diff --git a/src/fosslight_source/cli.py b/src/fosslight_source/cli.py
index a30dcdef..cf821e24 100755
--- a/src/fosslight_source/cli.py
+++ b/src/fosslight_source/cli.py
@@ -170,7 +170,7 @@ def create_report_file(_start_time, scanned_result, license_list, selected_scann
             output_file = f"fosslight_report_src_{_start_time}"
 
     if scanned_result:
-        scanned_result = sorted(scanned_result, key=lambda row: (''.join(row.licenses)))
+        scanned_result = sorted(scanned_result, key=lambda row: (row.exclude, row.file))
 
         if selected_scanner == 'scancode' or output_extension == _json_ext:
             sheet_list[SCANOSS_SHEET_NAME] = [scan_item.get_row_to_print() for scan_item in scanned_result]
diff --git a/tests/test_files/test/temp.cpp b/tests/test_files/test/temp.cpp
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..80190433
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/test_files/test/temp.cpp
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+/*
+  * SPDX-FileCopyrightText: Copyright 2022 LG Electronics Inc.
+  * SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
+  * DownloadLocation: https://github.com/browserify/acorn-node
+ */
+#include <iostream>
+
+int main()
+{
+    std::cout << "Hello, world!" << std::endl;
+    return 0;
+}