diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index aaade1a..9d8bec8 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ The format is based on [Keep a Changelog](http://keepachangelog.com/) and this p
 
 - Fixes [#620](https://github.com/eamodio/vscode-gitlens/issues/620) - Branch names with only digits always appear first — thanks to [PR #621](https://github.com/eamodio/vscode-gitlens/pull/621) by Yan Zhang ([@Eskibear](https://github.com/Eskibear))
 - Fixes [#626](https://github.com/eamodio/vscode-gitlens/issues/626) - Branch names with only digits always appear first — thanks to [PR #627](https://github.com/eamodio/vscode-gitlens/pull/627) by Marc Lasson ([@mlasson](https://github.com/mlasson))
+- Fixes [#631](https://github.com/eamodio/vscode-gitlens/issues/631) - Remotes fail to show in gui
 
 ## [9.4.1] - 2019-01-08
 
diff --git a/src/views/nodes/remoteNode.ts b/src/views/nodes/remoteNode.ts
index 57ce7b6..beae153 100644
--- a/src/views/nodes/remoteNode.ts
+++ b/src/views/nodes/remoteNode.ts
@@ -22,7 +22,9 @@ export class RemoteNode extends ViewNode<RepositoriesView> {
     }
 
     get id(): string {
-        return `${this._instanceId}:gitlens:repository(${this.remote.repoPath}):remote(${this.remote.name})`;
+        return `${this._instanceId}:gitlens:repository(${this.remote.repoPath}):remote(${this.remote.name}:${
+            this.remote.id
+        })`;
     }
 
     async getChildren(): Promise<ViewNode[]> {