {};
@@ -434,7 +435,8 @@ exports.publish = function(taffyData, opts, tutorials) {
     helper.setTutorials(tutorials);
 
     data = helper.prune(data);
-    data.sort('longname, version, since');
+
+    docdash.sort !== false && data.sort('longname, version, since');
     helper.addEventListeners(data);
 
     var sourceFiles = {};