diff --git a/src/core/instance/tests.rs b/src/core/instance/tests.rs
index 3ffe47c..9e18292 100644
--- a/src/core/instance/tests.rs
+++ b/src/core/instance/tests.rs
@@ -5,6 +5,40 @@ use crate::item::IntoItemData;
 
 use super::*;
 
+
+#[test]
+fn test_sort_keys() -> MizeResult<()> {
+
+    let mut data = ItemData::from_toml(r#"
+        [hi]
+        test = 4
+
+        [config]
+        zzz = "hiiii"
+        hi = "hello from config/hi"
+
+        [config.test]
+        inner = "inner"
+    "#)?;
+
+    let data_sorted = ItemData::from_toml(r#"
+        [config]
+        hi = "hello from config/hi"
+        test = { inner = "inner" }
+        zzz = "hiiii"
+
+        [hi]
+        test = 4
+    "#)?;
+
+    data.sort_keys()?;
+
+    assert_eq!(data.to_json()?, data_sorted.to_json()?);
+
+
+    Ok(())
+}
+
 #[test]
 fn test_get_module_hash() -> MizeResult<()> {
     let mut instance = Instance::empty()?;
@@ -18,9 +52,10 @@ fn test_get_module_hash() -> MizeResult<()> {
 
     instance.set_blocking("0/config/selector", ItemData::from_toml(&selector_toml)?)?;
 
-    let hash = get_module_hash(&mut instance, "String", ItemData::new())?;
+    let (hash, selector) = get_module_hash(&mut instance, "String", ItemData::new())?;
 
     test_println!("hash: {}", hash);
+    test_println!("selector: {}", selector);
 
     assert_eq!(hash, "e96edf60216688314efc263c1aa8d6ce".to_owned());
 
diff --git a/src/core/item.rs b/src/core/item.rs
index 3ab53f7..e37158c 100644
--- a/src/core/item.rs
+++ b/src/core/item.rs
@@ -189,6 +189,10 @@ impl ItemData {
         ItemData (cbor)
     }
 
+    pub fn sort_keys(&mut self) -> MizeResult<()> {
+        item_data_sort_keys(&mut self.0)
+    }
+
     pub fn null() -> CborValue {
         CborValue::Null
     }
@@ -254,6 +258,38 @@ pub fn item_data_get_path(data: &CborValue, path: Vec<String>) -> MizeResult<&Cb
     item_data_get_path(sub_data, path_iter.collect())
 }
 
+pub fn item_data_sort_keys(data: &mut CborValue) -> MizeResult<()> {
+
+    // for a list, sort each item of the list
+    if data.is_array() {
+        for el in data.as_array_mut().unwrap().iter_mut() {
+            item_data_sort_keys(el)?
+        }
+    }
+
+    // sort the keys of a map
+    if data.is_map() {
+        let map: &mut Vec<(CborValue, CborValue)> = data.as_map_mut().unwrap();
+        //map.sort_by_key(|el| el.0);
+        map.sort_by(|a,b| {
+            match a.0.partial_cmp(&b.0) {
+                Some(val) => val,
+                None => {
+                    // just say the two values are equal, if they can't be ordered
+                    std::cmp::Ordering::Equal
+                }
+            }
+        });
+
+        // also sort every sub value
+        for (key, val) in map {
+            item_data_sort_keys(val)?
+        }
+    }
+
+    Ok(())
+}
+
 pub fn item_data_set_path(data: &mut CborValue, path: Vec<String>, data_to_set: &CborValue) -> MizeResult<()> {
     //trace!("[ {} ] item_data_set_path()", "CALL".yellow());
     //trace!("[ {} ] data: {}", "ARG".yellow(), data.clone().into_item_data());
diff --git a/src/platform/os/mod.rs b/src/platform/os/mod.rs
index 1e56184..cf0ad23 100644
--- a/src/platform/os/mod.rs
+++ b/src/platform/os/mod.rs
@@ -146,19 +146,21 @@ pub fn seconds_since_modification(path: &Path) -> MizeResult<u64> {
     Ok(duration.as_secs())
 }
 
