diff --git a/doc/examples/plot_template.py b/doc/examples/plot_template.py
index 7894cdbc..861c6225 100644
--- a/doc/examples/plot_template.py
+++ b/doc/examples/plot_template.py
@@ -64,5 +64,6 @@ for i in range(50):
     if len(found_positions) == len(target_positions):
         break
 
+found_positions = np.sort(found_positions)
 assert np.all(found_positions == target_positions)