diff --git a/api/runner/runner.go b/api/runner/runner.go
index 0b8b73873..2dfcb9d21 100644
--- a/api/runner/runner.go
+++ b/api/runner/runner.go
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ import (
 )
 
 type Config struct {
+	ID      string
 	Ctx     context.Context
 	Route   *models.Route
 	Payload string
diff --git a/api/runner/runner_test.go b/api/runner/runner_test.go
index 273f96766..38d7a14f8 100644
--- a/api/runner/runner_test.go
+++ b/api/runner/runner_test.go
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ package runner
 
 import (
 	"bytes"
+	"fmt"
 	"testing"
 	"time"
 
@@ -21,6 +22,7 @@ func TestRunnerHello(t *testing.T) {
 		{&models.Route{Image: "iron/hello"}, `{"name": "test"}`, "success", "Hello test!", ""},
 	} {
 		runner := New(&Config{
+			ID:      fmt.Sprintf("task-hello-%d-%d", i, time.Now().Unix()),
 			Ctx:     context.Background(),
 			Route:   test.route,
 			Timeout: 5 * time.Second,
@@ -57,6 +59,7 @@ func TestRunnerError(t *testing.T) {
 		{&models.Route{Image: "iron/error"}, `{"name": "test"}`, "error", "", "RuntimeError"},
 	} {
 		runner := New(&Config{
+			ID:      fmt.Sprintf("task-error-%d-%d", i, time.Now().Unix()),
 			Ctx:     context.Background(),
 			Route:   test.route,
 			Timeout: 5 * time.Second,
diff --git a/api/runner/task.go b/api/runner/task.go
index 9cd4bc2bb..e65b8134b 100644
--- a/api/runner/task.go
+++ b/api/runner/task.go
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ func (t *containerTask) EnvVars() map[string]string {
 	return env
 }
 
-func (t *containerTask) Id() string                         { return "" }
+func (t *containerTask) Id() string                         { return t.cfg.ID }
 func (t *containerTask) Group() string                      { return "" }
 func (t *containerTask) Image() string                      { return t.cfg.Route.Image }
 func (t *containerTask) Timeout() uint                      { return uint(t.cfg.Timeout.Seconds()) }
diff --git a/api/server/runner.go b/api/server/runner.go
index 178615a87..e7093e633 100644
--- a/api/server/runner.go
+++ b/api/server/runner.go
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 package server
 
 import (
+	"fmt"
 	"io/ioutil"
 	"net/http"
 	"strings"
@@ -12,6 +13,7 @@ import (
 	"github.com/gin-gonic/gin"
 	"github.com/iron-io/functions/api/models"
 	"github.com/iron-io/functions/api/runner"
+	"github.com/satori/go.uuid"
 )
 
 func handleRunner(c *gin.Context) {
@@ -22,6 +24,11 @@ func handleRunner(c *gin.Context) {
 
 	log := c.MustGet("log").(logrus.FieldLogger)
 
+	reqID := uuid.NewV5(uuid.Nil, fmt.Sprintf("%s%s%d", c.Request.RemoteAddr, c.Request.URL.Path, time.Now().Unix())).String()
+	c.Set("reqID", reqID)
+
+	log = log.WithFields(logrus.Fields{"request_id": reqID})
+
 	var err error
 
 	var payload []byte
@@ -75,7 +82,6 @@ func handleRunner(c *gin.Context) {
 	}
 
 	log.WithField("routes", routes).Debug("Got routes from datastore")
-
 	for _, el := range routes {
 		if el.Path == route {
 			run := runner.New(&runner.Config{
@@ -83,6 +89,7 @@ func handleRunner(c *gin.Context) {
 				Route:   el,
 				Payload: string(payload),
 				Timeout: 30 * time.Second,
+				ID:      reqID,
 			})
 
 			if err := run.Run(); err != nil {