diff --git a/DESCRIPTION b/DESCRIPTION
index b9e73464..ae610806 100644
--- a/DESCRIPTION
+++ b/DESCRIPTION
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 Package: tidypopgen
 Title: Tidy Population Genetics
-Version: 0.0.0.9020
+Version: 0.0.0.9021
 Authors@R: 
     c(person("Evie", "Carter", role = c("aut")),
     person("Andrea", "Manica", email = "am315@cam.ac.uk", 
diff --git a/NAMESPACE b/NAMESPACE
index d798aba6..65a0e6e8 100644
--- a/NAMESPACE
+++ b/NAMESPACE
@@ -94,6 +94,7 @@ export(filter_high_relatedness)
 export(gen_tibble)
 export(get_p_matrix)
 export(get_q_matrix)
+export(gt_admix_reorder_q)
 export(gt_admixture)
 export(gt_as_genind)
 export(gt_as_genlight)
diff --git a/R/autoplot_gt_admix.R b/R/autoplot_gt_admix.R
index 6b4452a5..ab9fe07f 100644
--- a/R/autoplot_gt_admix.R
+++ b/R/autoplot_gt_admix.R
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@
 #' @param k the value of `k` to plot (for `barplot` type only)
 #' param repeat the repeat to plot (for `barplot` type only)
 #' @param run the run to plot (for `barplot` type only)
-#' @param ... not used.
+#' @param ... additional arguments to be passed to autoplot method for q_matrices [autoplot_q_matrix()].
 #' @returns a `ggplot2` object
 #' @name autoplot_gt_admix
 #' @export
@@ -43,6 +43,6 @@ autoplot.gt_admix <- function(object,
     }
     # get the Q matrix for the specified k and repeat
     Q <- get_q_matrix(object, k = k, run = run)
-    autoplot(Q)
+    autoplot(Q, ...)
   }
 }
diff --git a/R/gt_admix_methods.R b/R/gt_admix_methods.R
index 5f765bda..8048996b 100644
--- a/R/gt_admix_methods.R
+++ b/R/gt_admix_methods.R
@@ -78,3 +78,54 @@ summary.gt_admix <- function(object, ...) {
     cat("$cv for cross validation error\n")
   }
 }
+
+
+#' Reorder the q matrices based on the grouping variable
+#'
+#' This function reorders the q matrices in a `gt_admix` object based on the grouping variable. This is useful before plotting when the
+#' samples from each group are not adjacent to each other in the q matrix.
+#'
+#' @param x a `gt_admix` object, possibly with a grouping variable
+#' @param group a character vector with the grouping variable (if there is no grouping variable info in `x`)
+#' @return a `gt_admix` object with the q matrices reordered
+#' @export
+
+gt_admix_reorder_q <- function(x, group = NULL) {
+  # check that x is a gt_admix object
+  if (!inherits(x, "gt_admix")) {
+    stop("x must be a gt_admix object")
+  }
+  # if we have a gruop variable,
+  if (!is.null(group)){
+    # check that it is the same length as the q matrix
+    if (length(group) != nrow(x$Q[[1]])) {
+      stop("The length of the group variable must be the same as the number of rows in the Q matrix")
+    }
+    # and use it
+    if (!is.null(group)) {
+      x$group <- group
+    }
+  }
+  # if we have no group variable, check that we have one in the object
+  if (is.null(x$group) ) {
+    # if group is null
+    if (is.null(group)) {
+      stop("You must provide a group variable if there is no grouping information in the gt_admix object")
+    }
+  }
+  group_meta<- tibble(id = seq(1, length(x$group)), group = x$group)
+  # sort group meta by group
+  group_meta <- group_meta[order(group_meta$group),]
+  # reorder the q matrices
+  x$Q <- lapply(x$Q, function(y) y[group_meta$id,])
+  # if we have an id element, reorder it
+  if (!is.null(x$id)) {
+    x$id <- x$id[group_meta$id]
+  } else {
+    x$id <- group_meta$id
+  }
+  # reorder the group element
+  x$group <- x$group[group_meta$id]
+
+  return(x)
+}
diff --git a/R/gt_admixture.R b/R/gt_admixture.R
index 3d82899a..2ad97c46 100644
--- a/R/gt_admixture.R
+++ b/R/gt_admixture.R
@@ -169,6 +169,9 @@ gt_admixture <- function (x, k, n_runs = 1, crossval = FALSE, n_cores = 1, seed
     }
   }
 
