diff --git a/userspace/falco/falco_output.proto b/userspace/falco/falco_output.proto
index 7045b7cf..610ad662 100644
--- a/userspace/falco/falco_output.proto
+++ b/userspace/falco/falco_output.proto
@@ -53,11 +53,12 @@ enum source {
 }
 
 message response {
-  string id = 1;
-  google.protobuf.Timestamp time = 2;
-  priority priority = 3;
-  source source = 4;
-  string rule = 5;
-  string output = 6;
-  map<string, string> output_fields = 7;
+  google.protobuf.Timestamp time = 1;
+  priority priority = 2;
+  source source = 3;
+  string rule = 4;
+  string output = 5;
+  map<string, string> output_fields = 6;
 }
+
+// todo: investigate outputting tags
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