diff --git a/lib/stream.cpp b/lib/stream.cpp
index bbb281ed..01056959 100644
--- a/lib/stream.cpp
+++ b/lib/stream.cpp
@@ -65,11 +65,13 @@ Socket::Connection Util::Stream::getLive(std::string streamname){
 
 /// Starts a process for a VoD stream.
 Socket::Connection Util::Stream::getVod(std::string filename, std::string streamname){
-  std::string name = "MistPlayer " + filename;
+  static unsigned long long counter = 0;
+  std::stringstream name;
+  name << "MistPlayer " << (counter++);
   std::string player_bin = Util::getMyPath() + "MistPlayer";
   char* const argv[] = {(char*)player_bin.c_str(), (char*)filename.c_str(), (char*)"-s", (char*)streamname.c_str(), (char*)0};
   int fdin = -1, fdout = -1, fderr = fileno(stderr);
-  Util::Procs::StartPiped(name, argv, &fdin, &fdout, &fderr);
+  Util::Procs::StartPiped(name.str(), argv, &fdin, &fdout, &fderr);
   // if StartPiped fails then fdin and fdout will be unmodified (-1)
   return Socket::Connection(fdin, fdout);
 }