+  # add info on algorithm
+  adm_list$algorithm <- "ADMIXTURE"
+
   return(adm_list)
 
 }
diff --git a/R/is_loci_table_ordered.R b/R/is_loci_table_ordered.R
index ad48caa7..a1fc80cd 100644
--- a/R/is_loci_table_ordered.R
+++ b/R/is_loci_table_ordered.R
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ is_loci_table_ordered.vctrs_bigSNP <- function(.x, error_on_false = FALSE, ...)
 
   # check that within each chromosome positions are sorted
   if (any(unlist(show_loci(.x) %>%
-                 group_by(chr_int) %>%
+                 group_by(.data$chr_int) %>%
                  group_map(~ is.unsorted(.x$position))))){
     if (error_on_false){
       stop("Your loci are not sorted within chromosomes")
diff --git a/R/q_matrix.R b/R/q_matrix.R
index 2625613e..4cecaf93 100644
--- a/R/q_matrix.R
+++ b/R/q_matrix.R
@@ -92,6 +92,10 @@ get_q_matrix <- function(x, ..., k, run) {
 
   # Retrieve and return the q-matrix
   q_matrix <- x$Q[[matrix_index]]
+  # if the id variable exists, add it as an attribute
+  if ("id" %in% names(x)){
+    attr(q_matrix, "id") <- x$id
+  }
   # if a grouping varible exist, add it as an attribute
   if ("group" %in% names(x)){
     attr(q_matrix, "group") <- x$group
@@ -177,11 +181,11 @@ tidy.q_matrix <- function(x, data, ...){
     q_tbl <- q_tbl  %>%
       dplyr::mutate(id = data$id,
                     group = colu)
-  # } else if ("population" %in% names(data)){
-  #   q_tbl <- x %>%
-  #     tibble::as_tibble() %>%
-  #     dplyr::mutate(id = data$id,
-  #                   group = data$population)
+    # } else if ("population" %in% names(data)){
+    #   q_tbl <- x %>%
+    #     tibble::as_tibble() %>%
+    #     dplyr::mutate(id = data$id,
+    #                   group = data$population)
   } else {
     q_tbl <- x %>%
       tibble::as_tibble() %>%
@@ -227,11 +231,11 @@ augment.q_matrix <- function(x, data = NULL, ...) {
 
   q_tbl <- tidy(x,data)
 
-  if ("population" %in% names(data)) {
-    if(all(data$population == q_tbl$group)){
-      q_tbl <- q_tbl %>% dplyr::select(-.data$group)
-    }
-  }
+  # if ("population" %in% names(data)) {
+  #   if(all(data$population == q_tbl$group)){
+  #     q_tbl <- q_tbl %>% dplyr::select(-.data$group)
+  #   }
+  # }
 
   data <- dplyr::left_join(data,q_tbl, by = "id")
 }
@@ -244,18 +248,31 @@ augment.q_matrix <- function(x, data = NULL, ...) {
 #' generate the Q matrix
 #' @param annotate_group Boolean determining whether to annotate the plot with the
 #' group information
+#' @param reorder_within_groups Boolean determining whether to reorder the individuals within each group based
+#' on their ancestry proportion (note that this is not advised if you are making multiple plots, as you would get
+#' a different order for each plot!). If TRUE, `annotate_group` must also be TRUE.
 #' @param ... not currently used.
 #' @returns a barplot of individuals, coloured by ancestry proportion
-#'
+#' @name autoplot_q_matrix
 #' @export
-autoplot.q_matrix <- function(object, data = NULL, annotate_group = TRUE, ...){
+autoplot.q_matrix <- function(object, data = NULL, annotate_group = TRUE, reorder_within_groups = FALSE, ...){
 
