diff --git a/ff-core/lib/FF/Storage.hs b/ff-core/lib/FF/Storage.hs
index ef550e04..e574b3ef 100644
--- a/ff-core/lib/FF/Storage.hs
+++ b/ff-core/lib/FF/Storage.hs
@@ -42,10 +42,10 @@ class (CvRDT doc, FromJSON doc, ToJSON doc) => Collection doc where
     collectionName :: CollectionName
 
 newtype DocId doc = DocId FilePath
-    deriving (Eq, Ord, ToJSON, ToJSONKey)
+    deriving (Eq, Ord, Show, ToJSON, ToJSONKey)
 
-instance Collection doc => Show (DocId doc) where
-    show (DocId path) = collectionName @doc </> path
+rawDocId :: DocId doc -> FilePath
+rawDocId (DocId name) = name
 
 -- Environment is the dataDir
 newtype StorageT clock a = Storage (ReaderT FilePath clock a)
diff --git a/ff-core/lib/FF/UI.hs b/ff-core/lib/FF/UI.hs
index b1420644..6d93934e 100644
--- a/ff-core/lib/FF/UI.hs
+++ b/ff-core/lib/FF/UI.hs
@@ -19,7 +19,8 @@ import           Text.PrettyPrint.Mainland (Doc, hang, indent, sep, space,
 import qualified Text.PrettyPrint.Mainland as Pretty
 import           Text.PrettyPrint.Mainland.Class (Pretty, ppr)
 
-import           FF.Types (ModeMap, NoteId, NoteView (..), Sample (..),
+import           FF.Storage (rawDocId)
+import           FF.Types (ModeMap, NoteView (..), Sample (..),
                            TaskMode (..), Tracked (..), omitted)
 
 type Template a = a -> String
@@ -81,7 +82,7 @@ sampleLabel = \case
 noteViewBrief :: NoteView -> Doc
 noteViewBrief NoteView{..} = title <+/> meta
   where
-    meta = foldMap (\i -> "| id" <+> pshow @NoteId i) nid
+    meta = foldMap (\i -> "| id" <+> string (rawDocId i)) nid
     title
         = stack
         . map (sep . map strictText . Text.split isSpace)
@@ -93,7 +94,7 @@ noteViewFull NoteView{..} = sparsedStack [wrapLines text, sep meta]
   where
     meta
         = concat
-            [ ["| id"    <+> pshow @NoteId i | Just i <- [nid]]
+            [ ["| id"    <+> string (rawDocId i) | Just i <- [nid]]
             , ["| start" <+> pshow @Day start]
             , ["| end"   <+> pshow @Day e | Just e <- [end]]
             ]