-pub fn get_module_hash(instance: &mut Instance, name: &str, mut options: ItemData) -> MizeResult<String> {
+pub fn get_module_hash(instance: &mut Instance, name: &str, mut options: ItemData) -> MizeResult<(String, String)> {
 
     let mut selector_data = instance.get("0/config/selector")?.as_data_full()?;
 
-    selector_data.set_path("name", name)?;
+    selector_data.set_path("modName", name)?;
 
     selector_data.merge(options);
 
+    selector_data.sort_keys();
+
     let selector_str = selector_data.to_json()?;
 
     let mut hasher = Sha256::new();
 
-    hasher.update(selector_str.as_bytes());
+    hasher.update(selector_str.clone().as_bytes());
 
     let result = hasher.finalize();
 
@@ -169,16 +171,23 @@ pub fn get_module_hash(instance: &mut Instance, name: &str, mut options: ItemDat
 
     hex.truncate(32);
 
-    return Ok(hex);
+    return Ok((hex, selector_str));
 
 }
 
-fn fetch_module(instance: &mut Instance, store_path: &str, module_url: &str, module_hash: &str, module_name: &str) -> MizeResult<()> {
+fn fetch_module(instance: &mut Instance, store_path: &str, module_url: &str, module_hash: &str, module_name: &str, module_selector: &str) -> MizeResult<()> {
 
     let tmp_file_path_gz = format!("{}/{}.tar.gz", store_path, module_hash);
     let mut tmp_gz_file = File::create(&tmp_file_path_gz)?;
 
-    http_req::request::get(format!("http://{}/mize/dist/{}-{}.tar.gz", module_url, module_hash, module_name), &mut tmp_gz_file)?;
+    debug!("fetching module '{}' with hash: {}", module_name, module_hash);
+
+    let response = http_req::request::get(format!("http://{}/mize/dist/{}-{}.tar.gz", module_url, module_hash, module_name), &mut tmp_gz_file)?;
+
+    let code = response.status_code();
+    if code != 200.into() {
+        return Err(mize_err!("failed to get module '{}' with hash '{}' and selector: {}", module_name, module_hash, module_selector).msg(format!("the http request to fetch the module returned a status code of: {}", code)));
+    }
 
     let tar = GzDecoder::new(tmp_gz_file);
     let mut archive = Archive::new(tar);
@@ -207,11 +216,11 @@ pub fn load_module(instance: &mut Instance, module_name: &str, path: Option<Path
 
             let store_path = instance.get("0/config/store_path")?.value_string()?;
 
-            let module_hash = get_module_hash(instance, name, ItemData::new())?;
+            let (module_hash, module_selector) = get_module_hash(instance, module_name, ItemData::new())?;
 
             if !PathBuf::from(format!("{}/modules/{}", store_path, module_hash.as_str())).exists() {
                 // fetch module if it does not exist
-                fetch_module(instance, store_path.as_str(), module_url.as_str(), module_hash.as_str(), module_name.as_str())?;
+                fetch_module(instance, store_path.as_str(), module_url.as_str(), module_hash.as_str(), module_name, module_selector.as_str())?;
             }
 
             // the module_path
@@ -225,7 +234,7 @@ pub fn load_module(instance: &mut Instance, module_name: &str, path: Option<Path
 
     let lib = unsafe { libloading::Library::new(module_path)? };
 
-    let func: libloading::Symbol<unsafe extern "C" fn(&mut Box<dyn Module + Send + Sync>) -> ()> = unsafe { lib.get(format!("get_mize_module_{}", name).as_bytes())? };
+    let func: libloading::Symbol<unsafe extern "C" fn(&mut Box<dyn Module + Send + Sync>) -> ()> = unsafe { lib.get(format!("get_mize_module_{}", module_name).as_bytes())? };
 
     let mut module: Box<dyn Module + Send + Sync> = Box::new(EmptyModule {});
 
@@ -235,7 +244,7 @@ pub fn load_module(instance: &mut Instance, module_name: &str, path: Option<Path
 
     module.init(&instance);
 
-    modules_inner.insert(name.to_owned(), module);
+    modules_inner.insert(module_name.to_owned(), module);
 
     unsafe {
         // dropping the lib, would (i suspect) free all memory, of the library's code, which would