diff --git a/translator/common/images.py b/translator/common/images.py
index d9b8818a..a2ac6e5e 100755
--- a/translator/common/images.py
+++ b/translator/common/images.py
@@ -87,14 +87,14 @@ def get_images():
                        'Openstack Exception: %s') % str(e))
         else:
             for image in client.images.list():
-                image_name = image.name.encode('ascii', 'ignore')
+                image_id = image.id.encode('ascii', 'ignore')
                 metadata = ["architecture", "type", "distribution", "version",
                             "os_distro", "os_type", "os_version"]
                 if any(key in image.keys() for key in metadata):
-                    IMAGES[image_name] = {}
+                    IMAGES[image_id] = {}
                     for key in metadata:
                         if key in image.keys():
-                            IMAGES[image_name][key] = image[key]
+                            IMAGES[image_id][key] = image[key]
 
     if not IMAGES:
         IMAGES = PREDEF_IMAGES