diff --git a/unstructured/documents/elements.py b/unstructured/documents/elements.py
index a29b9ea034..34ee19c5df 100644
--- a/unstructured/documents/elements.py
+++ b/unstructured/documents/elements.py
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@
 import re
 import uuid
 from itertools import groupby
+from pathlib import Path
 from types import MappingProxyType
 from typing import Any, Callable, FrozenSet, Optional, Sequence, cast
 
@@ -763,7 +764,7 @@ def id_to_hash(self, sequence_number: int) -> str:
 
         Returns: new ID value
         """
-        data = f"{self.metadata.filename}{self.text}{self.metadata.page_number}{sequence_number}"
+        data = f"{Path(self.metadata.filename).stem}{self.text}{self.metadata.page_number}{sequence_number}"
         self._element_id = hashlib.sha256(data.encode()).hexdigest()[:32]
         return self.id