diff --git a/packages/addon/src/addon.ts b/packages/addon/src/addon.ts
index 2efc8767..1aae9209 100644
--- a/packages/addon/src/addon.ts
+++ b/packages/addon/src/addon.ts
@@ -43,6 +43,8 @@ import {
   safeRegexTest,
   compileRegex,
   formRegexFromKeywords,
+  Cache,
+  getTextHash,
 } from '@aiostreams/utils';
 import { errorStream } from './responses';
 
@@ -158,12 +160,28 @@ export class AIOStreams {
       ? this.config.regexSortPatterns || Settings.DEFAULT_REGEX_SORT_PATTERNS
       : undefined;
 
-    const sortRegexes = sortRegexPatterns
-      ? sortRegexPatterns
-          .split(/\s+/)
-          .filter(Boolean)
-          .map((pattern) => compileRegex(pattern, 'i'))
-      : undefined;
+    const sortRegexes: { name?: string; regex: RegExp }[] | undefined =
+      sortRegexPatterns
+        ? sortRegexPatterns
+            .split(/\s+/)
+            .filter(Boolean)
+            .map((pattern) => {
+              const delimiter = '<::>';
+              const delimiterIndex = pattern.indexOf(delimiter);
+              if (delimiterIndex !== -1) {
+                const name = pattern
+                  .slice(0, delimiterIndex)
+                  .replace(/_/g, ' ');
+                const regexPattern = pattern.slice(
+                  delimiterIndex + delimiter.length
+                );
+
+                const regex = compileRegex(regexPattern, 'i');
+                return { name, regex };
+              }
+              return { regex: compileRegex(pattern, 'i') };
+            })
+        : undefined;
 
     excludeRegex ||
     excludeKeywordsRegex ||
@@ -176,7 +194,7 @@ export class AIOStreams {
             `Exclude Keywords: ${excludeKeywordsRegex}\n` +
             `Required Regex: ${requiredRegex}\n` +
             `Required Keywords: ${requiredKeywordsRegex}\n` +
-            `Sort Regexes: ${sortRegexes?.join('  -->  ')}\n`
+            `Sort Regexes: ${sortRegexes?.map((regex) => `${regex.name || 'Unnamed'}: ${regex.regex}`).join(' --> ')}\n`
         )
       : [];
 
@@ -492,6 +510,30 @@ export class AIOStreams {
         filteredResults.length - cleanedStreams.length;
       filteredResults = cleanedStreams;
     }
+    // pre compute highest indexes for regexSortPatterns
+    const startPrecomputeTime = new Date().getTime();
+    const sortRegexCache = Cache.getInstance<string, number>('sortRegexCache');
+    filteredResults.forEach((stream: ParsedStream) => {
+      if (sortRegexes) {
+        for (let i = 0; i < sortRegexes.length; i++) {
+          const regex = sortRegexes[i];
+          if (stream.filename) {
+            const match = safeRegexTest(regex.regex, stream.filename);
+            if (match) {
+              stream.regexMatch = regex.name;
+              sortRegexCache.set(getTextHash(stream.filename), i, 60);
+
+              break;
+            }
+          }
+        }
+      }
+    });
+    logger.info(
+      `Precomputed sortRegex indexes for ${filteredResults.length} streams in ${getTimeTakenSincePoint(
+        startPrecomputeTime
+      )}`
+    );
     // Apply sorting
     const sortStartTime = new Date().getTime();
     // initially sort by filename to ensure consistent results
@@ -813,18 +855,22 @@ export class AIOStreams {
         if (!a.filename) return direction === 'asc' ? -1 : 1;
         if (!b.filename) return direction === 'asc' ? 1 : -1;
 
-        // Test patterns in order
-        for (const regex of compiledRegexPatterns) {
-          const aMatch = safeRegexTest(regex, a.filename);
-          const bMatch = safeRegexTest(regex, b.filename);
-          // If both match or both don't match, continue to next pattern
-          if ((aMatch && bMatch) || (!aMatch && !bMatch)) continue;
+        const cache = Cache.getInstance<string, number>('sortRegexCache');
 
-          // If one matches and the other doesn't, use direction to determine order
-          return direction === 'asc' ? (aMatch ? 1 : -1) : aMatch ? -1 : 1;
+        const aHighestIndex = cache.get(getTextHash(a.filename));
+        const bHighestIndex = cache.get(getTextHash(b.filename));
+
+        // If both have a regex match, sort by the highest index
+        if (aHighestIndex !== undefined && bHighestIndex !== undefined) {
+          return direction === 'asc'
+            ? bHighestIndex - aHighestIndex
+            : aHighestIndex - bHighestIndex;
         }
+        // If one has a regex match and the other doesn't, sort by the one that does
+        if (aHighestIndex !== undefined) return direction === 'asc' ? 1 : -1;
+        if (bHighestIndex !== undefined) return direction === 'asc' ? -1 : 1;
 
-        // If we get here, no patterns matched or all patterns matched the same way
+        // If both have no regex match, they are equal
         return 0;
       } catch (e) {
         return 0;
diff --git a/packages/formatters/src/custom.ts b/packages/formatters/src/custom.ts
index e884f802..c39e7f17 100644
--- a/packages/formatters/src/custom.ts
+++ b/packages/formatters/src/custom.ts
@@ -83,6 +83,7 @@ export type ParseValue = {
     visualTags: string[] | null;
     audioTags: string[] | null;
     releaseGroup: string | null;
+    regexMatch: string | null;
     encode: string | null;
     indexer: string | null;
     year: string | null;
@@ -137,6 +138,7 @@ const convertStreamToParseValue = (stream: ParsedStream): ParseValue => {
       audioTags: stream.audioTags,
       releaseGroup:
         stream.releaseGroup === 'Unknown' ? null : stream.releaseGroup,
+      regexMatch: stream.regexMatch || null,
       encode: stream.encode === 'Unknown' ? null : stream.encode,
       indexer: stream.indexers || null,
       seeders: stream.torrent?.seeders || null,
diff --git a/packages/types/src/types.ts b/packages/types/src/types.ts
index ca8979b1..b704e1bf 100644
--- a/packages/types/src/types.ts
+++ b/packages/types/src/types.ts
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ export interface ParsedStream extends ParsedNameData {
   indexers?: string;
   releaseGroup: string;
   personal?: boolean;
+  regexMatch?: string;
   stream?: {
     subtitles?: Subtitle[];
     behaviorHints?: {
diff --git a/packages/utils/src/settings.ts b/packages/utils/src/settings.ts
index f2fee33e..77fbf35b 100644
--- a/packages/utils/src/settings.ts
+++ b/packages/utils/src/settings.ts
@@ -63,9 +63,14 @@ const multipleRegex = makeValidator((x) => {
     );
   }
   // try compiling each pattern to check for validity
-
+  // each "pattern" is regexName::regexPattern, where regexName is optional
+  // we need to only extract the regexPattern part,
   patterns.forEach((p) => {
     try {
+      const delimiterIndex = p.indexOf('<::>');
+      if (delimiterIndex !== -1) {
+        p = p.slice(delimiterIndex + 2);
+      }
       new RegExp(p);
     } catch (e) {
       throw new EnvError(`Invalid regex pattern: ${p}`);