diff --git a/packages/images/package-lock.json b/packages/images/package-lock.json
index 09316ba..14382ee 100644
--- a/packages/images/package-lock.json
+++ b/packages/images/package-lock.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "@elderjs/plugin-images",
-  "version": "1.3.3",
+  "version": "1.3.4",
   "lockfileVersion": 1,
   "requires": true,
   "dependencies": {
@@ -1059,6 +1059,11 @@
       "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/mkdirp-classic/-/mkdirp-classic-0.5.3.tgz",
       "integrity": "sha512-gKLcREMhtuZRwRAfqP3RFW+TK4JqApVBtOIftVgjuABpAtpxhPGaDcfvbhNvD0B8iD1oUr/txX35NjcaY6Ns/A=="
     },
+    "nanoid": {
+      "version": "3.1.30",
+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/nanoid/-/nanoid-3.1.30.tgz",
+      "integrity": "sha512-zJpuPDwOv8D2zq2WRoMe1HsfZthVewpel9CAvTfc/2mBD1uUT/agc5f7GHGWXlYkFvi1mVxe4IjvP2HNrop7nQ=="
+    },
     "napi-build-utils": {
       "version": "1.0.2",
       "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/napi-build-utils/-/napi-build-utils-1.0.2.tgz",
diff --git a/packages/images/package.json b/packages/images/package.json
index 4d98972..2eda668 100644
--- a/packages/images/package.json
+++ b/packages/images/package.json
@@ -38,6 +38,7 @@
     "fs-extra": "^9.0.1",
     "glob": "^7.1.6",
     "mini-svg-data-uri": "^1.2.3",
+    "nanoid": "^3.1.30",
     "potrace": "^2.1.8",
     "sharp": "^0.26.0",
     "svgo": "^1.3.2",
diff --git a/packages/images/workers/placeholder.js b/packages/images/workers/placeholder.js
index fcc0867..40e0409 100644
--- a/packages/images/workers/placeholder.js
+++ b/packages/images/workers/placeholder.js
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 const sharp = require('sharp');
+const { nanoid } = require('nanoid');
 
 module.exports = async ({ rel, src: uncheckedSrc, options, debug }) => {
   try {
@@ -8,11 +9,15 @@ module.exports = async ({ rel, src: uncheckedSrc, options, debug }) => {
       src = Buffer.from(uncheckedSrc);
     }
 
+    //Lighthouse makes it difficutl to tell which placeholders belong to which images, so this helps us know which one it belongs to
+    //much of the time, the id will actually be truncated in the Lighthouse report, but the important part is that you have enough to identify the image
+    const id_string = `id:${nanoid()};`;
+
     const place = await sharp(src).resize(options.resize).jpeg(options.jpeg).toBuffer({ resolveWithObject: false });
 
-    if (debug) console.log({ rel, placeholder: `data:image/jpeg;base64,${place.toString('base64')}`, error: null });
+    if (debug) console.log({ rel, placeholder: `data:image/jpeg;${id_string}base64,${place.toString('base64')}`, error: null });
 
-    return { rel, placeholder: `data:image/jpeg;base64,${place.toString('base64')}`, error: null };
+    return { rel, placeholder: `data:image/jpeg;${id_string}base64,${place.toString('base64')}`, error: null };
   } catch (e) {
     return { error: e };
   }