diff --git a/apps/components_tests/CMakeLists.txt b/apps/components_tests/CMakeLists.txt
index 4f260be189..22bb542538 100644
--- a/apps/components_tests/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/apps/components_tests/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -78,6 +78,7 @@ file(GLOB UNITTEST_SRC_FILES
     esm3/testsaveload.cpp
     esm3/testesmwriter.cpp
     esm3/testinfoorder.cpp
+    esm3/testcstringids.cpp
 
     nifosg/testnifloader.cpp
 
diff --git a/apps/components_tests/esm3/testcstringids.cpp b/apps/components_tests/esm3/testcstringids.cpp
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..239b205965
--- /dev/null
+++ b/apps/components_tests/esm3/testcstringids.cpp
@@ -0,0 +1,57 @@
+#include <components/esm3/esmreader.hpp>
+#include <components/esm3/esmwriter.hpp>
+#include <components/esm3/loaddial.hpp>
+
+#include <gtest/gtest.h>
+
+namespace ESM
+{
+    namespace
+    {
+        TEST(Esm3CStringIdTest, dialNameShouldBeNullTerminated)
+        {
+            std::unique_ptr<std::istream> stream;
+
+            {
+                auto ostream = std::make_unique<std::stringstream>();
+
+                ESMWriter writer;
+                writer.setFormatVersion(DefaultFormatVersion);
+                writer.save(*ostream);
+
+                Dialogue record;
+                record.blank();
+                record.mStringId = "topic name";
+                record.mId = RefId::stringRefId(record.mStringId);
+                record.mType = Dialogue::Topic;
+                writer.startRecord(Dialogue::sRecordId);
+                record.save(writer);
+                writer.endRecord(Dialogue::sRecordId);
+
+                stream = std::move(ostream);
+            }
+
+            ESMReader reader;
+            reader.open(std::move(stream), "stream");
+            ASSERT_TRUE(reader.hasMoreRecs());
+            ASSERT_EQ(reader.getRecName(), Dialogue::sRecordId);
+            reader.getRecHeader();
+            while (reader.hasMoreSubs())
+            {
+                reader.getSubName();
+                if (reader.retSubName().toInt() == SREC_NAME)
+                {
+                    reader.getSubHeader();
+                    auto size = reader.getSubSize();
+                    std::string buffer(size, '1');
+                    reader.getExact(buffer.data(), size);
+                    ASSERT_EQ(buffer[size - 1], '\0');
+                    return;
+                }
+                else
+                    reader.skipHSub();
+            }
+            ASSERT_FALSE(true);
+        }
+    }
+}
diff --git a/apps/components_tests/esm3/testesmwriter.cpp b/apps/components_tests/esm3/testesmwriter.cpp
index 9e9ae9947e..c481684c8d 100644
--- a/apps/components_tests/esm3/testesmwriter.cpp
+++ b/apps/components_tests/esm3/testesmwriter.cpp
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@ namespace ESM
 
         // If this test failed probably there is a change in RefId format and CurrentSaveGameFormatVersion should be
         // incremented, current version should be handled.
-        TEST_P(Esm3EsmWriterRefIdSizeTest, writeHRefIdShouldProduceCertainNubmerOfBytes)
+        TEST_P(Esm3EsmWriterRefIdSizeTest, writeHRefIdShouldProduceCertainNumberOfBytes)
         {
             const auto [refId, size] = GetParam();
 
diff --git a/apps/opencs/model/world/data.cpp b/apps/opencs/model/world/data.cpp
index 5637099d0c..00e5fec7b0 100644
--- a/apps/opencs/model/world/data.cpp
+++ b/apps/opencs/model/world/data.cpp
@@ -1430,7 +1430,8 @@ int CSMWorld::Data::count(RecordBase::State state) const
         + count(state, mRegions) + count(state, mBirthsigns) + count(state, mSpells) + count(state, mCells)
         + count(state, mEnchantments) + count(state, mBodyParts) + count(state, mLand) + count(state, mLandTextures)
         + count(state, mSoundGens) + count(state, mMagicEffects) + count(state, mReferenceables)
-        + count(state, mPathgrids);
+        + count(state, mPathgrids) + count(state, mTopics) + count(state, mTopicInfos) + count(state, mJournals)
+        + count(state, mJournalInfos);
 }
 
 std::vector<ESM::RefId> CSMWorld::Data::getIds(bool listDeleted) const
diff --git a/apps/opencs/view/world/infocreator.cpp b/apps/opencs/view/world/infocreator.cpp
index f98fe5be5e..5ce83cc849 100644
--- a/apps/opencs/view/world/infocreator.cpp
+++ b/apps/opencs/view/world/infocreator.cpp
@@ -1,11 +1,12 @@
 #include "infocreator.hpp"
 
 #include <algorithm>
+#include <charconv>
 #include <memory>
 
 #include <QLabel>
+#include <QRandomGenerator>
 #include <QString>
-#include <QUuid>
 
 #include <apps/opencs/model/world/columnbase.hpp>
 #include <apps/opencs/model/world/idcollection.hpp>
@@ -27,15 +28,27 @@ class QUndoStack;
 
 std::string CSVWorld::InfoCreator::getId() const
 {
-    const std::string topic = mTopic->text().toStdString();
-
-    std::string unique = QUuid::createUuid().toByteArray().data();
-
-    unique.erase(std::remove(unique.begin(), unique.end(), '-'), unique.end());
-
-    unique = unique.substr(1, unique.size() - 2);
-
-    return topic + '#' + unique;
+    std::string id = mTopic->text().toStdString();
+    size_t length = id.size();
+    // We want generated ids to be at most 31 + \0 characters
+    id.resize(length + 32);
+    id[length] = '#';
+    // Combine a random 32bit number with a random 64bit number for a max 30 character string
+    quint32 gen32 = QRandomGenerator::global()->generate();
+    char* start = id.data() + length + 1;
+    char* end = start + 10; // 2^32 is a 10 digit number
+    auto result = std::to_chars(start, end, gen32);
+    quint64 gen64 = QRandomGenerator::global()->generate64();
+    if (gen64)
+    {
+        // 0-pad the first number so 10 + 11 isn't the same as 101 + 1
+        std::fill(result.ptr, end, '0');
+        start = end;
+        end = start + 20; // 2^64 is a 20 digit number
+        result = std::to_chars(start, end, gen64);
+    }
+    id.resize(result.ptr - id.data());
+    return id;
 }
 
 void CSVWorld::InfoCreator::configureCreateCommand(CSMWorld::CreateCommand& command) const
diff --git a/components/esm3/loaddial.cpp b/components/esm3/loaddial.cpp
index 788e140573..4b546f0d9c 100644
--- a/components/esm3/loaddial.cpp
+++ b/components/esm3/loaddial.cpp
@@ -82,10 +82,10 @@ namespace ESM
             if (mId != mStringId)
                 throw std::runtime_error("Trying to save Dialogue record with name \"" + mStringId
                     + "\" not maching id " + mId.toDebugString());
-            esm.writeHNString("NAME", mStringId);
+            esm.writeHNCString("NAME", mStringId);
         }
         else if (esm.getFormatVersion() <= MaxNameIsRefIdOnlyFormatVersion)
-            esm.writeHNRefId("NAME", mId);
+            esm.writeHNCRefId("NAME", mId);
         else
             esm.writeHNRefId("ID__", mId);