diff --git a/package-lock.json b/package-lock.json
index 8fffe660b7049578d2d84055f18468bcb747ab0c..52374d879c03293d99f07e756bc63c037f4463fb 100644
--- a/package-lock.json
+++ b/package-lock.json
@@ -7,7 +7,8 @@
       "dependencies": {
         "amqplib": "^0.10.4",
         "cors": "^2.8.5",
-        "express": "^4.19.2"
+        "express": "^4.19.2",
+        "uuid": "^10.0.0"
       }
     },
     "node_modules/@acuminous/bitsyntax": {
@@ -803,6 +804,18 @@
         "node": ">= 0.4.0"
       }
     },
+    "node_modules/uuid": {
+      "version": "10.0.0",
+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/uuid/-/uuid-10.0.0.tgz",
+      "integrity": "sha512-8XkAphELsDnEGrDxUOHB3RGvXz6TeuYSGEZBOjtTtPm2lwhGBjLgOzLHB63IUWfBpNucQjND6d3AOudO+H3RWQ==",
+      "funding": [
+        "https://github.com/sponsors/broofa",
+        "https://github.com/sponsors/ctavan"
+      ],
+      "bin": {
+        "uuid": "dist/bin/uuid"
+      }
+    },
     "node_modules/vary": {
       "version": "1.1.2",
       "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/vary/-/vary-1.1.2.tgz",
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 67995d52cac1c94bc5075c3b6e4961c090d4a835..6dd623582e83245f6e0e5219ac1ebf9b34a89031 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
   "dependencies": {
     "amqplib": "^0.10.4",
     "cors": "^2.8.5",
-    "express": "^4.19.2"
+    "express": "^4.19.2",
+    "uuid": "^10.0.0"
   }
 }
diff --git a/src/functions/helperFunctions.js b/src/functions/helperFunctions.js
index 725031851b4ea4b55994ce0a02aab8ffd1633c44..9c5d24c086f5da8e43a4189b1c0da8c127b42f6f 100644
--- a/src/functions/helperFunctions.js
+++ b/src/functions/helperFunctions.js
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ const {
   removeDockerImage,
   killDockerContainer,
 } = require("../docker/dockerManager");
+const { v4: uuidv4 } = require("uuid");
 
 const fillDockerJS = async (code) => {
   const filePath = path.resolve(__dirname, "../../docker.js");
@@ -203,14 +204,17 @@ const scaleOut = async (id) => {
     const customCodes = await getCustomCodes();
     const codeToScale = customCodes.find((code) => code.id === id);
     const scaledCode = JSON.parse(JSON.stringify(codeToScale));
-    scaledCode.isScaled = true;
-    scaledCode.id;
+    scaledCode.isScaled = id;
+    scaledCode.id = uuidv4();
+    scaledCode.isDeployed = false;
+    scaledCode.isPaused = false;
     customCodes.push(scaledCode);
     await fs.writeFile(
       dataFilePath,
       JSON.stringify(customCodes, null, 2),
       "utf8"
     );
+    restartArchitecture();
   } catch (err) {
     console.error(err);
     throw err;