diff --git a/bin/werc.rc b/bin/werc.rc
index b3804d0..cc94f4f 100755
--- a/bin/werc.rc
+++ b/bin/werc.rc
@@ -76,9 +76,10 @@ fn gensidebar {
 }
 
 fn sortedBlogPostList {
-    # the /./ is added so we can sort -t. and order only the file name
+    # the /./->/|/ are added so we can sort -t| and order only the file name
+    # NOTE: this breaks if any path element in blogDirs contain '/./' or '|'
     if (! ~ $#* 0)
-        ls $*^'/./' | grep '/[0-9]+.*\.md$'| sort -r -t. +1
+        ls $*^'/./' | sed -n 's,/\./,/|/,; /\/[0-9]+.*\.md$/p' | sort -r '-t|' +1 | sed 's,/\|/,,'
 }
 
 fn gen_blog_post_title {