diff --git a/frontend/src/lib/components/apps/editor/componentsPanel/ComponentList.svelte b/frontend/src/lib/components/apps/editor/componentsPanel/ComponentList.svelte
index aba12b035b..8da2263a21 100644
--- a/frontend/src/lib/components/apps/editor/componentsPanel/ComponentList.svelte
+++ b/frontend/src/lib/components/apps/editor/componentsPanel/ComponentList.svelte
@@ -56,7 +56,10 @@
 	function addComponent(appComponent: AppComponent) {
 		$dirtyStore = true
 		const grid = $app.grid ?? []
-		const id = getNextId(grid.map((gridItem) => gridItem.data.id))
+		const id = getNextId(
+			grid.map((gridItem) => gridItem.data.id),
+			true
+		)
 
 		appComponent.id = id
 
diff --git a/frontend/src/lib/components/flows/flowStateUtils.ts b/frontend/src/lib/components/flows/flowStateUtils.ts
index f7f3415720..c3ddae7aa7 100644
--- a/frontend/src/lib/components/flows/flowStateUtils.ts
+++ b/frontend/src/lib/components/flows/flowStateUtils.ts
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ export async function loadFlowModuleState(flowModule: FlowModule): Promise<FlowM
 
 export const idMutex = new Mutex()
 
-export function getNextId(currentKeys: string[]): string {
+export function getNextId(currentKeys: string[], skipTilde: boolean = false): string {
 	const max = currentKeys.reduce((acc, key) => {
 		if (key === 'failure' || key.includes('branch') || key.includes('loop')) {
 			return acc
diff --git a/frontend/src/lib/components/flows/utils.ts b/frontend/src/lib/components/flows/utils.ts
index b4cd7350ef..7db5571116 100644
--- a/frontend/src/lib/components/flows/utils.ts
+++ b/frontend/src/lib/components/flows/utils.ts
@@ -179,7 +179,7 @@ export function emptyFlowModuleState(): FlowModuleState {
 
 const aCharCode = 'a'.charCodeAt(0)
 
-export function numberToChars(n: number) {
+export function numberToChars(n: number, skipTilde: boolean = false) {
 	var b = [n],
 		sp,
 		out,
@@ -187,11 +187,12 @@ export function numberToChars(n: number) {
 		div
 
 	sp = 0
+	const basisInc = skipTilde ? -1 : 0
 	while (sp < b.length) {
-		if (b[sp] > 25) {
-			div = Math.floor(b[sp] / 27)
+		if (b[sp] > (25 + basisInc)) {
+			div = Math.floor(b[sp] / (27 + basisInc))
 			b[sp + 1] = div - 1
-			b[sp] %= 27
+			b[sp] %= (27 + basisInc)
 		}
 		sp += 1
 	}