diff --git a/lib/dachsfisch/json2_xml_converter.rb b/lib/dachsfisch/json2_xml_converter.rb
index 51b9139..45a61a1 100644
--- a/lib/dachsfisch/json2_xml_converter.rb
+++ b/lib/dachsfisch/json2_xml_converter.rb
@@ -23,8 +23,8 @@ def execute
     def add_element(xml, element)
       return unless element.is_a? Hash
 
-      element.each do |key, value|
-        add_node(xml, key, value) unless key.start_with?('@')
+      element['@@order']&.each do |key|
+        add_node(xml, key, element[key]) unless key.start_with?('@')
       end
     end
 
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ def add_node(xml, key, element)
     end
 
     def handle_attribute_and_namespaces(node, element)
-      element.keys.filter {|element_key| element_key.start_with?('@') }.each do |attribute_key|
+      element.keys.filter {|element_key| element_key.start_with?(/@[^@]/) }.each do |attribute_key|
         if attribute_key.start_with? '@xmlns'
           element[attribute_key].each do |namespace_key, namespace|
             # add namespace of current scope to node. The root-ns($) gets 'xmlns' as key, named namespaces 'xmlns:name' respectively.
diff --git a/lib/dachsfisch/xml2_json_converter.rb b/lib/dachsfisch/xml2_json_converter.rb
index 490f2e1..e3b4623 100644
--- a/lib/dachsfisch/xml2_json_converter.rb
+++ b/lib/dachsfisch/xml2_json_converter.rb
@@ -14,20 +14,27 @@ def execute
       @fragment.elements.deconstruct.each do |root|
         result[node_name(root)] = extract_node(root)
       end
+      add_order_to_hash result
       result.to_json
     end
 
     private
 
+    def add_order_to_hash(hash)
+      return if hash.keys.reject {|key| key.start_with?('@')}.empty?
+
+      hash['@@order'] = hash.keys.reject {|key| key.start_with?('@') }
+    end
+
     def extract_node(node)
       hash = {}
       active_namespaces = add_namespaces_to_active_namespaces(node)
       hash['@xmlns'] = active_namespaces unless active_namespaces.empty?
-
       handle_attributes(hash, node)
       node.children.each do |child|
         handle_content(hash, child)
       end
+      add_order_to_hash hash
       hash
     end
 
