diff --git a/frac/active_lids.go b/frac/active_lids.go
index 47abe92a..4875deb8 100644
--- a/frac/active_lids.go
+++ b/frac/active_lids.go
@@ -1,29 +1,12 @@
 package frac
 
 import (
+	"cmp"
 	"math"
-	"sort"
+	"slices"
 	"sync"
 )
 
-type queueIDs struct {
-	lids []uint32
-	mids []uint64
-	rids []uint64
-}
-
-func (p *queueIDs) Len() int { return len(p.lids) }
-func (p *queueIDs) Less(i, j int) bool {
-	if p.mids[p.lids[i]] == p.mids[p.lids[j]] {
-		if p.rids[p.lids[i]] == p.rids[p.lids[j]] {
-			return p.lids[i] > p.lids[j]
-		}
-		return p.rids[p.lids[i]] > p.rids[p.lids[j]]
-	}
-	return p.mids[p.lids[i]] > p.mids[p.lids[j]]
-}
-func (p *queueIDs) Swap(i, j int) { p.lids[i], p.lids[j] = p.lids[j], p.lids[i] }
-
 type TokenLIDs struct {
 	sortedMu sync.Mutex // global merge mutex, making the merge process strictly sequential
 	sorted   []uint32   // slice of actual sorted and merged LIDs of token
@@ -39,16 +22,20 @@ func (tl *TokenLIDs) GetLIDs(mids, rids *UInt64s) []uint32 {
 	lids := tl.getQueuedLIDs()
 	if len(lids) != 0 {
 
-		midsVals := mids.GetVals()
-		ridsVals := rids.GetVals()
+		mids := mids.GetVals()
+		rids := rids.GetVals()
 
-		sort.Sort(&queueIDs{
-			lids: lids,
-			mids: midsVals,
-			rids: ridsVals,
+		slices.SortFunc(lids, func(i, j uint32) int {
+			if mids[i] == mids[j] {
+				if rids[i] == rids[j] {
+					return -cmp.Compare(i, j)
+				}
+				return -cmp.Compare(rids[i], rids[j])
+			}
+			return -cmp.Compare(mids[i], mids[j])
 		})
 
-		tl.sorted = mergeSorted(tl.sorted, lids, midsVals, ridsVals)
+		tl.sorted = mergeSorted(tl.sorted, lids, mids, rids)
 	}
 
 	return tl.sorted
@@ -98,7 +85,7 @@ func mergeSorted(right, left []uint32, mids, rids []uint64) []uint32 {
 	val := uint32(0)
 	prev := uint32(math.MaxUint32)
 
-	cmp := SeqIDCmp{
+	c := SeqIDCmp{
 		mid: mids,
 		rid: rids,
 	}
@@ -108,7 +95,7 @@ func mergeSorted(right, left []uint32, mids, rids []uint64) []uint32 {
 	for l != len(left) && r != len(right) {
 		ri, li := right[r], left[l]
 
-		switch cmp.compare(ri, li) {
+		switch c.compare(ri, li) {
 		case 0:
 			val = ri
 			r++