   rlang::check_dots_empty()
+  # test that if reorder_within_groups is TRUE, annotate_group should also be TRUE
+  if (reorder_within_groups & !annotate_group){
+    stop("If reorder_within_groups is TRUE, annotate_group should also be TRUE")
+  }
+
   K <- ncol(object)
   # create dataset if we don't have a gen_tibble
   if (is.null(data)) {
     q_tbl <- as.data.frame(object)
-    q_tbl$id <- 1:nrow(q_tbl)
+    # if the q_matrix has an id attribute, add it to the data
+    if ("id" %in% names(attributes(object))){
+      q_tbl$id <- attr(object, "id")
+    } else {
+      q_tbl$id <- 1:nrow(q_tbl)
+    }
     # if the q_matrix has a group attribute, add it to the data
     if ("group" %in% names(attributes(object))){
       q_tbl$group <- rep(attr(object, "group"), each=nrow(q_tbl)/length(attr(object, "group")))
@@ -263,16 +280,24 @@ autoplot.q_matrix <- function(object, data = NULL, annotate_group = TRUE, ...){
   } else { # if we have the info from the gen_tibble
     q_tbl <- tidy(object, data)
   }
-    q_tbl <- q_tbl %>% tidyr::pivot_longer(cols = dplyr::starts_with(".Q"),
-                                           names_to = "q", values_to = "percentage") %>%
-      dplyr::mutate(percentage = as.numeric(.data$percentage))
-
-    # resort data if we have a grouping variable and we plan to use it
-    if (("group" %in% names(q_tbl))&&annotate_group){
-
+  # if we have a grouping variable and we plan to use it, then reorder by it
+  q_tbl$id <- 1:nrow(q_tbl)
+  if (("group" %in% names(q_tbl)) && annotate_group){
+    q_tbl <- q_tbl %>%
+      dplyr::arrange(.data$group, .data$id)
+  }
+  # now reset the id to the new order
+  q_tbl$id <- 1:nrow(q_tbl)
+  q_tbl <- q_tbl %>% tidyr::pivot_longer(cols = dplyr::starts_with(".Q"),
+                                         names_to = "q", values_to = "percentage") %>%
+    dplyr::mutate(percentage = as.numeric(.data$percentage))
+
+  # if we reorder within group
+  if (("group" %in% names(q_tbl)) && reorder_within_groups){
     q_tbl <- q_tbl %>%
       dplyr::group_by(.data$group, .data$id) %>%
-      dplyr::arrange(.data$group, .data$id) %>%
+      #dplyr::arrange(.data$group, .data$id) %>%
+      dplyr::arrange(.data$group) %>% # only sort by group, so that we don't reorder individuals within groups
       dplyr::mutate(q = factor(.data$q, levels = .data$q[order(.data$percentage, decreasing = FALSE)]))
 
     dominant_q <- q_tbl %>%
@@ -290,26 +315,26 @@ autoplot.q_matrix <- function(object, data = NULL, annotate_group = TRUE, ...){
 
     q_tbl <- q_tbl %>%
       dplyr::mutate(id = factor(.data$id, levels = levels_q))
-    }
+  }
 
