diff --git a/nix/modules/default/gw-sharding.nix b/nix/modules/default/gw-sharding.nix
index 45f4e1a58..033826780 100644
--- a/nix/modules/default/gw-sharding.nix
+++ b/nix/modules/default/gw-sharding.nix
@@ -39,6 +39,7 @@ in
                 # things we set by default...
                 EVENT_TRANSMISSION = "unix";
                 EVENT_SOCKET_PATH = "/run/spacebar/";
+                WORKER_NAME = "sb-gateway-${port}";
               }
               // cfg.extraEnvironment
               // {
diff --git a/src/gateway/opcodes/Identify.ts b/src/gateway/opcodes/Identify.ts
index 08b77b658..e7829ee74 100644
--- a/src/gateway/opcodes/Identify.ts
+++ b/src/gateway/opcodes/Identify.ts
@@ -67,7 +67,7 @@ import { check } from "./instanceOf";
 export async function onIdentify(this: WebSocket, data: Payload) {
     const totalSw = Stopwatch.startNew();
     const taskSw = Stopwatch.startNew();
-    const gatewayShardName = `sb-gateway`;
+    const gatewayShardName = process.env.WORKER_NAME ?? `sb-gateway`;
 
     if (this.user_id) {
         // we've already identified