diff --git a/web/src/components/ui/grid/BusterResizeableGrid.tsx b/web/src/components/ui/grid/BusterResizeableGrid.tsx
index 3331b6d33..114d478be 100644
--- a/web/src/components/ui/grid/BusterResizeableGrid.tsx
+++ b/web/src/components/ui/grid/BusterResizeableGrid.tsx
@@ -381,9 +381,10 @@ const checkRowEquality = (
 const newRowPreflight = (newRows: BusterResizeableGridRow[]) => {
   let newRowsCopy = removeEmptyContainers([...newRows]);
 
-  newRowsCopy = newRowsCopy.map((row) => {
+  newRowsCopy = newRowsCopy.map((row, index) => {
     const numberOfColumns = row.columnSizes?.length || 0;
     const numberOfItems = row.items.length;
+    row.id = `${index + 1}`; //we use this instead of uuid because the api likes it better this way
     if (
       numberOfItems !== numberOfColumns ||
       row.columnSizes?.reduce((a, b) => a + b, 0) !== NUMBER_OF_COLUMNS