diff --git a/packages/backend/src/Node.ts b/packages/backend/src/Node.ts
index aa073ef..ec12dd8 100644
--- a/packages/backend/src/Node.ts
+++ b/packages/backend/src/Node.ts
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@ export default class Node {
     messages: Array<Message>,
   ) {
     this.ip = ip;
-    this.id = getId(address);
+    this.id = getId(address, name);
     this.name = name;
     this.chain = chain;
     this.config = config;
@@ -205,7 +205,7 @@ export default class Node {
     this.socket.close();
     this.socket.terminate();
 
-    refreshId(this.address, this.id);
+    refreshId(this.address, this.name, this.id);
 
     this.events.emit('disconnect');
   }
diff --git a/packages/backend/src/nodeId.ts b/packages/backend/src/nodeId.ts
index dca5788..4cc22b3 100644
--- a/packages/backend/src/nodeId.ts
+++ b/packages/backend/src/nodeId.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-import { timestamp, Maybe, Types, idGenerator } from '@dotstats/common';
+import { timestamp, Maybe, Types, idGenerator, Opaque } from '@dotstats/common';
 
 const CACHE_LIFETIME = (24 * 3600 * 1000) as Types.Milliseconds; // 24h
 const CACHE_INTERVAL = (3600 * 1000) as Types.Milliseconds; // 1h
@@ -8,8 +8,10 @@ interface NodeIdCache {
   ts: Types.Timestamp;
 }
 
+type SaltedName = Opaque<string, 'SaltedName'>;
+
 const nextId = idGenerator<Types.NodeId>();
-const idCache = new Map<Types.Address, NodeIdCache>();
+const idCache = new Map<Types.Address | SaltedName, NodeIdCache>();
 
 function clearCache() {
   const now = timestamp();
@@ -25,31 +27,32 @@ function clearCache() {
 
 clearCache();
 
-export function getId(pubkey: Maybe<Types.Address>): Types.NodeId {
-  if (!pubkey) {
-    return nextId();
-  }
+export function getId(pubkey: Maybe<Types.Address>, name: Types.NodeName): Types.NodeId {
+  let cachekey: Types.Address | SaltedName;
 
-  const cached = idCache.get(pubkey);
+  if (pubkey) {
+    const cached = idCache.get(pubkey);
 
-  if (cached) {
-    return cached.id;
+    if (cached) {
+      return cached.id;
+    }
+
+    cachekey = pubkey;
+  } else {
+    cachekey = `name:${name}` as SaltedName;
   }
 
   const id = nextId();
   const ts = timestamp();
 
-  idCache.set(pubkey, { id, ts });
+  idCache.set(cachekey, { id, ts });
 
   return id;
 }
 
-export function refreshId(pubkey: Maybe<Types.Address>, id: Types.NodeId) {
-  if (!pubkey) {
-    return;
-  }
-
+export function refreshId(pubkey: Maybe<Types.Address>, name: Types.NodeName, id: Types.NodeId) {
+  const cachekey = pubkey ? pubkey : `name:${name}` as SaltedName;
   const ts = timestamp();
 
-  idCache.set(pubkey, { id, ts });
+  idCache.set(cachekey, { id, ts });
 }
diff --git a/packages/common/src/index.ts b/packages/common/src/index.ts
index 4aa3819..7101264 100644
--- a/packages/common/src/index.ts
+++ b/packages/common/src/index.ts
@@ -9,4 +9,4 @@ import * as FeedMessage from './feed';
 export { Types, FeedMessage };
 
 // Increment this if breaking changes were made to types in `feed.ts`
-export const VERSION: Types.FeedVersion = 12 as Types.FeedVersion;
+export const VERSION: Types.FeedVersion = 13 as Types.FeedVersion;