diff --git a/TODOS.md b/TODOS.md
index 8366e68..e5edb13 100644
--- a/TODOS.md
+++ b/TODOS.md
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@
   - [ ] Honestly, Test **all** diagnostics
   - [ ] Need to be careful about diagnostics across module boundaries.
     - we don't necessarily want to warn users about theme designers mistakes. (though perhaps we do)
+  - [ ] consider reporting duplicate weights outside of menus
 - [ ] Load grammars dynamically
 - [ ] starred must be a param.
 - [ ] Documentation
@@ -32,6 +33,8 @@
 - [ ] support JSON5 in in frontmatter
 - [ ] Create a json schema file for `thor.json`.
 - [ ] cleanup `#partial switch`es.
+- [ ] improve json diagnostics.
+  - i.e. "Missing quotes around string", etc.
 
 ## Performance
 
@@ -91,7 +94,9 @@
 - [ ] Do we *need* mustache.Date_Components, or can we use core:time/datetime.DateTime?
 
 ## General 
-- [ ] configure opt-out of automatic sections being added to menu.
+- [ ] Menus
+  - [ ] configure opt-out of automatic sections being added to menu.
+  - [ ] nested menus (i.e. `parent` support)
 - [ ] get rid of the global variables in the `treesitter` package.
 - [ ] Consider using `or_else` when applying default values to structs. i.e.
 ```odin
diff --git a/menus.odin b/menus.odin
index 5374e8f..4b19eea 100644
--- a/menus.odin
+++ b/menus.odin
@@ -262,6 +262,11 @@ compare_menu_entries :: proc(a, b: Menu_Entry) -> int {
 	aw := a.weight.? or_else DEFAULT_WEIGHT
 	bw := b.weight.? or_else DEFAULT_WEIGHT
 	if aw != bw do return aw - bw
+	a_set := a.weight != nil
+	b_set := b.weight != nil
+	if a_set != b_set {
+		return a_set ? -1 : 1
+	}
 	return strings.compare(a.name, b.name)
 }
 
@@ -284,7 +289,7 @@ warn_duplicate_weights :: proc(menu_name: string, entries: []Menu_Entry) {
 	for i in 0 ..< len(entries) - 1 {
 		if entries[i].weight != nil && entries[i].weight == entries[i + 1].weight {
 			log.warnf(
-				"menus('%s'):'%s' and '%s' share the same weight (%d).",
+				"menus('%s'): '%s' and '%s' share the same menu weight (%d).",
 				menu_name,
 				entries[i].name,
 				entries[i + 1].name,
@@ -388,3 +393,4 @@ parse_config_menus :: proc(
 
 	return result
 }
+