-    plt <- ggplot2::ggplot(q_tbl,
-                           ggplot2::aes(x = .data$id,
-                                        y = .data$percentage,
-                                        fill = .data$q)) +
-      ggplot2::geom_col(width = 1,
-                        position = "stack")+
-      ggplot2::labs(y = paste("K = ", K))+
-      theme_distruct() +
-      scale_fill_distruct()
-
-    if (annotate_group){
-      if (!"group" %in% names(q_tbl)) {
-        warning("no annotation possible if 'gen_tbl' is NULL and q_matrix does not contain group information")
-      } else {
-        plt <- plt + annotate_group_info(q_tbl)
-      }
+  plt <- ggplot2::ggplot(q_tbl,
+                         ggplot2::aes(x = .data$id,
+                                      y = .data$percentage,
+                                      fill = .data$q)) +
+    ggplot2::geom_col(width = 1,
+                      position = "stack")+
+    ggplot2::labs(y = paste("K = ", K))+
+    theme_distruct() +
+    scale_fill_distruct()
+
+  if (annotate_group){
+    if (!"group" %in% names(q_tbl)) {
+      warning("no annotation possible if 'gen_tbl' is NULL and q_matrix does not contain group information")
+    } else {
+      plt <- plt + annotate_group_info(q_tbl)
     }
-    plt
+  }
+  plt
 
 }
 # thin vertical lines show when plot is saved as .pdf and opened with certain viewers,
diff --git a/_pkgdown.yml b/_pkgdown.yml
index 16df57cb..04dd21ac 100644
--- a/_pkgdown.yml
+++ b/_pkgdown.yml
@@ -100,6 +100,7 @@ reference:
         - autoplot.gt_admix
         - summary.gt_admix
         - c.gt_admix
+        - gt_admix_reorder_q
         - q_matrix
         - read_q_files
         - get_q_matrix
diff --git a/man/autoplot_gt_admix.Rd b/man/autoplot_gt_admix.Rd
index 4fa9120a..b00b6433 100644
--- a/man/autoplot_gt_admix.Rd
+++ b/man/autoplot_gt_admix.Rd
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ param repeat the repeat to plot (for \code{barplot} type only)}
 
 \item{run}{the run to plot (for \code{barplot} type only)}
 
-\item{...}{not used.}
+\item{...}{additional arguments to be passed to autoplot method for q_matrices \code{\link[=autoplot_q_matrix]{autoplot_q_matrix()}}.}
 }
 \value{
 a \code{ggplot2} object
diff --git a/man/autoplot.q_matrix.Rd b/man/autoplot_q_matrix.Rd
similarity index 58%
rename from man/autoplot.q_matrix.Rd
rename to man/autoplot_q_matrix.Rd
index 470047f5..407dde61 100644
--- a/man/autoplot.q_matrix.Rd
+++ b/man/autoplot_q_matrix.Rd
@@ -1,10 +1,17 @@
 % Generated by roxygen2: do not edit by hand
 % Please edit documentation in R/q_matrix.R
-\name{autoplot.q_matrix}
+\name{autoplot_q_matrix}
+\alias{autoplot_q_matrix}
 \alias{autoplot.q_matrix}
 \title{Autoplots for \code{q_matrix} objects}
 \usage{
-\method{autoplot}{q_matrix}(object, data = NULL, annotate_group = TRUE, ...)
+\method{autoplot}{q_matrix}(
+  object,
+  data = NULL,
+  annotate_group = TRUE,
+  reorder_within_groups = FALSE,
+  ...
+)
 }
 \arguments{
 \item{object}{A Q matrix object (as returned by \code{\link[=q_matrix]{q_matrix()}}).}
@@ -15,6 +22,10 @@ generate the Q matrix}
 \item{annotate_group}{Boolean determining whether to annotate the plot with the
 group information}
 
