diff --git a/AltWidget/Extensions/View+AltWidget.swift b/AltWidget/Extensions/View+AltWidget.swift
index 9a7f7974..ce04c510 100644
--- a/AltWidget/Extensions/View+AltWidget.swift
+++ b/AltWidget/Extensions/View+AltWidget.swift
@@ -55,9 +55,9 @@ extension View
     }
 
     @ViewBuilder
-    func pageUpButton(_ widgetID: Int?) -> some View {
+    func pageUpButton(_ widgetID: Int?, _ widgetKind: String) -> some View {
         if #available(iOSApplicationExtension 17, *) {
-            Button(intent: PaginationIntent(widgetID, .up)){
+            Button(intent: PaginationIntent(widgetID, .up, widgetKind)){
                 self
             }
             .buttonStyle(.plain)
@@ -67,9 +67,9 @@ extension View
     }
 
     @ViewBuilder
-    func pageDownButton(_ widgetID: Int?) -> some View {
+    func pageDownButton(_ widgetID: Int?, _ widgetKind: String) -> some View {
         if #available(iOSApplicationExtension 17, *) {
-            Button(intent: PaginationIntent(widgetID, .down)){
+            Button(intent: PaginationIntent(widgetID, .down, widgetKind)){
                 self
             }
             .buttonStyle(.plain)
diff --git a/AltWidget/Intents/PaginationIntent.swift b/AltWidget/Intents/PaginationIntent.swift
index 7161636a..220981e4 100644
--- a/AltWidget/Intents/PaginationIntent.swift
+++ b/AltWidget/Intents/PaginationIntent.swift
@@ -34,22 +34,27 @@ class PaginationIntent: AppIntent, @unchecked Sendable {
     @Parameter(title: "Direction")
     var direction: String
 
+    @Parameter(title: "widgetKind")
+    var widgetKind: String
+
     required init(){}
     
-    init(_ widgetID: Int?, _ direction: Direction){
+    // NOTE: widgetID here means the configurable value using edit widget button
+    //       but widgetKind is the kind set in when instantiating the widget configuration
+    init(_ widgetID: Int?, _ direction: Direction,  _ widgetKind: String){
         // if id was not passed in, then we assume the widget isn't customized yet
         // hence we use the common ID, if this is not present in registry of PageInfoManager
         // then it will return nil, triggering to show first page in the provider
         self.widgetID = widgetID ?? COMMON_WIDGET_ID
         self.direction = direction.rawValue
+        self.widgetKind = widgetKind
     }
     
     func perform() async throws -> some IntentResult {
-        let widgetIdString = String(widgetID)
-        DispatchQueue(label: widgetIdString).sync {
+        DispatchQueue(label: String(widgetID)).sync {
             let navigationEvent = NavigationEvent(direction: Direction(rawValue: direction))
             PageInfoManager.shared.setPageInfo(for: widgetID, value: navigationEvent)
-            WidgetCenter.shared.reloadTimelines(ofKind: widgetIdString)
+            WidgetCenter.shared.reloadTimelines(ofKind: widgetKind)
         }
         return .result()
     }
diff --git a/AltWidget/Providers/ActiveAppsTimelineProvider.swift b/AltWidget/Providers/ActiveAppsTimelineProvider.swift
index 615f85d9..148fecdd 100644
--- a/AltWidget/Providers/ActiveAppsTimelineProvider.swift
+++ b/AltWidget/Providers/ActiveAppsTimelineProvider.swift
@@ -18,15 +18,9 @@ class ActiveAppsTimelineProvider<T:  WidgetInfo>: AppsTimelineProviderBase<Widge
         let ID: Int?
     }
 
-    private let dataHolder: PaginationDataHolder
-    private let widgetID: String
-    
-    init(kind: String){
-        
-        let itemsPerPage = ActiveAppsWidget.Constants.MAX_ROWS_PER_PAGE
-        self.dataHolder = PaginationDataHolder(itemsPerPage: itemsPerPage)
-        self.widgetID = kind
-    }
+    private let dataHolder = PaginationDataHolder(
+        itemsPerPage: ActiveAppsWidget.Constants.MAX_ROWS_PER_PAGE
+    )
     
     deinit{
         // if this provider goes out of scope, clear all entries
diff --git a/AltWidget/Widgets/ActiveAppsWidget.swift b/AltWidget/Widgets/ActiveAppsWidget.swift
index 45116fc8..e380ff82 100644
--- a/AltWidget/Widgets/ActiveAppsWidget.swift
+++ b/AltWidget/Widgets/ActiveAppsWidget.swift
@@ -32,17 +32,18 @@ struct ActiveAppsWidget: Widget
         static let MAX_ROWS_PER_PAGE: UInt = 3
     }
     
+    let widgetKind = "ActiveApps - \(UUID().uuidString)"
+
     public var body: some WidgetConfiguration {
         if #available(iOS 17, *)
         {
-            let widgetID = "ActiveApps - \(UUID().uuidString)"
 
             let widgetConfig = AppIntentConfiguration(
-                kind: widgetID,
+                kind: widgetKind,
                 intent: WidgetUpdateIntent.self,
-                provider: ActiveAppsTimelineProvider<WidgetTag>(kind: widgetID)
+                provider: ActiveAppsTimelineProvider<WidgetTag>()
             ) { entry in
-                ActiveAppsWidgetView(entry: entry)
+                ActiveAppsWidgetView(entry: entry, widgetKind: widgetKind)
             }
             .supportedFamilies([.systemMedium])
             .configurationDisplayName("Active Apps")
@@ -63,6 +64,7 @@ struct ActiveAppsWidget: Widget
 private struct ActiveAppsWidgetView: View
 {
     var entry: AppsEntry<WidgetInfo>
+    var widgetKind: String
     
     @Environment(\.colorScheme)
     private var colorScheme
@@ -204,7 +206,7 @@ private struct ActiveAppsWidgetView: View
                 .frame(width: buttonWidth, height: buttonWidth)
                 .opacity(0.3)
                 // .mask(Capsule())
-                .pageUpButton(widgetID)
+                .pageUpButton(widgetID, widgetKind)
             
             Spacer()
             
@@ -213,7 +215,7 @@ private struct ActiveAppsWidgetView: View
                 .frame(width: buttonWidth, height: buttonWidth)
                 .opacity(0.3)
                 // .mask(Capsule())
-                .pageDownButton(widgetID)
+                .pageDownButton(widgetID, widgetKind)
         }
         .padding(.vertical)
     }