diff --git a/bin/git-effort b/bin/git-effort
index 4fb2981..ac55d27 100755
--- a/bin/git-effort
+++ b/bin/git-effort
@@ -137,7 +137,9 @@ trap show_cursor_and_cleanup INT
 # loop files
 
 heading
-effort "${files[@]}" | tee $tmp && sort_effort
+
+effort "${files[@]}" | tee $tmp
+test "$(wc -l $tmp | cut -d' ' -f1 )" -gt 1 && sort_effort
 echo
 
 show_cursor_and_cleanup