diff --git a/cmd/aa-log/main.go b/cmd/aa-log/main.go
index ae9882b9..a7ef9a56 100644
--- a/cmd/aa-log/main.go
+++ b/cmd/aa-log/main.go
@@ -67,6 +67,8 @@ func aaLog(logger string, path string, profile string) error {
 	if rules {
 		profiles := aaLogs.ParseToProfiles()
 		for _, profile := range profiles {
+			profile.Sort()
+			profile.MergeRules()
 			fmt.Print(profile.String() + "\n")
 		}
 	} else {
diff --git a/pkg/aa/profile.go b/pkg/aa/profile.go
index c0257065..9168e1d0 100644
--- a/pkg/aa/profile.go
+++ b/pkg/aa/profile.go
@@ -1,11 +1,13 @@
 // apparmor.d - Full set of apparmor profiles
-// Copyright (C) 2023 Alexandre Pujol <alexandre@pujol.io>
+// Copyright (C) 2021-2023 Alexandre Pujol <alexandre@pujol.io>
 // SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only
 
 package aa
 
 import (
 	"bytes"
+	"reflect"
+	"sort"
 	"strings"
 
 	"golang.org/x/exp/slices"
@@ -126,3 +128,44 @@ func (p *AppArmorProfile) AddRule(log map[string]string) {
 	}
 }
 
+func typeToValue(i reflect.Type) string {
+	return strings.ToLower(strings.TrimPrefix(i.String(), "*aa."))
+}
+
+// Sort the rules in the profile
+func (p *AppArmorProfile) Sort() {
+	sort.Slice(p.Rules, func(i, j int) bool {
+		typeOfI := reflect.TypeOf(p.Rules[i])
+		typeOfJ := reflect.TypeOf(p.Rules[j])
+		if typeOfI != typeOfJ {
+			valueOfI := typeToValue(typeOfI)
+			valueOfJ := typeToValue(typeOfJ)
+			return ruleWeights[valueOfI] < ruleWeights[valueOfJ]
+		}
+		return p.Rules[i].Less(p.Rules[j])
+	})
+}
+
+// MergeRules merge similar rules together
+// Steps:
+//   - Remove identical rules
+//   - Merge rule access. Eg: for same path, 'r' and 'w' becomes 'rw'
+//
+// Note: logs.regCleanLogs helps a lot to do a first cleaning
+func (p *AppArmorProfile) MergeRules() {
+	for i := 0; i < len(p.Rules); i++ {
+		for j := i + 1; j < len(p.Rules); j++ {
+			typeOfI := reflect.TypeOf(p.Rules[i])
+			typeOfJ := reflect.TypeOf(p.Rules[j])
+			if typeOfI != typeOfJ {
+				continue
+			}
+
+			// If rules are identical, merge them
+			if p.Rules[i].Equals(p.Rules[j]) {
+				p.Rules = append(p.Rules[:j], p.Rules[j+1:]...)
+				j--
+			}
+		}
+	}
+}
diff --git a/pkg/aa/template.go b/pkg/aa/template.go
index a47c80ff..48d88c8d 100644
--- a/pkg/aa/template.go
+++ b/pkg/aa/template.go
@@ -60,8 +60,64 @@ var (
 		"x":            "rix",
 	}
 
+	// The order the apparmor rules should be sorted
+	ruleAlphabet = []string{
+		"include",
+		"rlimit",
+		"capability",
+		"network",
+		"mount",
+		"remount",
+		"umount",
+		"pivotroot",
+		"changeprofile",
+		"mqueue",
+		"signal",
+		"ptrace",
+		"unix",
+		"userns",
+		"iouring",
+		"dbus",
+		"file",
+		"include_local",
+	}
+	ruleWeights = map[string]int{}
+
+	// The order the apparmor file rules should be sorted
+	fileAlphabet = []string{
+		"@{exec_path}",        // 1. entry point
+		"@{bin}",              // 2.1 binaries
+		"@{lib}",              // 2.2 libraries
+		"/opt",                // 2.3 opt binaries & libraries
+		"/usr/share",          // 3. shared data
+		"/etc",                // 4. system configuration
+		"/",                   // 5.1 system data
+		"/var",                // 5.2 system data read/write data
+		"/boot",               // 5.3 boot files
+		"/home",               // 6.1 user data
+		"@{HOME}",             // 6.2 home files
+		"@{user_cache_dirs}",  // 7.1 user caches
+		"@{user_config_dirs}", // 7.2 user config
+		"@{user_share_dirs}",  // 7.3 user shared
+		"/tmp",                // 8.1 Temporary data
+		"@{run}",              // 8.2 Runtime data
+		"/dev/shm",            // 8.3 Shared memory
+		"@{sys}",              // 9. Sys files
+		"@{PROC}",             // 10. Proc files
+		"/dev",                // 11. Dev files
+		"deny",                // 12. Deny rules
+	}
+	fileWeights = map[string]int{}
 )
 
+func init() {
+	for i, r := range fileAlphabet {
+		fileWeights[r] = i
+	}
+	for i, r := range ruleAlphabet {
+		ruleWeights[r] = i
+	}
+}
 
 func join(i any) string {
 	switch reflect.TypeOf(i).Kind() {