diff --git a/launcher/InstanceProxyModel.cpp b/launcher/InstanceProxyModel.cpp
index 0311c239..9ee38a65 100644
--- a/launcher/InstanceProxyModel.cpp
+++ b/launcher/InstanceProxyModel.cpp
@@ -5,6 +5,10 @@
 
 InstanceProxyModel::InstanceProxyModel(QObject *parent) : GroupedProxyModel(parent)
 {
+    m_naturalSort.setNumericMode(true);
+    m_naturalSort.setCaseSensitivity(Qt::CaseSensitivity::CaseInsensitive);
+    // FIXME: use loaded translation as source of locale instead, hook this up to translation changes
+    m_naturalSort.setLocale(QLocale::system());
 }
 
 QVariant InstanceProxyModel::data(const QModelIndex & index, int role) const
@@ -29,6 +33,6 @@ bool InstanceProxyModel::subSortLessThan(const QModelIndex &left,
     }
     else
     {
-        return QString::localeAwareCompare(pdataLeft->name(), pdataRight->name()) < 0;
+        return m_naturalSort.compare(pdataLeft->name(), pdataRight->name()) < 0;
     }
 }
diff --git a/launcher/InstanceProxyModel.h b/launcher/InstanceProxyModel.h
index fab6f834..baf2794b 100644
--- a/launcher/InstanceProxyModel.h
+++ b/launcher/InstanceProxyModel.h
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 #pragma once
 
 #include "groupview/GroupedProxyModel.h"
+#include <QCollator>
 
 /**
  * A proxy model that is responsible for sorting instances into groups
@@ -13,4 +14,6 @@ public:
 
 protected:
     virtual bool subSortLessThan(const QModelIndex &left, const QModelIndex &right) const override;
+private:
+    QCollator m_naturalSort;
 };