diff --git a/internal/hajimari/customapps/customapps.go b/internal/hajimari/customapps/customapps.go
index 380e334c..0fe69cc6 100644
--- a/internal/hajimari/customapps/customapps.go
+++ b/internal/hajimari/customapps/customapps.go
@@ -1,10 +1,9 @@
 package customapps
 
 import (
-	"strings"
-
 	"github.com/toboshii/hajimari/internal/config"
 	"github.com/toboshii/hajimari/internal/models"
+	utilStrings "github.com/toboshii/hajimari/internal/util/strings"
 )
 
 // List struct is used for listing hajimari apps
@@ -27,7 +26,7 @@ func (al *List) Populate() *List {
 	var customApps []models.AppGroup
 
 	for _, group := range al.appConfig.CustomApps {
-		group.Group = strings.ToLower(group.Group)
+		group.Group = utilStrings.NormalizeString(group.Group)
 		customApps = append(customApps, group)
 	}
 
diff --git a/internal/handlers/apps.go b/internal/handlers/apps.go
index 4bdcd2ba..9f6f7a2e 100644
--- a/internal/handlers/apps.go
+++ b/internal/handlers/apps.go
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ package handlers
 
 import (
 	"net/http"
+	"sort"
 
 	"github.com/go-chi/chi/v5"
 	"github.com/go-chi/render"
@@ -9,6 +10,7 @@ import (
 	"github.com/toboshii/hajimari/internal/hajimari/customapps"
 	"github.com/toboshii/hajimari/internal/models"
 	"github.com/toboshii/hajimari/internal/services"
+	utilStrings "github.com/toboshii/hajimari/internal/util/strings"
 )
 
 type appResource struct {
@@ -57,6 +59,11 @@ func (rs *appResource) ListApps(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
 				customApps = append(customApps[:x], customApps[x+1:]...)
 			}
 		}
+
+		// Sort ingressApps[i].Apps alphabetically
+		sort.Slice(ingressApps[i].Apps, func(j, k int) bool {
+			return utilStrings.CompareNormalized(ingressApps[i].Apps[j].Name, ingressApps[i].Apps[k].Name) == -1
+		})
 	}
 
 	apps = append(ingressApps, customApps...)
diff --git a/internal/kube/wrappers/ingress.go b/internal/kube/wrappers/ingress.go
index 5695b572..d3fc3bb9 100644
--- a/internal/kube/wrappers/ingress.go
+++ b/internal/kube/wrappers/ingress.go
@@ -50,9 +50,9 @@ func (iw *IngressWrapper) GetNamespace() string {
 // GetGroup func extracts group name from the ingress
 func (iw *IngressWrapper) GetGroup() string {
 	if groupFromAnnotation := iw.GetAnnotationValue(annotations.HajimariGroupAnnotation); groupFromAnnotation != "" {
-		return groupFromAnnotation
+		return utilStrings.NormalizeString(groupFromAnnotation)
 	}
-	return iw.GetNamespace()
+	return utilStrings.NormalizeString(iw.GetNamespace())
 }
 
 // GetGroup func extracts group name from the ingress
diff --git a/internal/util/strings/strings.go b/internal/util/strings/strings.go
index 5a0b9d92..94a917cb 100644
--- a/internal/util/strings/strings.go
+++ b/internal/util/strings/strings.go
@@ -23,3 +23,13 @@ func ContainsBetweenDelimiter(fullString string, search string, delimiter string
 	}
 	return false
 }
+
+// NormalizeString trims extra spaces and changes the string to lower-case
+func NormalizeString(str string) string {
+	return strings.TrimSpace(strings.ToLower(str))
+}
+
+// CompareNormalized compares two strings after normalizing them
+func CompareNormalized(a string, b string) int {
+	return strings.Compare(NormalizeString(a), NormalizeString(b))
+}