diff --git a/hed/errors/error_messages.py b/hed/errors/error_messages.py
index 8c74db94..06e64008 100644
--- a/hed/errors/error_messages.py
+++ b/hed/errors/error_messages.py
@@ -173,7 +173,7 @@ def val_error_unknown_namespace(tag, unknown_prefix, known_prefixes):
     return f"Tag '{tag} has unknown namespace '{unknown_prefix}'.  Valid prefixes: {known_prefixes}"
 
 
-@hed_tag_error(ValidationErrors.NODE_NAME_EMPTY, has_sub_tag=True)
+@hed_tag_error(ValidationErrors.NODE_NAME_EMPTY, has_sub_tag=True, actual_code=ValidationErrors.TAG_INVALID)
 def val_error_extra_slashes_spaces(tag, problem_tag):
     return f"Extra slashes or spaces '{problem_tag}' in tag '{tag}'"
 
diff --git a/hed/errors/error_types.py b/hed/errors/error_types.py
index 4a95f79d..4fe568d7 100644
--- a/hed/errors/error_types.py
+++ b/hed/errors/error_types.py
@@ -31,7 +31,6 @@ class ValidationErrors:
     DEF_INVALID = "DEF_INVALID"
     DEFINITION_INVALID = "DEFINITION_INVALID"
     ELEMENT_DEPRECATED = "ELEMENT_DEPRECATED"
-    NODE_NAME_EMPTY = 'NODE_NAME_EMPTY'
     TEMPORAL_TAG_ERROR = 'TEMPORAL_TAG_ERROR'
     PARENTHESES_MISMATCH = 'PARENTHESES_MISMATCH'
     PLACEHOLDER_INVALID = 'PLACEHOLDER_INVALID'
@@ -69,6 +68,7 @@ class ValidationErrors:
 
     INVALID_PARENT_NODE = "invalidParent"
     NO_VALID_TAG_FOUND = "invalidTag"
+    NODE_NAME_EMPTY = 'NODE_NAME_EMPTY'
 
     HED_LIBRARY_UNMATCHED = "HED_LIBRARY_UNMATCHED"
 
@@ -88,7 +88,6 @@ class ValidationErrors:
     DUPLICATE_COLUMN_BETWEEN_SOURCES = "DUPLICATE_COLUMN_BETWEEN_SOURCES"
     HED_BLANK_COLUMN = "HED_BLANK_COLUMN"
 
-    # Below here shows what the given error maps to
 
     INVALID_TAG_CHARACTER = 'invalidTagCharacter'
 
diff --git a/hed/scripts/add_hed_ids.py b/hed/scripts/add_hed_ids.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..8963cbad
--- /dev/null
+++ b/hed/scripts/add_hed_ids.py
@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+from hed.schema import load_schema_version
+from hed.scripts.script_util import get_prerelease_path
+from hed.scripts.convert_and_update_schema import convert_and_update
+import argparse
+from hed.schema.schema_io.df2schema import SchemaLoaderDF
+
+# Slightly tweaked version of convert_and_update_schema.py with a new main function to allow different parameters.
+def main():
+    parser = argparse.ArgumentParser(description='Add hed ids to a specific schema.')
+    parser.add_argument('repo_path', help='The location of the hed-schemas directory')
+    parser.add_argument('schema_name', help='The name of the schema("standard" for standard schema) to modify')
+    parser.add_argument('schema_version', help='The schema version to modify')
+
+    args = parser.parse_args()
+
+    basepath = get_prerelease_path(args.repo_path, schema_name=args.schema_name, schema_version=args.schema_version)
+    filenames = list(SchemaLoaderDF.convert_filenames_to_dict(basepath).values())
+    set_ids = True
+
+    # Trigger a local cache hit (this ensures trying to load withStandard schemas will work properly)
+    _ = load_schema_version("8.2.0")
+
+    return convert_and_update(filenames, set_ids)
+
+
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+    exit(main())
diff --git a/hed/scripts/create_ontology.py b/hed/scripts/create_ontology.py
index 601bd0db..04ea2712 100644
--- a/hed/scripts/create_ontology.py
+++ b/hed/scripts/create_ontology.py
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ def main():
     parser = argparse.ArgumentParser(description='Convert a specified schema in the prerelease folder to an ontology.')
     parser.add_argument('repo_path', help='The location of the hed-schemas directory')
     parser.add_argument('schema_name', help='The name of the schema to convert("standard" for standard schema)')
-    parser.add_argument('schema_version', help='The location of the hed-schemas directory')
+    parser.add_argument('schema_version', help='The schema version to modify')
     parser.add_argument('--dest', default=os.path.join("src", "ontology"), help='The base location to save to')
 
     args = parser.parse_args()
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 67f8bc46..3b732340 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -57,6 +57,7 @@ run_remodel_backup = "hed.tools.remodeling.cli.run_remodel_backup:main"
 run_remodel_restore = "hed.tools.remodeling.cli.run_remodel_restore:main"
 hed_validate_schemas = "hed.scripts.validate_schemas:main"
 hed_update_schemas = "hed.scripts.convert_and_update_schema:main"
+hed_add_ids = "hed.scripts.add_hed_ids:main"
 hed_create_ontology = "hed.scripts.create_ontology:main"
 
 [tool.versioneer]