diff --git a/MVMCore/MVMCore/LoadHandling/MVMCoreLoadHandler.m b/MVMCore/MVMCore/LoadHandling/MVMCoreLoadHandler.m
index 3e5ae1f..64d67ce 100644
--- a/MVMCore/MVMCore/LoadHandling/MVMCoreLoadHandler.m
+++ b/MVMCore/MVMCore/LoadHandling/MVMCoreLoadHandler.m
@@ -389,6 +389,7 @@
         return [self loadBackgroundRequest:requestParameters dataForPage:dataForPage delegateObject:delegateObject];
     } else {
         MVMCoreLoadRequestOperation *loadOperation = [[MVMCoreLoadRequestOperation alloc] initWithRequestParameters:requestParameters dataForPage:dataForPage delegateObject:delegateObject backgroundLoad:NO];
+        loadOperation.identifier = requestParameters.identifier;
         [self.blockingLoadQueue addOperation:loadOperation];
         return loadOperation;
     }
@@ -396,6 +397,7 @@
 
 - (MVMCoreLoadRequestOperation *)loadBackgroundRequest:(nonnull MVMCoreRequestParameters *)requestParameters dataForPage:(nullable NSDictionary *)dataForPage delegateObject:(nullable DelegateObject *)delegateObject {
     MVMCoreLoadRequestOperation *loadOperation = [[MVMCoreLoadRequestOperation alloc] initWithRequestParameters:requestParameters dataForPage:dataForPage delegateObject:delegateObject backgroundLoad:YES];
+    loadOperation.identifier = requestParameters.identifier;
     [self.backgroundLoadQueue addOperation:loadOperation];
     return loadOperation;
 }
diff --git a/MVMCore/MVMCore/LoadHandling/MVMCoreLoadRequestOperation.m b/MVMCore/MVMCore/LoadHandling/MVMCoreLoadRequestOperation.m
index ffcf1a5..931c967 100644
--- a/MVMCore/MVMCore/LoadHandling/MVMCoreLoadRequestOperation.m
+++ b/MVMCore/MVMCore/LoadHandling/MVMCoreLoadRequestOperation.m
@@ -48,7 +48,6 @@
         self.dataForPage = dataForPage;
         self.delegateObject = delegateObject;
         self.backgroundLoad = backgroundLoad;
-        self.identifier = [NSUUID UUID].UUIDString;
     }
     return self;
 }