=== modified file 'myloader.c'
--- myloader.c	2015-08-24 18:35:43 +0000
+++ myloader.c	2016-05-08 08:11:51 +0000
@@ -193,6 +193,49 @@
 	return errors ? EXIT_FAILURE : EXIT_SUCCESS;
 }
 
+typedef struct {
+	GString *filename;
+	off_t size;
+} TableEntry;
+
+static TableEntry *table_entry_new(const gchar *filename)
+{
+	GString *path = g_string_new(directory);
+
+	path = g_string_append(path, "/");
+	path = g_string_append(path, filename);
+	
+	GStatBuf statistics;
+	int ret = g_stat(path->str, &statistics);
+
+	g_string_free(path, TRUE);
+
+	if(ret != 0)
+		g_critical("couldn't stat file: %s\n", g_strerror(errno));
+
+	TableEntry *entry = malloc(sizeof(TableEntry));
+	entry->filename = g_string_new(filename);
+
+	if(ret == 0)
+		entry->size = statistics.st_size;
+	else
+		entry->size = 0;
+
+	return entry;
+}
+
+static void table_entry_free(gpointer entry)
+{
+	g_string_free(((TableEntry *) entry)->filename, TRUE);
+	free(entry);
+}
+
+static gint table_entry_compare(gconstpointer first, gconstpointer second)
+{
+	return ((const TableEntry *) first)->size == ((const TableEntry *) second)->size ? 0 :
+		(((const TableEntry *) first)->size < ((const TableEntry *) second)->size ? 1 : -1);
+}
+
 void restore_databases(struct configuration *conf, MYSQL *conn) {
 	GError *error= NULL;
 	GDir* dir= g_dir_open(directory, 0, &error);
@@ -214,6 +257,7 @@
 	}
 
 	g_dir_rewind(dir);
+	GList *table_entries = NULL;
 
 	while((filename= g_dir_read_name(dir))) {
 		if (!source_db || g_str_has_prefix(filename, g_strdup_printf("%s.", source_db))){
@@ -223,12 +267,19 @@
 			 && !g_strrstr(filename, "-schema-post.sql")
 			 && !g_strrstr(filename, "-schema-create.sql")
 			 && g_strrstr(filename, ".sql")) {
-				add_table(filename, conf);
+				table_entries = g_list_append(table_entries, table_entry_new(filename));
 			}
 		}
 	}
 
+	table_entries = g_list_sort(table_entries, table_entry_compare);
+
+	const GList *entry = NULL;
+	for(entry = table_entries; entry; entry = entry->next)
+		add_table(((const TableEntry *) entry->data)->filename->str, conf);
+
 	g_dir_close(dir);
+	g_list_free_full(table_entries, table_entry_free);
 }