diff --git a/scripts/processEmojiData.js b/scripts/processEmojiData.js
index bcd0e04..13c4ca3 100644
--- a/scripts/processEmojiData.js
+++ b/scripts/processEmojiData.js
@@ -10,14 +10,14 @@ const categoryKeys = {
   'People & Body': 'people',
   'Animals & Nature': 'animals',
   'Food & Drink': 'food',
-  'Travel & Places': 'travel',
   'Activities': 'activities',
+  'Travel & Places': 'travel',
   'Objects': 'objects',
   'Symbols': 'symbols',
   'Flags': 'flags'
 };
 
-const BLACKLIST = [
+const EXCLUDE_LIST = [
   'light skin tone',
   'medium-light skin tone',
   'medium skin tone',
@@ -100,7 +100,7 @@ interface.on('close', () => {
   data.emoji = data.emoji.filter(e => !toDelete.includes(e));
   toDelete = [];
 
-  BLACKLIST.forEach(name => toDelete.push(data.emoji.find(e => e.name === name)));
+  EXCLUDE_LIST.forEach(name => toDelete.push(data.emoji.find(e => e.name === name)));
 
   const emojisWithVariations = data.emoji.filter(emoji => emoji.name.includes(':') && !emoji.name.startsWith('family'));
   emojisWithVariations.forEach(emoji => {
diff --git a/src/emojiArea.ts b/src/emojiArea.ts
index 47ee05a..33facbd 100644
--- a/src/emojiArea.ts
+++ b/src/emojiArea.ts
@@ -24,15 +24,19 @@ import {
 import { createElement } from './util';
 import { load } from './recent';
 
-// const emojiCategories: { [key: string]: EmojiRecord[] } = {};
-// emojiData.emoji.forEach(emoji => {
-//   let categoryList = emojiCategories[emojiData.categories[emoji.category]];
-//   if (!categoryList) {
-//     categoryList = emojiCategories[emojiData.categories[emoji.category]] = [];
-//   }
-
-//   categoryList.push(emoji);
-// });
+const categorySortOrder = [
+  'recents',
+  'smileys',
+  'people',
+  'animals',
+  'food',
+  'activities',
+  'travel',
+  'objects',
+  'symbols',
+  'flags',
+  'custom'
+];
 
 export class EmojiArea {
   private headerOffsets: number[];
@@ -66,6 +70,10 @@ export class EmojiArea {
     if (options.custom) {
       this.categories = [...this.categories, 'custom'];
     }
+
+    this.categories.sort(
+      (a, b) => categorySortOrder.indexOf(a) - categorySortOrder.indexOf(b)
+    );
   }
 
   updateRecents(): void {