diff --git a/cmd/main.go b/cmd/main.go
index 0166d79..88af138 100644
--- a/cmd/main.go
+++ b/cmd/main.go
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@ import (
 	managedpostgresoperatorhoppscalecomv1alpha1 "github.com/hoppscale/managed-postgres-operator/api/v1alpha1"
 	"github.com/hoppscale/managed-postgres-operator/internal/controller"
 	"github.com/hoppscale/managed-postgres-operator/internal/postgresql"
+	"github.com/hoppscale/managed-postgres-operator/internal/utils"
 	// +kubebuilder:scaffold:imports
 )
 
@@ -163,7 +164,7 @@ func main() {
 		Metrics:                metricsServerOptions,
 		HealthProbeBindAddress: probeAddr,
 		LeaderElection:         enableLeaderElection,
-		LeaderElectionID:       "b707bc79.managed-postgres-operator.hoppscale.com",
+		LeaderElectionID:       utils.GetLeaderElectionID(operatorInstanceName),
 		// LeaderElectionReleaseOnCancel defines if the leader should step down voluntarily
 		// when the Manager ends. This requires the binary to immediately end when the
 		// Manager is stopped, otherwise, this setting is unsafe. Setting this significantly
diff --git a/internal/utils/utils.go b/internal/utils/utils.go
index 049b98f..8e98e87 100644
--- a/internal/utils/utils.go
+++ b/internal/utils/utils.go
@@ -1,5 +1,10 @@
 package utils
 
+import (
+	"crypto/sha256"
+	"fmt"
+)
+
 const OperatorInstanceAnnotationName string = "managed-postgres-operator.hoppscale.com/instance"
 
 func IsManagedByOperatorInstance(annotations map[string]string, instanceName string) bool {
@@ -13,3 +18,18 @@ func IsManagedByOperatorInstance(annotations map[string]string, instanceName str
 
 	return false
 }
+
+func GetLeaderElectionID(instanceName string) string {
+	leaderName := "default"
+
+	if instanceName != "" {
+		leaderName = instanceName
+	}
+
+	h := sha256.New()
+	h.Write([]byte(leaderName))
+	leaderNameHash := fmt.Sprintf("%x", h.Sum(nil))
+	leaderElectionID := fmt.Sprintf("%.14s-%.8s.managed-postgres-operator.hoppscale.com", leaderName, leaderNameHash)
+
+	return leaderElectionID
+}
diff --git a/internal/utils/utils_test.go b/internal/utils/utils_test.go
index f94e1e7..97a64a7 100644
--- a/internal/utils/utils_test.go
+++ b/internal/utils/utils_test.go
@@ -55,4 +55,44 @@ var _ = Describe("Utils functions", func() {
 			})
 		})
 	})
+
+	Context("Calling GetLeaderElectionID", func() {
+		When("operator's instance is not defined", func() {
+			It("should return the default id", func() {
+				result := GetLeaderElectionID("")
+				Expect(result).To(Equal("default-37a8eec1.managed-postgres-operator.hoppscale.com"))
+				Expect(len(result)).To(BeNumerically("<=", 63))
+			})
+		})
+
+		When("operator's instance is defined and the name has a standard length", func() {
+			It("should return the instance name with a unique id", func() {
+				result := GetLeaderElectionID("foobar")
+				Expect(result).To(Equal("foobar-c3ab8ff1.managed-postgres-operator.hoppscale.com"))
+				Expect(len(result)).To(BeNumerically("<=", 63))
+			})
+		})
+
+		When("operator's instance is defined and the name is too long", func() {
+			It("should return the first few characters of the instance name and a unique ID", func() {
+				result := GetLeaderElectionID("myverylonginstancename")
+				Expect(result).To(Equal("myverylonginst-3b8d6ea3.managed-postgres-operator.hoppscale.com"))
+				Expect(len(result)).To(BeNumerically("<=", 63))
+			})
+		})
+
+		When("multiple instances begin with the same characters", func() {
+			It("shouldn't cause a conflict", func() {
+				result1 := GetLeaderElectionID("postgresinstance-dev")
+				result2 := GetLeaderElectionID("postgresinstance-int")
+				result3 := GetLeaderElectionID("postgresinstance-test")
+				result4 := GetLeaderElectionID("postgresinstance-prod")
+
+				Expect(result1).NotTo(BeElementOf([]string{result2, result3, result4}))
+				Expect(result2).NotTo(BeElementOf([]string{result1, result3, result4}))
+				Expect(result3).NotTo(BeElementOf([]string{result1, result2, result4}))
+				Expect(result4).NotTo(BeElementOf([]string{result1, result2, result3}))
+			})
+		})
+	})
 })