diff --git a/src/MSPFormat.jl b/src/MSPFormat.jl
index 68e6fb2b9..1d7b3d4d0 100644
--- a/src/MSPFormat.jl
+++ b/src/MSPFormat.jl
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ function _parse_lattice(filename::String)
         SDDP.add_node(graph, key)
     end
     for (key, value) in data
-        for (child, probability) in value["successors"]
+        for (child, probability) in sort(value["successors"])
             SDDP.add_edge(graph, key => child, probability)
         end
     end
@@ -91,7 +91,7 @@ function _reduce_lattice(graph, data)
     )
     parent = "root"
     while !isempty(graph.nodes[parent])
-        for (node, probability) in graph.nodes[parent]
+        for (node, probability) in sort(graph.nodes[parent])
             t = string(data[node]["stage"])
             push!(graph_data[t]["sample_space"], data[node]["state"])
             push!(graph_data[t]["probability"], probability)
diff --git a/test/MSPFormat.jl b/test/MSPFormat.jl
index 68c8b50c4..776f93b9c 100644
--- a/test/MSPFormat.jl
+++ b/test/MSPFormat.jl
@@ -98,6 +98,32 @@ function test_SimpleHydroThermal_round_trip()
     return
 end
 
+function test_electric_non_stagewise()
+    model_stagewise = MSPFormat.read_from_file(
+        joinpath(@__DIR__, "electric.problem.json"),
+        joinpath(@__DIR__, "electric.lattice.json"),
+    )
+    @test length(model_stagewise.nodes) == 2
+    @test model_stagewise["0"].children == [SDDP.Noise("1", 1.0)]
+    @test length(model_stagewise["0"].noise_terms) == 1
+    @test model_stagewise["1"].children == SDDP.Noise{String}[]
+    @test length(model_stagewise["1"].noise_terms) == 3
+    model_tree = MSPFormat.read_from_file(
+        joinpath(@__DIR__, "electric.problem.json"),
+        joinpath(@__DIR__, "electric-tree.lattice.json"),
+    )
+    @test length(model_tree.nodes) == 5
+    @test model_tree["0"].children == SDDP.Noise.(["2", "3"], [0.3, 0.7])
+    @test model_tree["1"].children == SDDP.Noise.(["3", "4"], [0.4, 0.6])
+    @test model_tree["2"].children == SDDP.Noise{String}[]
+    @test model_tree["3"].children == SDDP.Noise{String}[]
+    @test model_tree["4"].children == SDDP.Noise{String}[]
+    for i in 0:4
+        @test length(model_tree["$i"].noise_terms) == 1
+    end
+    return
+end
+
 function test_electric()
     problem = joinpath(@__DIR__, "electric")
     model = MSPFormat.read_from_file(problem)
diff --git a/test/electric-tree.lattice.json b/test/electric-tree.lattice.json
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..d84b670b0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/electric-tree.lattice.json
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+{
+    "0": {"stage": 0, "state": {}, "successors": {"2": 0.3, "3": 0.7}},
+    "1": {"stage": 0, "state": {}, "successors": {"3": 0.4, "4": 0.6}},
+    "2": {"stage": 1, "state": {"d": 2.0}, "successors": {}},
+    "3": {"stage": 1, "state": {"d": 4.0}, "successors": {}},
+    "4": {"stage": 1, "state": {"d": 6.0}, "successors": {}}
+}