diff --git a/PVE/API2/Nodes.pm b/PVE/API2/Nodes.pm
index 55277842..d2780d58 100644
--- a/PVE/API2/Nodes.pm
+++ b/PVE/API2/Nodes.pm
@@ -937,11 +937,12 @@ __PACKAGE__->register_method ({
 	    }
 	
 	    my $startList = &$get_start_stop_list($nodename, 1);
- 
-	    foreach my $order (sort keys %$startList) {
+
+	    # Note: use numeric sorting with <=>
+	    foreach my $order (sort sort {$a <=> $b} keys %$startList) {
 		my $vmlist = $startList->{$order};
 
-		foreach my $vmid (sort keys %$vmlist) {
+		foreach my $vmid (sort {$a <=> $b} keys %$vmlist) {
 		    my $d = $vmlist->{$vmid};
 
 		    PVE::Cluster::check_cfs_quorum(); # abort when we loose quorum
diff --git a/debian/changelog.Debian b/debian/changelog.Debian
index 73449dec..1f993352 100644
--- a/debian/changelog.Debian
+++ b/debian/changelog.Debian
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+pve-manager (2.1-9) unstable; urgency=low
+
+  * use numeric sorting in startall
+
+ -- Proxmox Support Team <support@proxmox.com>  Tue, 05 Jun 2012 06:16:06 +0200
+
 pve-manager (2.1-8) unstable; urgency=low
 
   * also list pools with VM.Allocate permissions
diff --git a/defines.mk b/defines.mk
index 6c224b78..25612850 100644
--- a/defines.mk
+++ b/defines.mk
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ RELEASE=2.1
 
 VERSION=2.1
 PACKAGE=pve-manager
-PACKAGERELEASE=8
+PACKAGERELEASE=9
 
 BINDIR=${DESTDIR}/usr/bin
 PERLLIBDIR=${DESTDIR}/usr/share/perl5