diff --git a/src/app/screens/Accounts/Show/index.tsx b/src/app/screens/Accounts/Show/index.tsx
index f08f8dbc7a..9ca86c7a27 100644
--- a/src/app/screens/Accounts/Show/index.tsx
+++ b/src/app/screens/Accounts/Show/index.tsx
@@ -80,6 +80,11 @@ function AccountScreen() {
         const response = await msg.request<GetAccountRes>("getAccount", {
           id,
         });
+        // for backwards compatibility
+        // TODO: remove. if you ask when, then it's probably now.
+        if (!response.id) {
+          response.id = id;
+        }
         setAccount(response);
         setAccountName(response.name);
 
diff --git a/src/extension/background-script/migrations/__tests__/ensureAccountId.test.ts b/src/extension/background-script/migrations/__tests__/ensureAccountId.test.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..0631ad0968
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/extension/background-script/migrations/__tests__/ensureAccountId.test.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,42 @@
+import state from "~/extension/background-script/state";
+
+import migrate from "../index";
+
+afterEach(() => {
+  jest.clearAllMocks();
+});
+
+jest.mock("~/extension/background-script/state");
+const mockState = {
+  saveToStorage: jest.fn,
+  accounts: {
+    "8b7f1dc6-ab87-4c6c-bca5-19fa8632731e": {
+      config: "config-123-456",
+      connector: "lndhub",
+      name: "Alby",
+      nostrPrivateKey: "nostr-123-456",
+    },
+    "1e1e8ea6-493e-480b-9855-303d37506e97": {
+      config: "config-123-456",
+      connector: "lndhub",
+      id: "1e1e8ea6-493e-480b-9855-303d37506e97",
+      name: "Alby",
+    },
+  },
+};
+state.getState = jest.fn().mockReturnValue(mockState);
+
+describe("Ensure account ID", () => {
+  test("add account ID where missing", async () => {
+    let accounts = state.getState().accounts;
+    expect(accounts["8b7f1dc6-ab87-4c6c-bca5-19fa8632731e"].id).toEqual(
+      undefined
+    );
+    await migrate();
+
+    accounts = state.getState().accounts;
+    Object.keys(accounts).forEach((accountId) => {
+      expect(accounts[accountId].id).toEqual(accountId);
+    });
+  });
+});
diff --git a/src/extension/background-script/migrations/index.ts b/src/extension/background-script/migrations/index.ts
index f6ff8e56d2..2eb09b6f8c 100644
--- a/src/extension/background-script/migrations/index.ts
+++ b/src/extension/background-script/migrations/index.ts
@@ -36,8 +36,23 @@ const migrations = {
       state.setState({
         accounts,
       });
+      // will be persisted by setMigrated
     }
   },
+
+  ensureAccountId: async () => {
+    const { accounts } = state.getState();
+    Object.keys(accounts).forEach((accountId) => {
+      if (!accounts[accountId].id) {
+        console.info(`updating ${accountId}`);
+        accounts[accountId].id = accountId;
+      }
+    });
+    state.setState({
+      accounts,
+    });
+    // will be persisted by setMigrated
+  },
 };
 
 const migrate = async () => {
@@ -48,6 +63,11 @@ const migrate = async () => {
     await migrations["migrateisUsingGlobalNostrKey"]();
     await setMigrated("migrateisUsingGlobalNostrKey");
   }
+  if (shouldMigrate("ensureAccountId")) {
+    console.info("Running migration for: ensureAccountId");
+    await migrations["ensureAccountId"]();
+    await setMigrated("ensureAccountId");
+  }
 };
 
 export default migrate;