diff --git a/pynsot/app.py b/pynsot/app.py
index 516e010..a8d2c13 100644
--- a/pynsot/app.py
+++ b/pynsot/app.py
@@ -333,6 +333,11 @@ def format_field(self, field, field_data):
         elif field == 'change_at':  # Timestamp
             field_data = self.format_timestamp(field_data)
 
+        elif field == 'attributes':
+            field_data = field_data.split('\n')
+            field_data.sort()
+            field_data = '\n'.join(field_data)
+
         return field_data
 
     def format_object_for_grep(self, obj):