diff --git a/changedetectionio/processors/text_json_diff/processor.py b/changedetectionio/processors/text_json_diff/processor.py
index 2327423d..8bccde19 100644
--- a/changedetectionio/processors/text_json_diff/processor.py
+++ b/changedetectionio/processors/text_json_diff/processor.py
@@ -204,18 +204,6 @@ class perform_site_check(difference_detection_processor):
                             is_rss=is_rss # #1874 activate the <title workaround hack
                         )
 
-        if watch.get('sort_text_alphabetically') and stripped_text_from_html:
-            # Note: Because a <p>something</p> will add an extra line feed to signify the paragraph gap
-            # we end up with 'Some text\n\n', sorting will add all those extra \n at the start, so we remove them here.
-            stripped_text_from_html = stripped_text_from_html.replace('\n\n', '\n')
-            stripped_text_from_html = '\n'.join( sorted(stripped_text_from_html.splitlines(), key=lambda x: x.lower() ))
-
-        if watch.get('trim_text_whitespace') and stripped_text_from_html:
-            stripped_text_from_html = '\n'.join(line.strip() for line in stripped_text_from_html.splitlines())
-
-        if watch.get('remove_duplicate_lines') and stripped_text_from_html:
-            stripped_text_from_html = '\n'.join(dict.fromkeys(line for line in stripped_text_from_html.splitlines()))
-
         # Re #340 - return the content before the 'ignore text' was applied
         text_content_before_ignored_filter = stripped_text_from_html.encode('utf-8')
 
@@ -304,6 +292,20 @@ class perform_site_check(difference_detection_processor):
                 stripped_text_from_html = b''.join(regex_matched_output)
                 text_content_before_ignored_filter = stripped_text_from_html
 
+
+        if watch.get('sort_text_alphabetically') and stripped_text_from_html:
+            # Note: Because a <p>something</p> will add an extra line feed to signify the paragraph gap
+            # we end up with 'Some text\n\n', sorting will add all those extra \n at the start, so we remove them here.
+            stripped_text_from_html = stripped_text_from_html.replace(b'\n\n', b'\n')
+            stripped_text_from_html = '\n'.join(sorted(stripped_text_from_html.decode('utf-8').splitlines(), key=lambda x: x.lower())).encode('utf-8')
+
+        #
+        if watch.get('trim_text_whitespace') and stripped_text_from_html:
+            stripped_text_from_html = '\n'.join(line.strip() for line in stripped_text_from_html.decode('utf-8').splitlines()).encode('utf-8')
+#
+        if watch.get('remove_duplicate_lines') and stripped_text_from_html:
+            stripped_text_from_html = '\n'.join(dict.fromkeys(line for line in stripped_text_from_html.decode('utf-8').splitlines())).encode('utf-8')
+
         # Re #133 - if we should strip whitespaces from triggering the change detected comparison
         if self.datastore.data['settings']['application'].get('ignore_whitespace', False):
             fetched_md5 = hashlib.md5(stripped_text_from_html.translate(None, b'\r\n\t ')).hexdigest()