diff --git a/zetta_utils/cloud/execution_tracker.py b/zetta_utils/cloud/execution_tracker.py
index b87409153..b09136b2e 100644
--- a/zetta_utils/cloud/execution_tracker.py
+++ b/zetta_utils/cloud/execution_tracker.py
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 import json
 import os
 import time
+from contextlib import contextmanager
 from datetime import datetime
 from enum import Enum
 from typing import Mapping
@@ -9,6 +10,7 @@
 import fsspec
 from cloudfiles import paths
 
+from zetta_utils.common import RepeatTimer
 from zetta_utils.layer.db_layer import DBRowDataT, build_db_layer
 from zetta_utils.layer.db_layer.datastore import DatastoreBackend
 from zetta_utils.log import get_logger
@@ -110,3 +112,18 @@ def record_execution_run(execution_id: str) -> None:  # pragma: no cover
 
     with fsspec.open(info_path, "w") as f:
         json.dump(execution_run, f, indent=2)
+
+
+@contextmanager
+def heartbeat_tracking_ctx_mngr(execution_id, heartbeat_interval=30):
+    def _send_heartbeat():
+        update_execution_heartbeat(execution_id)
+
+    heart = RepeatTimer(heartbeat_interval, _send_heartbeat)
+    heart.start()
+    try:
+        yield
+    except Exception as e:
+        raise e from None
+    finally:
+        heart.cancel()
diff --git a/zetta_utils/mazepa_addons/configurations/execute_on_gcp_with_sqs.py b/zetta_utils/mazepa_addons/configurations/execute_on_gcp_with_sqs.py
index b7fd35283..5c303950c 100644
--- a/zetta_utils/mazepa_addons/configurations/execute_on_gcp_with_sqs.py
+++ b/zetta_utils/mazepa_addons/configurations/execute_on_gcp_with_sqs.py
@@ -2,12 +2,11 @@
 
 import copy
 import os
-from contextlib import AbstractContextManager, ExitStack, contextmanager
+from contextlib import AbstractContextManager, ExitStack
 from typing import Dict, Final, Iterable, Optional, Union
 
 from zetta_utils import builder, log, mazepa
 from zetta_utils.cloud import execution_tracker, resource_allocation
-from zetta_utils.common import RepeatTimer
 
 logger = log.get_logger("zetta_utils")
 
@@ -96,21 +95,6 @@ def get_gcp_with_sqs_config(
     return exec_queue, ctx_managers
 
 
-@contextmanager
-def heartbeat_tracking_ctx_mngr(execution_id, heartbeat_interval=30):
-    def _send_heartbeat():
-        execution_tracker.update_execution_heartbeat(execution_id)
-
-    heart = RepeatTimer(heartbeat_interval, _send_heartbeat)
-    heart.start()
-    try:
-        yield
-    except Exception as e:
-        raise e from None
-    finally:
-        heart.cancel()
-
-
 @builder.register("mazepa.execute_on_gcp_with_sqs")
 def execute_on_gcp_with_sqs(  # pylint: disable=too-many-locals
     target: Union[mazepa.Flow, mazepa.ExecutionState],
@@ -174,7 +158,7 @@ def execute_on_gcp_with_sqs(  # pylint: disable=too-many-locals
         )
 
     with ExitStack() as stack:
-        stack.enter_context(heartbeat_tracking_ctx_mngr(execution_id))
+        stack.enter_context(execution_tracker.heartbeat_tracking_ctx_mngr(execution_id))
         for mngr in ctx_managers:
             stack.enter_context(mngr)
 
diff --git a/zetta_utils/training/lightning/train.py b/zetta_utils/training/lightning/train.py
index ab97df5a7..bcbc86590 100644
--- a/zetta_utils/training/lightning/train.py
+++ b/zetta_utils/training/lightning/train.py
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@
 from pytorch_lightning.utilities.cloud_io import get_filesystem
 
 from kubernetes import client as k8s_client  # type: ignore
-from zetta_utils import builder, log, parsing
+from zetta_utils import builder, log, mazepa, parsing
 from zetta_utils.cloud import resource_allocation
 
 DEFAULT_GCP_CLUSTER_NAME: Final = "zutils-x3"
@@ -88,7 +88,11 @@ def lightning_train(
 @builder.register("lightning_train_remote")
 @typeguard.typechecked
 def lightning_train_remote(image: str, resources: dict, spec_path: str) -> None:
-    execution_id = "test"
+
+    execution_id = mazepa.id_generation.get_unique_id(
+        prefix="exec", slug_len=4, add_uuid=False, max_len=50
+    )
+
     spec = parsing.cue.load(spec_path)
     configmap = resource_allocation.k8s.get_configmap(
         name=execution_id, data={"spec.cue": json.dumps(spec)}