diff --git a/yazi-config/src/keymap/control.rs b/yazi-config/src/keymap/control.rs
index 23ae3cf7..a41b310a 100644
--- a/yazi-config/src/keymap/control.rs
+++ b/yazi-config/src/keymap/control.rs
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ use yazi_shared::event::Cmd;
 
 use super::Key;
 
-#[derive(Debug, Deserialize)]
+#[derive(Debug, Default, Deserialize)]
 pub struct Control {
 	pub on:   Vec<Key>,
 	#[serde(deserialize_with = "super::exec_deserialize")]
@@ -68,6 +68,10 @@ impl Deref for ControlCow {
 	}
 }
 
+impl Default for ControlCow {
+	fn default() -> Self { Self::Owned(Control::default()) }
+}
+
 impl ControlCow {
 	pub fn into_seq(self) -> VecDeque<Cmd> {
 		match self {
diff --git a/yazi-config/src/which/which.rs b/yazi-config/src/which/which.rs
index 96caccc8..b8e3305c 100644
--- a/yazi-config/src/which/which.rs
+++ b/yazi-config/src/which/which.rs
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ use serde::{Deserialize, Serialize};
 use validator::Validate;
 
 use super::SortBy;
-use crate::{validation::check_validation, MERGED_YAZI};
+use crate::MERGED_YAZI;
 
 #[derive(Debug, Deserialize, Serialize, Validate)]
 pub struct Which {
@@ -19,9 +19,6 @@ impl Default for Which {
 			which: Which,
 		}
 
-		let which = toml::from_str::<Outer>(&MERGED_YAZI).unwrap().which;
-
-		check_validation(which.validate());
-		which
+		toml::from_str::<Outer>(&MERGED_YAZI).unwrap().which
 	}
 }
diff --git a/yazi-core/src/folder/sorter.rs b/yazi-core/src/folder/sorter.rs
index 4dea6083..850e0249 100644
--- a/yazi-core/src/folder/sorter.rs
+++ b/yazi-core/src/folder/sorter.rs
@@ -12,9 +12,9 @@ pub struct FilesSorter {
 }
 
 impl FilesSorter {
-	pub(super) fn sort(&self, items: &mut Vec<File>, sizes: &BTreeMap<Url, u64>) -> bool {
+	pub(super) fn sort(&self, items: &mut Vec<File>, sizes: &BTreeMap<Url, u64>) {
 		if items.is_empty() {
-			return false;
+			return;
 		}
 
 		let by_alphabetical = |a: &File, b: &File| {
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ impl FilesSorter {
 		};
 
 		match self.by {
-			SortBy::None => return false,
+			SortBy::None => {}
 			SortBy::Modified => items.sort_unstable_by(|a, b| {
 				let ord = self.cmp(a.modified, b.modified, self.promote(a, b));
 				if ord == Ordering::Equal { by_alphabetical(a, b) } else { ord }
@@ -60,7 +60,6 @@ impl FilesSorter {
 				if ord == Ordering::Equal { by_alphabetical(a, b) } else { ord }
 			}),
 		}
-		true
 	}
 
 	fn sort_naturally(&self, items: &mut Vec<File>) {
diff --git a/yazi-core/src/which/sorter.rs b/yazi-core/src/which/sorter.rs
index 0fd92f16..d9b19631 100644
--- a/yazi-core/src/which/sorter.rs
+++ b/yazi-core/src/which/sorter.rs
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+use std::{borrow::Cow, mem};
+
 use yazi_config::{keymap::ControlCow, which::SortBy};
 use yazi_shared::natsort;
 
@@ -9,30 +11,31 @@ pub struct WhichSorter {
 }
 
 impl WhichSorter {
-	pub(super) fn sort(&self, items: &mut Vec<ControlCow>) -> bool {
-		if items.is_empty() {
-			return false;
+	pub(super) fn sort(&self, items: &mut Vec<ControlCow>) {
+		if self.by == SortBy::None || items.is_empty() {
+			return;
 		}
 
-		let by_alphabetical = |a: &str, b: &str| {
-			let ordering = natsort(a.as_bytes(), b.as_bytes(), !self.sensitive);
+		let mut indices = Vec::with_capacity(items.len());
+		let mut entities = Vec::with_capacity(items.len());
+		for (i, ctrl) in items.iter().enumerate() {
+			indices.push(i);
+			entities.push(match self.by {
+				SortBy::None => unreachable!(),
+				SortBy::Key => Cow::Owned(ctrl.on()),
+				SortBy::Desc => ctrl.desc_or_exec(),
+			});
+		}
+
+		indices.sort_unstable_by(|&a, &b| {
+			let ordering = natsort(entities[a].as_bytes(), entities[b].as_bytes(), !self.sensitive);
 			if self.reverse { ordering.reverse() } else { ordering }
-		};
+		});
 
-		match self.by {
-			SortBy::None => return false,
-			SortBy::Key => items.sort_unstable_by(|a, b| {
-				let a = a.on.iter().map(|c| c.to_string()).collect::<String>();
-				let b = b.on.iter().map(|c| c.to_string()).collect::<String>();
-				by_alphabetical(&a, &b)
-			}),
-			SortBy::Desc => items.sort_unstable_by(|a, b| {
-				// what if description isn't present (need to check if it's mandatory or not)
-				// in case if it is not present, should I just panic ?
-				by_alphabetical(a.desc.as_ref().unwrap(), b.desc.as_ref().unwrap())
-			}),
+		let mut new = Vec::with_capacity(indices.len());
+		for i in indices {
+			new.push(mem::take(&mut items[i]));
 		}
-
-		true
+		*items = new;
 	}
 }