diff --git a/controllers/authController.go b/controllers/authController.go
index 76bba1c..dd329cb 100644
--- a/controllers/authController.go
+++ b/controllers/authController.go
@@ -69,7 +69,7 @@ func CreateDefaultAdmin() models.Admin {
 	var aid string
 	for {
 		aid = GenerateID(6)
-		if ValidateID(aid) == true {
+		if ValidateID(aid, 3) == true {
 			break
 		}
 	}
@@ -237,7 +237,7 @@ func Enroll(c *fiber.Ctx) error {
 	var sid string
 	for {
 		sid = GenerateID(6)
-		if ValidateID(sid) == true {
+		if ValidateID(sid, 1) == true {
 			break
 		}
 	}
@@ -372,7 +372,7 @@ func RegisterTeacher(c *fiber.Ctx) error {
 	// For the unlikely event that an ID is already in use this will simply try again till it gets a id not in use
 	for {
 		tid = GenerateID(6)
-		isValid := ValidateID(tid)
+		isValid := ValidateID(tid, 2)
 		if isValid == true {
 			break
 		}
@@ -458,7 +458,7 @@ func CreateAdmin(c *fiber.Ctx) error {
 	var aid string
 	for {
 		aid = GenerateID(6)
-		if ValidateID(aid) == true {
+		if ValidateID(aid, 3) == true {
 			break
 		}
 	}
diff --git a/controllers/idController.go b/controllers/idController.go
index 64b24ae..9b2f740 100644
--- a/controllers/idController.go
+++ b/controllers/idController.go
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ var idCollection *mongo.Collection = database.OpenCollection(database.Client, "c
 
 var table = [...]byte{'1', '2', '3', '4', '5', '6', '7', '8', '9', '0'}
 
-func ValidateID(id string) bool { // true: valid id, false: id already in use
+func ValidateID(id string, userType int) bool { // true: valid id, false: id already in use
 	ctx, cancel := context.WithTimeout(context.Background(), 30*time.Second)
 	var foundID models.Id
 	err := idCollection.FindOne(ctx, bson.M{"cid": id}).Decode(&foundID)
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@ func ValidateID(id string) bool { // true: valid id, false: id already in use
 	if err != nil { // If there is no id found create new ID object to be stored and return true (unless insert error then try again)
 		var newID models.Id
 		newID.CID = id
+		newID.ParentType = userType
 		newID.ID = primitive.NewObjectID()
 		_, insertErr := idCollection.InsertOne(context.Background(), newID)
 		if insertErr != nil {