diff --git a/modules/persistence/index.ts b/modules/persistence/index.ts
index 5fbf6d143..d6397dd89 100644
--- a/modules/persistence/index.ts
+++ b/modules/persistence/index.ts
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ import { upsertAssets } from './src/services/assets';
 interface ModuleArgs {
   path: string;
   githubUser: string;
+  jobId?: string;
   strict: string;
   [props: string | number | symbol]: unknown;
 }
@@ -30,14 +31,14 @@ const missingPathMessage = 'No path specified in arguments - please specify a bu
 // Load command line args into a parameterized argv
 const argv: ModuleArgs = minimist(process.argv.slice(2));
 
-const app = async (path: string, githubUser: string) => {
+const app = async (path: string, githubUser: string, jobId?: string) => {
   try {
     if (!path) throw missingPathMessage;
     const user = githubUser || 'docs-builder-bot';
     const zip = new AdmZip(path);
     // atomic buildId for all artifacts read by this module - fundamental assumption
     // that only one build will be used per run of this module.
-    const buildId = new mongodb.ObjectId();
+    const buildId = new mongodb.ObjectId(jobId);
     const metadata = await metadataFromZip(zip, user);
     // initialize db connections to handle shared connections
     await snootyDb();
@@ -55,7 +56,7 @@ const app = async (path: string, githubUser: string) => {
   }
 };
 
-app(argv['path'], argv['githubUser']).catch(() => {
+app(argv['path'], argv['githubUser'], argv['jobId']).catch(() => {
   console.error('Persistence Module Failure. Ending build.');
   process.exit(1);
 });
diff --git a/src/job/productionJobHandler.ts b/src/job/productionJobHandler.ts
index f9d434955..8f66d14de 100644
--- a/src/job/productionJobHandler.ts
+++ b/src/job/productionJobHandler.ts
@@ -134,7 +134,7 @@ export class ProductionJobHandler extends JobHandler {
     if (this.currJob?.buildCommands) {
       this.currJob.buildCommands[this.currJob.buildCommands.length - 1] = 'make get-build-dependencies';
       this.currJob.buildCommands.push('make next-gen-parse');
-      this.currJob.buildCommands.push('make persistence-module');
+      this.currJob.buildCommands.push(`make persistence-module JOB_ID=${this.currJob._id}`);
       this.currJob.buildCommands.push('make next-gen-html');
       this.currJob.buildCommands.push(`make oas-page-build MUT_PREFIX=${this.currJob.payload.mutPrefix}`);
     }
diff --git a/src/job/stagingJobHandler.ts b/src/job/stagingJobHandler.ts
index e77000f52..b43c49188 100644
--- a/src/job/stagingJobHandler.ts
+++ b/src/job/stagingJobHandler.ts
@@ -58,7 +58,9 @@ export class StagingJobHandler extends JobHandler {
   prepStageSpecificNextGenCommands(): void {
     if (this.currJob.buildCommands) {
       this.currJob.buildCommands[this.currJob.buildCommands.length - 1] = 'make next-gen-parse';
-      this.currJob.buildCommands.push(`make persistence-module GH_USER=${this.currJob.payload.repoOwner}`);
+      this.currJob.buildCommands.push(
+        `make persistence-module GH_USER=${this.currJob.payload.repoOwner} JOB_ID=${this.currJob._id}`
+      );
       this.currJob.buildCommands.push('make next-gen-html');
       const project = this.currJob.payload.project === 'cloud-docs' ? this.currJob.payload.project : '';
       const branchName = /^[a-zA-Z0-9_\-\./]+$/.test(this.currJob.payload.branchName)