diff --git a/howso/utilities/feature_attributes/relational.py b/howso/utilities/feature_attributes/relational.py
index 4579487d..5b8a44d2 100644
--- a/howso/utilities/feature_attributes/relational.py
+++ b/howso/utilities/feature_attributes/relational.py
@@ -327,15 +327,15 @@ def _get_random_value(self, feature_name: str, no_nulls: bool = False) -> Option
                     random_value = (
                         session.query(self.data.c[feature_name])
                                .filter(self.data.c[feature_name].is_not(None))
-                               .offset(idx)
                                .order_by(feature_name)  # 19234: using order_by here is necessary for MSSQL,
-                               .first()                 # however, this should ultimately be re-written to
-                    )                                   # avoid the performance pentalty this imposes.
+                               .offset(idx)             # however, this should ultimately be re-written to
+                               .first()                 # avoid the performance pentalty this imposes.
+                    )
                 else:
                     random_value = (
                         session.query(self.data.c[feature_name])
-                               .offset(idx)
                                .order_by(feature_name)  # See above
+                               .offset(idx)
                                .first()
                     )