diff --git a/src/ViewModels/Preference.cs b/src/ViewModels/Preference.cs
index a9360e96..a9cb6277 100644
--- a/src/ViewModels/Preference.cs
+++ b/src/ViewModels/Preference.cs
@@ -353,7 +353,7 @@ namespace SourceGit.ViewModels
             {
                 node = new RepositoryNode()
                 {
-                    Id = Guid.NewGuid().ToString(),
+                    Id = repo,
                     Name = Path.GetFileName(repo),
                     Bookmark = 0,
                     IsRepository = true,