diff --git a/src/queues.c b/src/queues.c
index 30b727d..2070bbb 100644
--- a/src/queues.c
+++ b/src/queues.c
@@ -35,8 +35,6 @@ int queues_notification_insert(notification *n, int replaces_id)
 {
         if (replaces_id == 0) {
 
-                n->id = ++next_notification_id;
-
                 if (settings.stack_duplicates) {
                         int stacked = queues_stack_duplicate(n);
                         if (stacked > 0) {
@@ -45,6 +43,8 @@ int queues_notification_insert(notification *n, int replaces_id)
                         }
                 }
 
+                n->id = ++next_notification_id;
+
                 g_queue_insert_sorted(queue, n, notification_cmp_data, NULL);
 
         } else {