diff --git a/src/snek/view/rpc.py b/src/snek/view/rpc.py
index 68c75fa..96d9833 100644
--- a/src/snek/view/rpc.py
+++ b/src/snek/view/rpc.py
@@ -316,7 +316,7 @@ class RPCView(BaseView):
             results = [
                     record async for record  in self.services.channel.get_recent_users(channel_uid)
             ]
-            sorted(results, key=lambda x: x["nick"])
+            results = sorted(results, key=lambda x: x["nick"])
             return results
 
         async def echo(self, obj):