diff --git a/dao/src/main/java/life/catalogue/db/mapper/NamesIndexMapper.java b/dao/src/main/java/life/catalogue/db/mapper/NamesIndexMapper.java
index 2a89933ebe..24183e812f 100644
--- a/dao/src/main/java/life/catalogue/db/mapper/NamesIndexMapper.java
+++ b/dao/src/main/java/life/catalogue/db/mapper/NamesIndexMapper.java
@@ -28,5 +28,5 @@ public interface NamesIndexMapper extends CRUD<Integer, IndexName> {
   /**
    * Resets the primary key sequence to the next highest int or 1 if no records exist.
    */
-  void resetSequence();
+  void updateSequence();
 }
diff --git a/dao/src/main/java/life/catalogue/matching/NameIndexImpl.java b/dao/src/main/java/life/catalogue/matching/NameIndexImpl.java
index 2732fdc99d..b65c9e294d 100644
--- a/dao/src/main/java/life/catalogue/matching/NameIndexImpl.java
+++ b/dao/src/main/java/life/catalogue/matching/NameIndexImpl.java
@@ -278,8 +278,6 @@ public void reset() {
       NamesIndexMapper nim = session.getMapper(NamesIndexMapper.class);
       LOG.warn("Truncating the names index postgres table");
       nim.truncate();
-      LOG.info("Resetting names index sequence, count = {}", nim.count());
-      nim.resetSequence();
     }
   }
 
diff --git a/dao/src/main/resources/life/catalogue/db/mapper/NameMapper.xml b/dao/src/main/resources/life/catalogue/db/mapper/NameMapper.xml
index 01ca16d6bc..5915ccb8ef 100644
--- a/dao/src/main/resources/life/catalogue/db/mapper/NameMapper.xml
+++ b/dao/src/main/resources/life/catalogue/db/mapper/NameMapper.xml
@@ -354,7 +354,7 @@
     <include refid="life.catalogue.db.Common.partitionByDatasetKey"/>
     SELECT <include refid="SELECT"/>
     FROM <include refid="FROM"/>
-    ORDER BY rank
+    ORDER BY rank, scientific_name
   </select>
 
   <select id="processSince" parameterType="map" resultMap="nameResultMap" resultOrdered="true" fetchSize="5000" resultSetType="FORWARD_ONLY">
diff --git a/dao/src/main/resources/life/catalogue/db/mapper/NamesIndexMapper.xml b/dao/src/main/resources/life/catalogue/db/mapper/NamesIndexMapper.xml
index b676c57213..8af5574a99 100644
--- a/dao/src/main/resources/life/catalogue/db/mapper/NamesIndexMapper.xml
+++ b/dao/src/main/resources/life/catalogue/db/mapper/NamesIndexMapper.xml
@@ -97,10 +97,10 @@
   </select>
 
   <update id="truncate">
-    TRUNCATE names_index
+    TRUNCATE names_index RESTART IDENTITY
   </update>
 
-  <update id="resetSequence">
+  <update id="updateSequence">
     SELECT setval('names_index_id_seq', (SELECT COALESCE(max(id),1) FROM names_index))
   </update>
 
diff --git a/dao/src/test/java/life/catalogue/db/TestDataRule.java b/dao/src/test/java/life/catalogue/db/TestDataRule.java
index 85d5bc5baa..9c12f9709c 100644
--- a/dao/src/test/java/life/catalogue/db/TestDataRule.java
+++ b/dao/src/test/java/life/catalogue/db/TestDataRule.java
@@ -222,7 +222,7 @@ public void updateSequences() throws Exception {
       pm.updateIdSequences(testData.key);
     }
     // names index keys
-    session.getMapper(NamesIndexMapper.class).resetSequence();
+    session.getMapper(NamesIndexMapper.class).updateSequence();
     session.commit();
   }
 
diff --git a/dao/src/test/java/life/catalogue/db/mapper/NamesIndexMapperTest.java b/dao/src/test/java/life/catalogue/db/mapper/NamesIndexMapperTest.java
index 290000e590..e6f974cdde 100644
--- a/dao/src/test/java/life/catalogue/db/mapper/NamesIndexMapperTest.java
+++ b/dao/src/test/java/life/catalogue/db/mapper/NamesIndexMapperTest.java
@@ -41,10 +41,9 @@ public void truncate() {
     mapper().truncate();
     assertEquals(0, mapper().count());
 
-    mapper().resetSequence();
     IndexName n = createTestEntity(-1);
     mapper().create(n);
-    assertEquals(2, (int) n.getKey());
+    assertEquals(1, (int) n.getKey());
   }
 
   /**
diff --git a/webservice/src/test/java/life/catalogue/release/StableIdProviderTest.java b/webservice/src/test/java/life/catalogue/release/StableIdProviderTest.java
index e4e68eb3a9..1cb053e829 100644
--- a/webservice/src/test/java/life/catalogue/release/StableIdProviderTest.java
+++ b/webservice/src/test/java/life/catalogue/release/StableIdProviderTest.java
@@ -54,7 +54,6 @@ public void destroy() {
   }
 
   @Test
-  @Ignore
   public void run() throws Exception {
     provider.run();
     try (SqlSession session = PgSetupRule.getSqlSessionFactory().openSession(true)) {