diff --git a/wise-webapp/src/main/java/com/wisemapping/exporter/FreemindExporter.java b/wise-webapp/src/main/java/com/wisemapping/exporter/FreemindExporter.java
index 29dc8c15..fdc9d7b1 100755
--- a/wise-webapp/src/main/java/com/wisemapping/exporter/FreemindExporter.java
+++ b/wise-webapp/src/main/java/com/wisemapping/exporter/FreemindExporter.java
@@ -42,6 +42,7 @@ import java.io.OutputStream;
 import java.io.ByteArrayInputStream;
 import java.io.UnsupportedEncodingException;
 import java.math.BigInteger;
+import java.util.Collections;
 import java.util.HashMap;
 import java.util.List;
 import java.util.Map;
@@ -136,6 +137,7 @@ public class FreemindExporter
     private void addNodeFromTopic(@NotNull final TopicType mainTopic, @NotNull final Node destNode) throws IOException, SAXException, ParserConfigurationException {
         final List<TopicType> currentTopic = mainTopic.getTopic();
 
+        Collections.sort(currentTopic, new VerticalPositionComparator());
         for (TopicType topicType : currentTopic) {
             final Node newNode = objectFactory.createNode();
             nodesMap.put(topicType.getId(), newNode);
diff --git a/wise-webapp/src/main/java/com/wisemapping/exporter/VerticalPositionComparator.java b/wise-webapp/src/main/java/com/wisemapping/exporter/VerticalPositionComparator.java
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..ccac4dd2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/wise-webapp/src/main/java/com/wisemapping/exporter/VerticalPositionComparator.java
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+package com.wisemapping.exporter;
+
+import com.wisemapping.jaxb.wisemap.TopicType;
+
+import java.util.Comparator;
+
+public class VerticalPositionComparator implements Comparator<TopicType> {
+
+    @Override
+    public int compare(TopicType o1, TopicType o2) {
+        final String myPosition = o1.getPosition();
+        final String otherPosition = o2.getPosition();
+        int myPositionY = Integer.parseInt(myPosition.split(",")[1]);
+        int otherPositionY = Integer.parseInt(otherPosition.split(",")[1]);
+        return myPositionY - otherPositionY;
+    }
+
+}