diff --git a/hed/errors/error_reporter.py b/hed/errors/error_reporter.py
index 0257aa7db..61381e82a 100644
--- a/hed/errors/error_reporter.py
+++ b/hed/errors/error_reporter.py
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@
     ErrorContext.ROW,
     ErrorContext.COLUMN,
     ErrorContext.LINE,
-    ErrorContext.HED_STRING,
+    # ErrorContext.HED_STRING, # temporarily disable hed string sort(maybe perm, not sure it's needed)
     ErrorContext.SCHEMA_SECTION,
     ErrorContext.SCHEMA_TAG,
     ErrorContext.SCHEMA_ATTRIBUTE,