diff --git a/spec/support/examples.rb b/spec/support/examples.rb
index 893389f..d6c0605 100644
--- a/spec/support/examples.rb
+++ b/spec/support/examples.rb
@@ -13,8 +13,10 @@ def self.json
       <<~JSON
         {
           "alice": {
-            "$1": "bob"
-          }
+            "$1": "bob",
+            "@@order": ["$1"]
+          },
+          "@@order": ["alice"]
         }
       JSON
     end
@@ -31,8 +33,10 @@ def self.json
       <<~JSON
         {
           "test": {
-            "$1": "test"
-          }
+            "$1": "test",
+            "@@order": ["$1"]
+          },
+          "@@order": ["test"]
         }
       JSON
     end
@@ -50,12 +54,16 @@ def self.json
         {
           "alice": {
             "bob": {
-              "$1": "charlie"
+              "$1": "charlie",
+              "@@order": ["$1"]
             },
             "david": {
-              "$1": "edgar"
-            }
-          }
+              "$1": "edgar",
+              "@@order": ["$1"]
+            },
+            "@@order": ["bob", "david"]
+          },
+          "@@order": ["alice"]
         }
       JSON
     end
@@ -77,13 +85,17 @@ def self.json
           "alice": {
             "bob": [
               {
-                "$1": "charlie"
+                "$1": "charlie",
+                "@@order": ["$1"]
               },
               {
-                "$1": "david"
+                "$1": "david",
+                "@@order": ["$1"]
               }
-            ]
-          }
+            ],
+            "@@order": ["bob"]
+          },
+          "@@order": ["alice"]
         }
       JSON
     end
@@ -104,8 +116,10 @@ def self.json
         {
           "alice": {
             "$1": "bob",
-            "@charlie": "david"
-          }
+            "@charlie": "david",
+            "@@order": ["$1"]
+          },
+          "@@order": ["alice"]
         }
       JSON
     end
@@ -125,8 +139,10 @@ def self.json
             "$1": "bob",
             "@xmlns": {
               "$": "http://some-namespace"
-            }
-          }
+            },
+            "@@order": ["$1"]
+          },
+          "@@order": ["alice"]
         }
       JSON
     end
@@ -147,8 +163,10 @@ def self.json
             "@xmlns": {
               "$": "http://some-namespace",
               "charlie": "http://some-other-namespace"
-            }
-          }
+            },
+            "@@order": ["$1"]
+          },
+          "@@order": ["alice"]
         }
       JSON
     end
@@ -170,12 +188,16 @@ def self.json
               "$": "http://some-namespace"
             },
             "bob": {
-              "$1": "david"
+              "$1": "david",
+              "@@order": ["$1"]
             },
             "charlie:edgar": {
-              "$1": "frank"
-            }
-          }
+              "$1": "frank",
+              "@@order": ["$1"]
+            },
+            "@@order": ["bob", "charlie:edgar"]
+          },
+          "@@order": ["alice"]
         }
       JSON
     end
@@ -197,10 +219,13 @@ def self.json
           "alice": {
             "$1": "bob",
             "charlie": {
-              "$1": "bob2"
+              "$1": "bob2",
+              "@@order": ["$1"]
             },
-            "$2": "bob3"
-          }
+            "$2": "bob3",
+            "@@order": ["$1", "charlie", "$2"]
+          },
+          "@@order": ["alice"]
         }
       JSON
     end
@@ -217,8 +242,10 @@ def self.json
       <<~JSON
         {
           "alice": {
-            "!1": "my comment"
-          }
+            "!1": "my comment",
+            "@@order": ["!1"]
+          },
+          "@@order": ["alice"]
         }
       JSON
     end
@@ -237,8 +264,10 @@ def self.json
       <<~JSON
         {
           "alice": {
-            "!1": " my comment "
-          }
+            "!1": " my comment ",
+            "@@order": ["!1"]
+          },
+          "@@order": ["alice"]
         }
       JSON
     end
@@ -259,16 +288,21 @@ def self.json
           "alice": {
             "bob": [
               {
-                "$1": "charlie"
+                "$1": "charlie",
+                "@@order": ["$1"]
               },
               {
-                "$1": "david"
+                "$1": "david",
+                "@@order": ["$1"]
               },
               {
-                "$1": "edgar"
+                "$1": "edgar",
+                "@@order": ["$1"]
               }
-            ]
-          }
+            ],
+            "@@order": ["bob"]
+          },
+          "@@order": ["alice"]
         }
       JSON
     end
@@ -291,8 +325,10 @@ def self.json
           "alice": {
             "bob": {
               "@foo": "bar"
-            }
-          }
+            },
+            "@@order": ["bob"]
+          },
+          "@@order": ["alice"]
         }
       JSON
     end
@@ -311,8 +347,10 @@ def self.json
       <<~JSON
         {
           "alice": {
-            "#1": "<bob></bob>"
-          }
+            "#1": "<bob></bob>",
+            "@@order": ["#1"]
+          },
+          "@@order": ["alice"]
         }
       JSON
     end
@@ -329,8 +367,10 @@ def self.json
       <<~JSON
         {
           "alice": {
-            "#1": ""
-          }
+            "#1": "",
+            "@@order": ["#1"]
+          },
+          "@@order": ["alice"]
         }
       JSON
     end
@@ -347,8 +387,10 @@ def self.json
       <<~JSON
         {
           "alice": {
-            "#1": "   "
-          }
+            "#1": "   ",
+            "@@order": ["#1"]
+          },
+          "@@order": ["alice"]
         }
       JSON
     end
@@ -366,9 +408,12 @@ def self.json
         {
           "alice": {
             "bob": {
-              "$1": "charlie"
-            }
-          }
+              "$1": "charlie",
+              "@@order": ["$1"]
+            },
+            "@@order": ["bob"]
+          },
+          "@@order": ["alice"]
         }
       JSON
     end
@@ -393,8 +438,10 @@ def self.json
       <<~JSON
         {
           "alice": {
-            "$1": 1
-          }
+            "$1": 1,
+            "@@order": ["$1"]
+          },
+          "@@order": ["alice"]
         }
       JSON
     end
@@ -418,9 +465,12 @@ def self.json
               "@xmlns": {
                 "$": "http://some-other-namespace"
               },
-              "$1": "charlie"
-            }
-          }
+              "$1": "charlie",
+              "@@order": ["$1"]
+            },
+            "@@order": ["bob"]
+          },
+          "@@order": ["alice"]
         }
       JSON
     end
@@ -442,8 +492,10 @@ def self.json
             "@xmlns": {
               "bob": "http://some-other-namespace"
             },
-            "$1": "charlie"
-          }
+            "$1": "charlie",
+            "@@order": ["$1"]
+          },
+          "@@order": ["bob:alice"]
         }
       JSON
     end
@@ -460,11 +512,14 @@ def self.json
       <<~JSON
         {
           "alice": {
-            "$1": "bob"
+            "$1": "bob",
+            "@@order": ["$1"]
           },
           "charlie": {
-            "$1": "david"
-          }
+            "$1": "david",
+            "@@order": ["$1"]
+          },
+          "@@order": ["alice", "charlie"]
         }
       JSON
     end
@@ -485,14 +540,17 @@ def self.json
             "@xmlns": {
               "bob": "http://some-namespace"
             },
-            "$1": "charlie"
+            "$1": "charlie",
+            "@@order": ["$1"]
           },
           "david:edgar": {
             "@xmlns": {
               "david": "http://some-other-namespace"
             },
-            "$1": "foobar"
-          }
+            "$1": "foobar",
+            "@@order": ["$1"]
+          },
+          "@@order": ["bob:alice", "david:edgar"]
         }
       JSON
     end