diff --git a/assets/management/commands/generateSampleAssetsData.py b/assets/management/commands/generateSampleAssetsData.py
index 49e709ab..d9d66f16 100644
--- a/assets/management/commands/generateSampleAssetsData.py
+++ b/assets/management/commands/generateSampleAssetsData.py
@@ -105,8 +105,7 @@ class Command(BaseCommand):
 
         for i in range(100):
             prefix = random.choice(asset_prefixes)
-            asset_id = str(get_available_asset_id(wanted_prefix=prefix))
-            asset_id = prefix + asset_id
+            asset_id = get_available_asset_id(wanted_prefix=prefix)
             asset = models.Asset(
                 asset_id=asset_id,
                 description=random.choice(asset_description),
diff --git a/assets/models.py b/assets/models.py
index ef535fa4..32331029 100644
--- a/assets/models.py
+++ b/assets/models.py
@@ -102,7 +102,8 @@ class AssetManager(models.Manager):
 
 def get_available_asset_id(wanted_prefix=""):
     last_asset = Asset.objects.filter(asset_id_prefix=wanted_prefix).last()
-    return 9000 if last_asset is None else wanted_prefix + str(last_asset.asset_id_number + 1)
+    last_asset_id = last_asset.asset_id_number if last_asset else 0
+    return wanted_prefix + str(last_asset_id + 1)
 
 
 def validate_positive(value):
diff --git a/assets/views.py b/assets/views.py
index 4ad4c94c..46f83fb3 100644
--- a/assets/views.py
+++ b/assets/views.py
@@ -168,7 +168,7 @@ class DuplicateMixin:
 class AssetDuplicate(DuplicateMixin, AssetIDUrlMixin, AssetCreate):
     def get_initial(self, *args, **kwargs):
         initial = super().get_initial(*args, **kwargs)
-        initial["asset_id"] = models.get_available_asset_id(wanted_prefix=self.get_object().asset_id_prefix)
+        initial["asset_id"] = models.get_available_asset_id()
         return initial
 
     def get_context_data(self, **kwargs):