diff --git a/src/emucore/OSystem.cxx b/src/emucore/OSystem.cxx
index dd9f438f1..c2c1bad13 100644
--- a/src/emucore/OSystem.cxx
+++ b/src/emucore/OSystem.cxx
@@ -514,18 +514,15 @@ string OSystem::createConsole(const FilesystemNode& rom, const string& md5sum,
        settings().getString("plusroms.id") == EmptyString)
     {
       // Make sure there always is an id
-      if(settings().getString("plusroms.id") == EmptyString)
-      {
-        constexpr int ID_LEN = 32 - 2; // WE prefix added later
-        const char* HEX_DIGITS = "0123456789ABCDEF";
-        char id_chr[ID_LEN] = {0};
+      constexpr int ID_LEN = 32;
+      const char* HEX_DIGITS = "0123456789ABCDEF";
+      char id_chr[ID_LEN] = {0};
+      Random rnd;
 
-        Random rnd;
-        for(char& c: id_chr)
-          c = HEX_DIGITS[rnd.next() % 16];
+      for(char& c: id_chr)
+        c = HEX_DIGITS[rnd.next() % 16];
 
-        settings().setValue("plusroms.id", string(id_chr, ID_LEN));
-      }
+      settings().setValue("plusroms.id", string(id_chr, ID_LEN));
 
       myEventHandler->changeStateByEvent(Event::PlusRomsSetupMode);
     }
diff --git a/src/emucore/PlusROM.cxx b/src/emucore/PlusROM.cxx
index 030476c90..0e2f16782 100644
--- a/src/emucore/PlusROM.cxx
+++ b/src/emucore/PlusROM.cxx
@@ -84,7 +84,7 @@ class PlusROMRequest {
       ostringstream content;
       content << "agent=Stella; "
         << "ver=" << STELLA_VERSION << "; "
-        << "id=WE" << myId.id << "; "
+        << "id=" << myId.id << "; "
         << "nick=" << myId.nick;
 
       httplib::Client client(myDestination.host);