diff --git a/cmd/hakurei/print_test.go b/cmd/hakurei/print_test.go
index 5a7d214..9b1922c 100644
--- a/cmd/hakurei/print_test.go
+++ b/cmd/hakurei/print_test.go
@@ -712,7 +712,6 @@ func TestPrintPs(t *testing.T) {
     "instance": "aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa",
     "pid": 48879,
     "shim_pid": 51966,
-    "id": "",
     "enablements": {
       "wayland": true,
       "pulse": true
diff --git a/hst/config.go b/hst/config.go
index 8a96605..ee31a55 100644
--- a/hst/config.go
+++ b/hst/config.go
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ import (
 type Config struct {
 	// Reverse-DNS style configured arbitrary identifier string.
 	// Passed to wayland security-context-v1 and used as part of defaults in dbus session proxy.
-	ID string `json:"id"`
+	ID string `json:"id,omitempty"`
 
 	// System services to make available in the container.
 	Enablements *Enablements `json:"enablements,omitempty"`