diff --git a/Duplicati/Library/Modules/Builtin/Duplicati.Library.Modules.Builtin.csproj b/Duplicati/Library/Modules/Builtin/Duplicati.Library.Modules.Builtin.csproj
index 440bc2118..012a144ca 100644
--- a/Duplicati/Library/Modules/Builtin/Duplicati.Library.Modules.Builtin.csproj
+++ b/Duplicati/Library/Modules/Builtin/Duplicati.Library.Modules.Builtin.csproj
@@ -132,6 +132,9 @@
       <Project>{D63E53E4-A458-4C2F-914D-92F715F58ACF}</Project>
       <Name>Duplicati.Library.Common</Name>
     </ProjectReference>
+    <ProjectReference Include="..\..\AutoUpdater\Duplicati.Library.AutoUpdater.csproj">
+      <Name>Duplicati.Library.AutoUpdater</Name>
+    </ProjectReference>
   </ItemGroup>
   <ItemGroup>
     <None Include="app.config" />
diff --git a/Duplicati/Library/Modules/Builtin/ReportHelper.cs b/Duplicati/Library/Modules/Builtin/ReportHelper.cs
index 8c8b3f263..62b6ec2a4 100644
--- a/Duplicati/Library/Modules/Builtin/ReportHelper.cs
+++ b/Duplicati/Library/Modules/Builtin/ReportHelper.cs
@@ -40,8 +40,8 @@ namespace Duplicati.Library.Modules.Builtin
         /// </summary>
         private static readonly string LOGTAG = Logging.Log.LogTagFromType<ReportHelper>();
 
-        /// <summary>
-        /// The salt used for calculating a backup Id from the remote URL
+        /// <summary>
+        /// The salt used for calculating a backup Id from the remote URL
         /// </summary>
         private const string SALT = "DUPL";
 
@@ -313,21 +313,21 @@ namespace Duplicati.Library.Modules.Builtin
                 if (input.IndexOf("%LOCALPATH%", StringComparison.OrdinalIgnoreCase) >= 0 && m_localpath != null)
                     extra["LocalPath"] = string.Join(System.IO.Path.PathSeparator.ToString(), m_localpath);
                 if (input.IndexOf("%PARSEDRESULT%", StringComparison.OrdinalIgnoreCase) >= 0)
-                    extra["ParsedResult"] = m_parsedresultlevel;
-
-                // If the options contains the key, it is captured by the loop over m_options
-                // so we only patch it in case it is missing
-
-                if (input.IndexOf("%machine-id%", StringComparison.OrdinalIgnoreCase) >= 0)
-                {
-                    if (!m_options.ContainsKey("machine-id"))
-                        extra["machine-id"] = "";
+                    extra["ParsedResult"] = m_parsedresultlevel;
+
+                // If the options contains the key, it is captured by the loop over m_options
+                // so we only patch it in case it is missing
+
+                if (input.IndexOf("%machine-id%", StringComparison.OrdinalIgnoreCase) >= 0)
+                {
+                    if (!m_options.ContainsKey("machine-id"))
+                        extra["machine-id"] = Library.AutoUpdater.UpdaterManager.InstallID;
                 }
-
-                if (input.IndexOf("%backup-id%", StringComparison.OrdinalIgnoreCase) >= 0)
-                {
-                    if (!m_options.ContainsKey("backup-id"))
-                        extra["backup-id"] = Library.Utility.Utility.ByteArrayAsHexString(Library.Utility.Utility.RepeatedHashWithSalt(m_remoteurl, SALT));
+
+                if (input.IndexOf("%backup-id%", StringComparison.OrdinalIgnoreCase) >= 0)
+                {
+                    if (!m_options.ContainsKey("backup-id"))
+                        extra["backup-id"] = Library.Utility.Utility.ByteArrayAsHexString(Library.Utility.Utility.RepeatedHashWithSalt(m_remoteurl, SALT));
                 }
 
                 if (input.IndexOf("%backup-name%", StringComparison.OrdinalIgnoreCase) >= 0)
@@ -363,13 +363,13 @@ namespace Duplicati.Library.Modules.Builtin
                     input = Regex.Replace(input, "\\%" + kv.Key + "\\%", kv.Value ?? "", RegexOptions.IgnoreCase | RegexOptions.CultureInvariant);
 
                 if (!m_options.ContainsKey("backup-name"))
-                    input = Regex.Replace(input, "\\%backup-name\\%", System.IO.Path.GetFileNameWithoutExtension(Duplicati.Library.Utility.Utility.getEntryAssembly().Location) ?? "", RegexOptions.IgnoreCase | RegexOptions.CultureInvariant);
-
-                if (!m_options.ContainsKey("backup-id"))
-                    input = Regex.Replace(input, "\\%backup-id\\%", Library.Utility.Utility.ByteArrayAsHexString(Library.Utility.Utility.RepeatedHashWithSalt(m_remoteurl, SALT)), RegexOptions.IgnoreCase | RegexOptions.CultureInvariant);
+                    input = Regex.Replace(input, "\\%backup-name\\%", System.IO.Path.GetFileNameWithoutExtension(Duplicati.Library.Utility.Utility.getEntryAssembly().Location) ?? "", RegexOptions.IgnoreCase | RegexOptions.CultureInvariant);
+
+                if (!m_options.ContainsKey("backup-id"))
+                    input = Regex.Replace(input, "\\%backup-id\\%", Library.Utility.Utility.ByteArrayAsHexString(Library.Utility.Utility.RepeatedHashWithSalt(m_remoteurl, SALT)), RegexOptions.IgnoreCase | RegexOptions.CultureInvariant);
 
                 if (!m_options.ContainsKey("machine-id"))
-                    input = Regex.Replace(input, "\\%machine-id\\%", "", RegexOptions.IgnoreCase | RegexOptions.CultureInvariant);
+                    input = Regex.Replace(input, "\\%machine-id\\%", Library.AutoUpdater.UpdaterManager.InstallID, RegexOptions.IgnoreCase | RegexOptions.CultureInvariant);
 
                 input = Regex.Replace(input, "\\%[^\\%]+\\%", "");
                 return input;