diff --git a/pkg/leakybucket/bucket.go b/pkg/leakybucket/bucket.go
index 48e5a4868..02a03a5c9 100644
--- a/pkg/leakybucket/bucket.go
+++ b/pkg/leakybucket/bucket.go
@@ -9,7 +9,6 @@ import (
 	//"log"
 	"github.com/crowdsecurity/crowdsec/pkg/time/rate"
 	"github.com/crowdsecurity/crowdsec/pkg/types"
-	"github.com/goombaio/namegenerator"
 	"gopkg.in/tomb.v2"
 
 	//rate "time/rate"
@@ -158,7 +157,7 @@ func FromFactory(bucketFactory BucketFactory) *Leaky {
 	l := &Leaky{
 		Name:            bucketFactory.Name,
 		Limiter:         limiter,
-		Uuid:            namegenerator.NewNameGenerator(time.Now().UTC().UnixNano()).Generate(),
+		Uuid:            seed.Generate(),
 		Queue:           NewQueue(Qsize),
 		CacheSize:       bucketFactory.CacheSize,
 		Out:             make(chan *Queue, 1),
diff --git a/pkg/leakybucket/manager_load.go b/pkg/leakybucket/manager_load.go
index 759247c6f..c7b23c872 100644
--- a/pkg/leakybucket/manager_load.go
+++ b/pkg/leakybucket/manager_load.go
@@ -74,6 +74,9 @@ type BucketFactory struct {
 	wgDumpState     *sync.WaitGroup           `yaml:"-"`
 }
 
+//we use one NameGenerator for all the future buckets
+var seed namegenerator.Generator = namegenerator.NewNameGenerator(time.Now().UTC().UnixNano())
+
 func ValidateFactory(bucketFactory *BucketFactory) error {
 	if bucketFactory.Name == "" {
 		return fmt.Errorf("bucket must have name")
@@ -147,8 +150,6 @@ func LoadBuckets(cscfg *csconfig.CrowdsecServiceCfg, files []string, tomb *tomb.
 		response chan types.Event
 	)
 
-	var seed namegenerator.Generator = namegenerator.NewNameGenerator(time.Now().UTC().UnixNano())
-
 	response = make(chan types.Event, 1)
 	for _, f := range files {
 		log.Debugf("Loading '%s'", f)