diff --git a/start-nginx.sh b/start-nginx.sh
index 166d305..c01c38a 100755
--- a/start-nginx.sh
+++ b/start-nginx.sh
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ run_inotifywait() {
         echo "monitoring the following files:"
         echo "$wait_files"
         matched_files="$(echo "$wait_directories" | inotifywait --fromfile=- -e close_write -e modify -e create)"
-        if [[ -n "$(comm -12 <(echo "$matched_files") <(echo "$wait_files"))" ]]; then
+        if [[ -n "$(comm -12 <(sort <<< "$matched_files") <(echo "$wait_files"))" ]]; then
             nginx -s reload
         fi
     done