diff --git a/DESCRIPTION b/DESCRIPTION
index 14684c70f..4ffccd9ea 100644
--- a/DESCRIPTION
+++ b/DESCRIPTION
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 Type: Package
 Package: see
 Title: Model Visualisation Toolbox for 'easystats' and 'ggplot2'
-Version: 0.8.3.5
+Version: 0.8.3.6
 Authors@R: 
     c(person(given = "Daniel",
              family = "Lüdecke",
diff --git a/NEWS.md b/NEWS.md
index 565575a7e..e6b1fa880 100644
--- a/NEWS.md
+++ b/NEWS.md
@@ -11,6 +11,10 @@
 * `plot()` for `check_predictions()` now supports Bayesian regression models from
   *brms* and *rstanarm*.
 
+## Bug fixes
+
+* Corrected order of models for `plot.compare_parameters()`.
+
 # see 0.8.3
 
 ## Major changes
diff --git a/R/plot.compare_parameters.R b/R/plot.compare_parameters.R
index 0e4ca892e..56659ebb6 100644
--- a/R/plot.compare_parameters.R
+++ b/R/plot.compare_parameters.R
@@ -75,9 +75,13 @@ plot.see_compare_parameters <- function(x,
     x$Component <- factor(x$Component, levels = unique(x$Component))
   }
 
-
+  # show/hide intercepts
   if (!show_intercept) {
     x <- x[!.is_intercept(x$Parameter), ]
+    # sanity check - any data left?
+    if (nrow(x) == 0) {
+      insight::format_warning("No data left after removing intercepts. Returning empty plot.")
+    }
   }
 
   if (isTRUE(sort) || (!is.null(sort) && sort == "ascending")) {
@@ -224,6 +228,8 @@ data_plot.see_compare_parameters <- function(x, ...) {
   }
 
   dataplot$group <- gsub("(.*)\\.(.*)", "\\2", dataplot$group)
+  # make factor, so order in legend is preserved
+  dataplot$group <- factor(dataplot$group, levels = unique(dataplot$group))
 
   rownames(dataplot) <- NULL