diff --git a/bin/git-forgit b/bin/git-forgit
index 48e0a35..760747f 100755
--- a/bin/git-forgit
+++ b/bin/git-forgit
@@ -262,20 +262,30 @@ _forgit_clean() {
 
 _forgit_cherry_pick() {
     local base target preview opts fzf_selection fzf_exitval
+
     base=$(git branch --show-current)
+    [[ -z "$base" ]] && echo "Current commit is not on a branch." && return 1
+
     [[ -z $1 ]] && echo "Please specify target branch" && return 1
     target="$1"
-    preview="echo {} | $_forgit_extract_sha | xargs -I% git show --color=always % | $_forgit_show_pager"
+
+    # in this function, we do something interesting to maintain proper ordering as it's assumed 
+    # you generally want to cherry pick oldest->newest when you multiselect
+    # The instances of "cut", "nl" and "sort" all serve this purpose
+    # Please see https://github.com/wfxr/forgit/issues/253 for more details
+
+    preview="echo {} | cut -f2- | $_forgit_extract_sha | xargs -I% git show --color=always % | $_forgit_show_pager"
     opts="
         $FORGIT_FZF_DEFAULT_OPTS
         --preview=\"$preview\"
-        -m -0 --tiebreak=index
+        --multi --ansi --with-nth 2.. -0 --tiebreak=index
         $FORGIT_CHERRY_PICK_FZF_OPTS
     "
-    fzf_selection=$(git cherry "$base" "$target" --abbrev -v | _forgit_reverse_lines |
-        FZF_DEFAULT_OPTS="$opts" fzf)
+    fzf_selection=$(git cherry "$base" "$target" --abbrev -v | nl | _forgit_reverse_lines |
+        FZF_DEFAULT_OPTS="$opts" fzf | sort --numeric-sort --key=1 --reverse | cut -f2-)
     fzf_exitval=$?
     [[ $fzf_exitval != 0 ]] && return $fzf_exitval
+    [[ -z "$fzf_selection" ]] && return $fzf_exitval
 
     commits=()
     while IFS="" read -r line
@@ -283,6 +293,8 @@ _forgit_cherry_pick() {
         commits+=("$line")
     done < <(echo "$fzf_selection" | _forgit_reverse_lines | cut -d' ' -f2)
 
+    [ ${#commits[@]} -eq 0 ] && return 1
+
     git cherry-pick "${commits[@]}"
 }
 
@@ -484,23 +496,35 @@ _forgit_branch_delete() {
 _forgit_revert_commit() {
     _forgit_inside_work_tree || return 1
     [[ $# -ne 0 ]] && { git revert "$@"; return $?; }
+
     local cmd opts files preview commits IFS
     cmd="git log --graph --color=always --format='$_forgit_log_format' $* $_forgit_emojify"
     opts="
         $FORGIT_FZF_DEFAULT_OPTS
         +s --tiebreak=index
+        --ansi --with-nth 2..
         $FORGIT_REVERT_COMMIT_OPTS
     "
+
+    # in this function, we do something interesting to maintain proper ordering as it's assumed 
+    # you generally want to revert newest->oldest when you multiselect
+    # The instances of "cut", "nl" and "sort" all serve this purpose
+    # Please see https://github.com/wfxr/forgit/issues/253 for more details
+
     files=$(sed -nE 's/.* -- (.*)/\1/p' <<< "$*") # extract files parameters for `git show` command
-    preview="echo {} | $_forgit_extract_sha | xargs -I% git show --color=always % -- $files | $_forgit_show_pager"
+    preview="echo {} | cut -f2- | $_forgit_extract_sha | xargs -I% git show --color=always % -- $files | $_forgit_show_pager"
+
     # shellcheck disable=2207
-    IFS=$'\n' commits=($(eval "$cmd" |
-        FZF_DEFAULT_OPTS="$opts" fzf --preview="$preview" -m |
+    IFS=$'\n' commits=($(eval "$cmd" | 
+        nl |
+        FZF_DEFAULT_OPTS="$opts" fzf --preview="$preview" -m | 
+        sort --numeric-sort --key=1 | 
+        cut -f2- |
         sed 's/^[^a-f^0-9]*\([a-f0-9]*\).*/\1/'))
+
     [ ${#commits[@]} -eq 0 ] && return 1
-    for commit in "${commits[@]}"; do
-        git revert "$commit"
-    done
+
+    git revert "${commits[@]}"
 }
 
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