diff --git a/lib/WebGUI/Definition.pm b/lib/WebGUI/Definition.pm
index 9dcfa04c6..f28235172 100644
--- a/lib/WebGUI/Definition.pm
+++ b/lib/WebGUI/Definition.pm
@@ -43,10 +43,6 @@ sub import {
     my @propertyList;
     my %properties;
     if ( my $properties = delete $definition->{properties} ) {
-        # accept a hash and alphabetize it
-        if (ref $properties eq 'HASH') {
-            $properties = [ map { $_ => $properties->{$_} } sort keys %{ $properties } ];
-        }
         for (my $i = 0; $i < @{ $properties }; $i += 2) {
             my $property = $properties->[$i];
             push @propertyList, $property;
@@ -109,7 +105,8 @@ sub import {
     *{$super . '::set'} = \&_set;
     *{$super . '::update'} = \&_update;
     *{$super . '::instantiate'} = \&_instantiate;
-    unshift @{$caller . '::ISA'}, $super;
+    @{$super . '::ISA'} = @{$caller . '::ISA'};
+    @{$caller . '::ISA'} = ($super);
     return;
 }
 
diff --git a/t/Definition.t b/t/Definition.t
index 75883c1b2..0a9330a97 100644
--- a/t/Definition.t
+++ b/t/Definition.t
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ use warnings;
 no warnings qw(uninitialized);
 
 use Test::More 'no_plan'; #tests => 1;
-
+my $called_getProperties;
 {
     package WGT::Class;
     use WebGUI::Definition (
@@ -31,6 +31,12 @@ use Test::More 'no_plan'; #tests => 1;
         my $self = $class->instantiate;
         return $self;
     }
+
+    sub getProperties {
+        $called_getProperties = 1;
+        my $self = shift;
+        return $self->next::method(@_);
+    }
 }
 
 my $written;
@@ -80,8 +86,11 @@ is $subclass_object->property2, 'property 2 value',
 
 is_deeply [ $object->getProperties ], ['property1'],
     'class has correct properties';
+ok $called_getProperties, 'able to override getProperties';
+undef $called_getProperties;
 is_deeply [ $subclass_object->getProperties ], ['property1', 'a_property', 'property2'],
     'subclass has correct properties';
+ok $called_getProperties, 'subclass uses correctly overridden getProperties';
 
 is_deeply $object->get, { property1 => 'property 1 value' },
     'get returns hash with correct properties';