diff --git a/VERSION b/VERSION
index dd9a10b..5f82703 100644
--- a/VERSION
+++ b/VERSION
@@ -1 +1 @@
-8.1.6
\ No newline at end of file
+8.1.7
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/overlay/etc/nu/scripts/bf-nginx-php/ini.nu b/overlay/etc/nu/scripts/bf-nginx-php/ini.nu
index 7ec3663..57327a1 100644
--- a/overlay/etc/nu/scripts/bf-nginx-php/ini.nu
+++ b/overlay/etc/nu/scripts/bf-nginx-php/ini.nu
@@ -6,20 +6,23 @@ export def get_override_values []: nothing -> record {
     let ini_override = bf env PHP_INI_OVERRIDE_D
 
     # if the override path does not exist return nothing
-    if not ($ini_override | path exists) {
-        return
+    if ($ini_override | bf fs is_not_dir) {
+        return {}
     }
 
     # load override json files,
     #   sorted alphabetically
     #   read as json
     #   reduce array so later values override earlier values
-    return $"($ini_override)/*.json"
+    let override_values = $"($ini_override)/*.json"
         | into glob
         | ls --full-paths $in
         | get name
         | sort --natural
         | each {|x| bf fs read $x | from json }
         | reduce {|it, acc| $acc | merge $it }
+        | sort --natural
         | into record
+
+    return $override_values
 }