+\item{reorder_within_groups}{Boolean determining whether to reorder the individuals within each group based
+on their ancestry proportion (note that this is not advised if you are making multiple plots, as you would get
+a different order for each plot!). If TRUE, \code{annotate_group} must also be TRUE.}
+
 \item{...}{not currently used.}
 }
 \value{
diff --git a/man/gt_admix_reorder_q.Rd b/man/gt_admix_reorder_q.Rd
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..d7aaff7b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/man/gt_admix_reorder_q.Rd
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+% Generated by roxygen2: do not edit by hand
+% Please edit documentation in R/gt_admix_methods.R
+\name{gt_admix_reorder_q}
+\alias{gt_admix_reorder_q}
+\title{Reorder the q matrices based on the grouping variable}
+\usage{
+gt_admix_reorder_q(x, group = NULL)
+}
+\arguments{
+\item{x}{a \code{gt_admix} object, possibly with a grouping variable}
+
+\item{group}{a character vector with the grouping variable (if there is no grouping variable info in \code{x})}
+}
+\value{
+a \code{gt_admix} object with the q matrices reordered
+}
+\description{
+This function reorders the q matrices in a \code{gt_admix} object based on the grouping variable. This is useful before plotting when the
+samples from each group are not adjacent to each other in the q matrix.
+}
diff --git a/tests/testthat/test_gt_admixture.R b/tests/testthat/test_gt_admixture.R
index 9d2e4dab..a46e9c3f 100644
--- a/tests/testthat/test_gt_admixture.R
+++ b/tests/testthat/test_gt_admixture.R
@@ -60,4 +60,49 @@ test_that("run admixture as multiple runs", {
   bar_plot <- autoplot(anole_adm_cv, type = "barplot", k=2,run = 1)
   # check that this is indeed a ggplot object
   expect_true(inherits(bar_plot, "ggplot"))
+
+  # test the reorder of q matrices
+  anole_adm_cv_reorder <- gt_admix_reorder_q(anole_adm_cv)
+  # check plot ordering
+  unord_plot <- autoplot(anole_adm_cv, type = "barplot", k=3,run = 1, annotate_group=FALSE)
+  ord_plot <- autoplot(anole_adm_cv_reorder, type = "barplot", k=3,run = 1, annotate_group=TRUE)
+  reord_plot <- autoplot(anole_adm_cv_reorder, type = "barplot", k=3,run = 1, annotate_group=TRUE)
+  expect_identical (ord_plot, reord_plot)
+  expect_false (identical (unord_plot, ord_plot))
+  # reordering within plot changes the order further
+  ord_within_plot <- autoplot(anole_adm_cv_reorder, type = "barplot", k=3,run = 1,
+                              annotate_group=TRUE, reorder_within_groups=TRUE)
+  expect_false (identical (ord_plot, ord_within_plot))
+
+  # get q matrix and augment it
+  anole_q <- get_q_matrix(anole_adm_cv, k=3, run=1)
+  augment_q <- augment(anole_q, data= anole_gt)
+  expect_true(nrow(augment_q)==nrow(anole_gt))
+  # TODO should we try to check that the data are in the same order as the q matrix?
+
+  # tidy matrix with grouped and ungrouped data
+  q_tidy_group <- tidy(get_q_matrix(anole_adm_cv, k=3, run=1), anole_gt)
+  expect_true("group" %in% colnames(q_tidy_group))
+  q_tidy_ind <- tidy(get_q_matrix(anole_adm_cv, k=3, run=1), anole_gt %>% dplyr::ungroup())
+  expect_false("group" %in% colnames(q_tidy_ind))
+
+  # reorder errors
+  # wrong object
+  expect_error(gt_admix_reorder_q(anole_gt),
+               "x must be a gt_admix object")
+  # wrong group length
+  expect_error(gt_admix_reorder_q(anole_adm_cv, group=c(1,2)),
+               "The length of the group variable must be the same as the number of rows in the Q matrix")
+  # no group when we have no group info
+  anole_adm_no_group <- anole_adm_cv
+  anole_adm_no_group$group <- NULL
+  expect_error(gt_admix_reorder_q(anole_adm_no_group),
+               "You must provide a group variable if there is no grouping information in the gt_admix object")
+  # use gt_adm without id and group
+  anole_adm_no_group$id <- NULL
+  anole_adm_no_group$group <- NULL
+  adm_reord_no_meta <- gt_admix_reorder_q(anole_adm_no_group, group=anole_gt$population)
+  # now check that we have an id and group elements in the list
+  expect_true(length(adm_reord_no_meta$id)==nrow(anole_gt))
+  expect_true(length(adm_reord_no_meta$group)==nrow(anole_gt))
 })