diff --git a/assets/management/commands/generateSampleAssetsData.py b/assets/management/commands/generateSampleAssetsData.py
index 0e01a6cc..49e709ab 100644
--- a/assets/management/commands/generateSampleAssetsData.py
+++ b/assets/management/commands/generateSampleAssetsData.py
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ import random
 
 from django.core.management.base import BaseCommand, CommandError
 from django.db import transaction
+from django.db.utils import IntegrityError
 from django.utils import timezone
 from reversion import revisions as reversion
 
@@ -125,5 +126,9 @@ class Command(BaseCommand):
             if i % 3 == 0:
                 asset.purchased_from = random.choice(self.suppliers)
 
-            asset.clean()
-            asset.save()
+            with transaction.atomic():
+                try:
+                    asset.clean()
+                    asset.save()
+                except IntegrityError:
+                    pass
diff --git a/assets/models.py b/assets/models.py
index bb51eae2..2ee3c724 100644
--- a/assets/models.py
+++ b/assets/models.py
@@ -100,6 +100,11 @@ class AssetManager(models.Manager):
         return qs
 
 
+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)
+
+
 @reversion.register
 class Asset(models.Model, RevisionMixin):
     parent = models.ForeignKey(to='self', related_name='asset_parent',
diff --git a/assets/views.py b/assets/views.py
index d9541574..2c0b78a4 100644
--- a/assets/views.py
+++ b/assets/views.py
@@ -151,8 +151,7 @@ class AssetCreate(LoginRequiredMixin, generic.CreateView):
 
     def get_initial(self, *args, **kwargs):
         initial = super().get_initial(*args, **kwargs)
-        last_asset = self.model.objects.filter(asset_id_prefix="").last()
-        initial["asset_id"] = 9000 if last_asset is None else str(last_asset.asset_id_number + 1)
+        initial["asset_id"] = models.get_available_asset_id()
         return initial
 
     def get_success_url(self):
@@ -169,9 +168,7 @@ class DuplicateMixin:
 class AssetDuplicate(DuplicateMixin, AssetIDUrlMixin, AssetCreate):
     def get_initial(self, *args, **kwargs):
         initial = super().get_initial(*args, **kwargs)
-        prefix = self.get_object().asset_id_prefix
-        last_asset = self.model.objects.filter(asset_id_prefix=prefix).last()
-        initial["asset_id"] = 9000 if last_asset is None else prefix + str(last_asset.asset_id_number + 1)
+        initial["asset_id"] = models.get_available_asset_id(wanted_prefix=self.get_object().asset_id_prefix)
         return initial
 
     def get_context_data(self, **kwargs):