diff --git a/cmd/preflight/cli/serviceaccount.go b/cmd/preflight/cli/serviceaccount.go
index 8d7164b5b..4b4b07b10 100644
--- a/cmd/preflight/cli/serviceaccount.go
+++ b/cmd/preflight/cli/serviceaccount.go
@@ -126,6 +126,5 @@ func removeServiceAccount(name string, namespace string, clientset *kubernetes.C
 		return err
 	}
 
-
 	return nil
 }
diff --git a/cmd/troubleshoot/cli/run_nocrd.go b/cmd/troubleshoot/cli/run_nocrd.go
index c55f48fb5..4cffed0aa 100644
--- a/cmd/troubleshoot/cli/run_nocrd.go
+++ b/cmd/troubleshoot/cli/run_nocrd.go
@@ -222,7 +222,6 @@ func runCollectors(v *viper.Viper, collector troubleshootv1beta1.Collector) (str
 	s := runtime.NewScheme()
 	s.AddKnownTypes(schema.GroupVersion{Group: "", Version: "v1"}, &corev1.ConfigMap{})
 	for _, collect := range desiredCollectors {
-		fmt.Printf("creating collector\n")
 		_, pod, err := collectrunner.CreateCollector(client, s, &owner, collector.Name, v.GetString("namespace"), serviceAccountName, "troubleshoot", collect, v.GetString("image"), v.GetString("pullpolicy"))
 		if err != nil {
 			fmt.Printf("A collector pod cannot be created: %v\n", err)
diff --git a/pkg/collect/util.go b/pkg/collect/util.go
index 19e9892f5..3b8aa8c6e 100644
--- a/pkg/collect/util.go
+++ b/pkg/collect/util.go
@@ -30,11 +30,17 @@ func DeterministicIDForCollector(collector *troubleshootv1beta1.Collect) string
 	}
 
 	if collector.Run != nil {
-		unsafeID = fmt.Sprintf("run-%s", strings.ToLower(collector.Run.CollectorName))
+		unsafeID = "run"
+		if collector.Run.CollectorName != "" {
+			unsafeID = fmt.Sprintf("%s-%s", unsafeID, strings.ToLower(collector.Run.CollectorName))
+		}
 	}
 
 	if collector.Exec != nil {
-		unsafeID = fmt.Sprintf("exec-%s", strings.ToLower(collector.Exec.CollectorName))
+		unsafeID = "exec"
+		if collector.Exec.CollectorName != "" {
+			unsafeID = fmt.Sprintf("%s-%s", unsafeID, strings.ToLower(collector.Exec.CollectorName))
+		}
 	}
 
 	if collector.Copy != nil {
@@ -42,7 +48,10 @@ func DeterministicIDForCollector(collector *troubleshootv1beta1.Collect) string
 	}
 
 	if collector.HTTP != nil {
-		unsafeID = fmt.Sprintf("http-%s", strings.ToLower(collector.HTTP.CollectorName))
+		unsafeID = "http"
+		if collector.HTTP.CollectorName != "" {
+			unsafeID = fmt.Sprintf("%s-%s", unsafeID, strings.ToLower(collector.HTTP.CollectorName))
+		}
 	}
 
 	return rfc1035(unsafeID)