diff --git a/.github/workflows/contributors_report_testing.yaml b/.github/workflows/contributors_report_testing.yaml
index 1c1aa8b..0c9cf26 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/contributors_report_testing.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/contributors_report_testing.yaml
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@ jobs:
             # START_DATE: ${{ env.START_DATE }}
             # END_DATE: ${{ env.END_DATE }}
             REPOSITORY: hcookie/organizational_contributors,ecmwf/anemoi-training
-            SHOW_ORGANIZATIONS: ecmwf
+            SHOW_ORGANIZATIONS: ecmwf, ecmwf-lab
             # SPONSOR_INFO: "true"
 
       - name: Show Contributor
diff --git a/contributors/json_writer.py b/contributors/json_writer.py
index 53decac..be79c42 100644
--- a/contributors/json_writer.py
+++ b/contributors/json_writer.py
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ def write_to_json(
     repository_list,
     sponsor_info,
     link_to_profile,
-    show_organizations_list
+    show_organizations_list,
 ):
     """Write data to a JSON file.
 
diff --git a/contributors/markdown.py b/contributors/markdown.py
index fcab55d..b154fca 100644
--- a/contributors/markdown.py
+++ b/contributors/markdown.py
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 """This module contains the functions needed to write the output to markdown files."""
 
 
-from collections import defaultdict
+from collections import defaultdict, OrderedDict
 
 from .contributor_stats import ContributorStats
 
@@ -87,12 +87,8 @@ def write_markdown_file(filename, start_date, end_date, organization, repository
         if len(table) == 1 and "Independent" in table:
             markdown_file.write(table["Independent"])
         else:
-            # Put independent last
-            orgs = list(table.keys())
-            if 'Independent' in orgs:
-                orgs.remove('Independent')
-                orgs.append('Independent')
-            for org in orgs:
+            # Put independent last
+            for org in list(table.keys()):
                 org_title = f"## [{org}](https://github.com/{org})\n" if not org == "Independent" else f"## {org} \n"
                 markdown_file.write(org_title)
                 markdown_file.write(table[org])
@@ -140,6 +136,7 @@ def get_summary_table(collaborators, start_date, end_date, total_contributions):
 
     return summary_table
 
+
 def get_contributor_table(
     collaborators: list[ContributorStats],
     start_date,
@@ -194,7 +191,6 @@ def get_contributor_table(
 
         if not isinstance(repository, list):
             repository = [repository]
-
         if organization or len(repository) > 1:
             # split the urls from the comma separated list and make them into markdown links
             commit_url_list = collaborator.commit_url.split(",")
@@ -227,8 +223,14 @@ def get_contributor_table(
 
         if not added_to_org:
             organization_contributors["Independent"].append(row)
-
-    tables = {org: headers + "".join(rows) for org, rows in organization_contributors.items()}
+    
+    ordered_orgs = [org for org in (*show_organizations_list, "Independent") if org in organization_contributors]
+    tables = OrderedDict(
+        [
+            (org, headers + "".join(organization_contributors[org]))
+            for org in ordered_orgs
+        ]
+    )
 
     # table += row
     return tables, total_contributions
diff --git a/tests/test_contributors.py b/tests/test_contributors.py
index 6e15545..fc7d6bb 100644
--- a/tests/test_contributors.py
+++ b/tests/test_contributors.py
@@ -28,13 +28,13 @@ def test_get_contributors(self, mock_contributor_stats):
         get_contributors(mock_repo, "2022-01-01", "2022-12-31")
 
         mock_contributor_stats.assert_called_once_with(
-            username='user', 
-            new_contributor=False, 
-            avatar_url='https://github.com/avatars/u/12345678?v=4', 
-            contribution_count = 100,
-            commit_url ='https://github.com/owner/repo/commits?author=user&since=2022-01-01&until=2022-12-31', 
-            sponsor_info='', 
-            organizations=[]
+            username="user",
+            new_contributor=False,
+            avatar_url="https://github.com/avatars/u/12345678?v=4",
+            contribution_count=100,
+            commit_url="https://github.com/owner/repo/commits?author=user&since=2022-01-01&until=2022-12-31",
+            sponsor_info="",
+            organizations=[],
         )
 
     @patch("contributors.get_contributors")
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@ def test_get_all_contributors_with_organization(self, mock_get_contributors):
                 100,
                 "commit_url",
                 "sponsor_url_1",
-                []
+                [],
             ),
         ]
 
@@ -65,13 +65,13 @@ def test_get_all_contributors_with_organization(self, mock_get_contributors):
             result,
             [
                 ContributorStats(
-                    username = "user",
+                    username="user",
                     new_contributor=False,
-                    avatar_url = "https://github.com/avatars/u/29484535?v=4",
+                    avatar_url="https://github.com/avatars/u/29484535?v=4",
                     contribution_count=200,
-                    commit_url = "commit_url, commit_url",
-                    sponsor_info = "sponsor_url_1",
-                    organizations= [],
+                    commit_url="commit_url, commit_url",
+                    sponsor_info="sponsor_url_1",
+                    organizations=[],
                 ),
             ],
         )
@@ -136,12 +136,12 @@ def test_get_contributors_skip_users_with_no_commits(self, mock_contributor_stat
 
         # Note that only user is returned and user2 is not returned here because there were no commits in the date range
         mock_contributor_stats.assert_called_once_with(
-            username = "user",
+            username="user",
             new_contributor=False,
             avatar_url="https://github.com/avatars/u/12345678?v=4",
             contribution_count=100,
             commit_url="https://github.com/owner/repo/commits?author=user&since=2022-01-01&until=2022-12-31",
-            sponsor_info='',
+            sponsor_info="",
             organizations=[],
         )
 
diff --git a/tests/test_json_writer.py b/tests/test_json_writer.py
index 191330c..6f6ae4d 100644
--- a/tests/test_json_writer.py
+++ b/tests/test_json_writer.py
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ def setUp(self):
                     "new_contributor": False,
                     "avatar_url": "https://test_url.com",
                     "contribution_count": 10,
-                    'organizations': [],
+                    "organizations": [],
                     "commit_url": "https://test_commit_url.com",
                     "sponsor_info": "",
                 }