diff --git a/kakplugin/src/lib.rs b/kakplugin/src/lib.rs
index 431cdea..58d5058 100644
--- a/kakplugin/src/lib.rs
+++ b/kakplugin/src/lib.rs
@@ -24,6 +24,22 @@ pub fn get_selections(keys: Option<&'_ str>) -> Result<Vec<Selection>, KakError>
 /// Will return `Err` if command fifo could not be opened, read from, or written to
 // TODO: Use AsRef
 pub fn get_selections_desc<S>(keys: Option<S>) -> Result<Vec<SelectionDesc>, KakError>
+where
+    S: AsRef<str>,
+{
+    let mut ret = response("%val{selections_desc}", keys.as_ref())?
+        .iter()
+        .map(|sd| SelectionDesc::from_str(sd).map(|x| x.sort()))
+        .collect::<Result<Vec<_>, KakError>>()?;
+    ret.sort();
+    Ok(ret)
+}
+
+/// # Errors
+///
+/// Will return `Err` if command fifo could not be opened, read from, or written to
+// TODO: Use AsRef
+pub fn get_selections_desc_unsorted<S>(keys: Option<S>) -> Result<Vec<SelectionDesc>, KakError>
 where
     S: AsRef<str>,
 {
@@ -52,7 +68,7 @@ where
 /// or if `selections.len() != selections_desc.len`
 pub fn get_selections_with_desc(keys: Option<&'_ str>) -> Result<Vec<SelectionWithDesc>, KakError> {
     let mut selections = get_selections(keys)?;
-    let selections_desc = get_selections_desc(keys)?;
+    let selections_desc = get_selections_desc_unsorted(keys)?;
 
     if selections.len() != selections_desc.len() {
         return Err(KakError::KakResponse(format!(
diff --git a/src/box_.rs b/src/box_.rs
index bf6a7fb..3923501 100644
--- a/src/box_.rs
+++ b/src/box_.rs
@@ -63,18 +63,10 @@ where
 /// Do this by getting each selection, then getting each whole-row (col 0 to col max) and passing the range of whole-rows into helper `to_boxed_selections`
 fn boxed_selections(_options: &Options) -> Result<Vec<SelectionDesc>, KakError> {
     // The selections we want to box, one per box
-    let selections_desc = {
-        let mut ret = get_selections_desc::<&str>(None)?;
-        ret.sort();
-        ret
-    };
+    let selections_desc = get_selections_desc::<&str>(None)?;
 
     // Whole-row selections split on newline
-    let selections_desc_rows = {
-        let mut ret = get_selections_desc(Some("<a-x><a-s>"))?;
-        ret.sort();
-        ret
-    };
+    let selections_desc_rows = get_selections_desc(Some("<a-x><a-s>"))?;
 
     Ok(selections_desc
         .iter()
diff --git a/src/invert.rs b/src/invert.rs
index 648bd3a..d275192 100644
--- a/src/invert.rs
+++ b/src/invert.rs
@@ -9,20 +9,20 @@ pub fn invert(_options: &Options) -> Result<String, KakError> {
     // The selections to invert
     let mut split_selections_desc: Vec<(usize, Vec<SelectionDesc>)> = {
         // Split by multiline so subtraction is defined (see below)
-        let mut ret: Vec<SelectionDesc> = get_selections_desc(Some("<a-s>"))?.into_iter().collect();
-        ret.sort();
         // Group by row, so for a given document row, subtraction can iterate over the Vec
-        ret.group_by(|a, b| a.left.row == b.left.row)
+        get_selections_desc(Some("<a-s>"))?
+            .group_by(|a, b| a.left.row == b.left.row)
             .map(|sds| (sds[0].left.row, sds.to_vec()))
             .collect()
     };
 
+    let count_selections = split_selections_desc.len();
+
     let document_descs: Vec<SelectionDesc> = {
         // Every line in the document as a selectiondesc
         // Split by line because subtracting cross-multiline is not always defined for multiline selection descs (ex: 1.1,3.3 - 2.1,3.3 = 1.1,1.<?>)
-        let mut ret = get_selections_desc(Some("%<a-s>"))?;
-        ret.sort();
-        ret.into_iter()
+        get_selections_desc(Some("%<a-s>"))?
+            .into_iter()
             // dd - The full row selectiondesc, spanning from col 1 to the rightmost col, for every row in the file
             .map(|dd: SelectionDesc| {
                 // For every line, if there are selections to subtract, subtract them all
@@ -47,10 +47,7 @@ pub fn invert(_options: &Options) -> Result<String, KakError> {
 
     kakplugin::cmd("exec '<a-_>'")?;
 
-    Ok(format!(
-        "Inverted {} selections",
-        split_selections_desc.len()
-    ))
+    Ok(format!("Inverted {} selections", count_selections))
 }
 
 /// Subtract an iterator of `SelectionDesc`s from a given SelectionDesc