diff --git a/src/main.c b/src/main.c
index 345f897..ce4c807 100644
--- a/src/main.c
+++ b/src/main.c
@@ -487,7 +487,6 @@ next_arg:
         }
       }
 
-      qsort(vaultsArray, vaultsCount, sizeof(const char *), compareString); // sorts the vaults alphabetically
       debug("┌--------------------------------\nAvailable vaults:");
       if (shouldDebug) {
         for (int i = 0; i < vaultsCount; i++) {
diff --git a/src/notes.c b/src/notes.c
index 7b685ed..a016d76 100644
--- a/src/notes.c
+++ b/src/notes.c
@@ -3,17 +3,24 @@
 
 char *getDirectoryFromVault(char *targetVault, char **vaultsArray, int vaultTotalNumber, int *vaultNumberPerDirectory, char **directoryArray, int directoryNumber, int shouldDebug) {
   debug("Searching the vault %s inside all the directories...", targetVault);
-  int index = 0;
-  int startIndex = 0;
+  debug("Here are how many vaults there is per directory:");
   for (int i = 0; i < directoryNumber; i++) {
-    while (index - startIndex < vaultNumberPerDirectory[i]) {
-      if (strcmp(vaultsArray[index], targetVault) == 0) { // we found it
-        debug("%s found in %s. (This was the %dth step of a maximum of %d)", targetVault, directoryArray[i], index, vaultTotalNumber);
-        return directoryArray[i];
+    altDebug("%d for %s\n", vaultNumberPerDirectory[i], directoryArray[i]);
+  }
+  debug("Here are all the vaults in the order they will be searched:");
+  for (int i = 0; i < vaultTotalNumber; i++) {
+    altDebug("%s\n", vaultsArray[i]);
+  }
+  int index = 0;
+
+  for (int i = 0; i < directoryNumber; i++) {
+      for (int j = 0; j < vaultNumberPerDirectory[i]; j++) {
+          if (strcmp(vaultsArray[index], targetVault) == 0) {
+              debug("%s found in %s. (index %d)", targetVault, directoryArray[i], index);
+              return directoryArray[i];
+          }
+          index++;
       }
-      index++;
-    }
-    startIndex += vaultNumberPerDirectory[i];
   }
   error(1, "program", "the vault %s was not found", targetVault);
   return "this makes the compiler and clangd happy. Who doesn't want GCC and clangd to be happy? Such person would be a terrible monster... One must imagine GCC and clangd happy.";
@@ -112,6 +119,7 @@ char **getVaultsFromDirectories(char **directoryStringArray, int directoryNumber
   // to avoid having to work with a tree-dimensional array. We will use a 2d and vaultsPerDirectoryNumber will indicate the width of the directories.
   char **vaultsArray = NULL;
   int nthVault = 0; // this is only used internally to set the string into the right place in directoryStringArray.
+  int previousStartIndex = 0;
   for (int i = 0; i < directoryNumber; i++) {
     debug("Opening %s", directoryStringArray[i]);
     // originally from https://www.geeksforgeeks.org/c/c-program-list-files-sub-directories-directory/
@@ -146,7 +154,10 @@ char **getVaultsFromDirectories(char **directoryStringArray, int directoryNumber
         altDebug(" is not a vault (hidden file/dir)\n");
       }
     }
+    // we sort entries for the same vault. We can't sort them all. This would break the order.
+    qsort(vaultsArray + previousStartIndex, nthVault - previousStartIndex, sizeof(const char *), compareString); // sorts the vaults alphabetically
     closedir(vaultsDirectory);
+    previousStartIndex = nthVault;
   }
   // we calculate once the total number of vaults to avoid recalculation every time we use it
   *count = 0;
@@ -167,7 +178,7 @@ char *updateJournal(char *path, char *journal, char *timeFormat, int *journalWas
   sanitize(dateWithExtension);
   debug("Sanitized date: %s\n(it might be used later for a file name if the journal is divided)", dateWithExtension);
   struct stat metadata;
-  error(stat(path, &metadata), "program", "stat() failed to get information about %s", path);
+  stat(path, &metadata);
   if (S_ISREG(metadata.st_mode)) {
     debug("%s is a unified journal.", path);
     if (!isStringInFile(path, date, shouldDebug)) { // if there is no entry for current date
diff --git a/src/ui.c b/src/ui.c
index caf2907..acf7c5d 100644
--- a/src/ui.c
+++ b/src/ui.c
@@ -112,7 +112,7 @@ char *createNewNote(char dirToVault[PATH_MAX], char *vaultFromDir, int bypass, c
       snprintf(fileFullPath, PATH_MAX, "%s/%s/%s/", dirToVault, vaultFromDir, fileName);
       struct stat st = {0};
       if (stat(fileFullPath, &st) == -1) {
-        error(!mkdir(fileFullPath, 0744), "program", "mkdir failed");
+        error(mkdir(fileFullPath, 0744), "program", "mkdir failed");
       } else {
         error(1, "program", "%s could not be created", fileFullPath);
       }