diff -up usbguard-0.7.4/src/Daemon/Daemon.cpp.loadFilesError usbguard-0.7.4/src/Daemon/Daemon.cpp
--- usbguard-0.7.4/src/Daemon/Daemon.cpp.loadFilesError	2018-07-10 14:25:41.580361063 +0200
+++ usbguard-0.7.4/src/Daemon/Daemon.cpp	2018-07-31 10:19:21.529000000 +0200
@@ -365,7 +365,12 @@ namespace usbguard
     ,
     [this](const std::string& basename, const std::string& fullpath) {
       return loadIPCAccessControlFile(basename, fullpath);
-    });
+    },
+    [](const std::pair<std::string, std::string>& a, const std::pair<std::string, std::string>& b)
+    {
+      return a.first < b.first;
+    },
+    /*directory_required=*/true);
   }
 
   void Daemon::checkIPCAccessControlName(const std::string& name)