diff --git a/src/lib/services/catalog-repair.ts b/src/lib/services/catalog-repair.ts
index 70241615..916947a2 100644
--- a/src/lib/services/catalog-repair.ts
+++ b/src/lib/services/catalog-repair.ts
@@ -6,7 +6,6 @@ import {
 	writeFurniData,
 } from "@/lib/services/furni-data";
 import {
-	allocateCatalogItemId,
 	autoPriceFurni,
 	getOrCreateCategoryPage,
 } from "@/lib/services/furni-import";
@@ -43,6 +42,15 @@ export async function generateCatalogSql(
 		"START TRANSACTION;",
 	];
 
+	// The generation pass does not INSERT, so MAX(id) would never advance and
+	// per-entry allocateCatalogItemId would hand out the same id every time.
+	// Read the current max once and hand out sequential ids from there.
+	const [maxIdResult] = (await db.execute(sql`
+		SELECT MAX(id) as maxId FROM catalog_items
+	`)) as unknown as [Array<{ maxId: number | bigint | null }>, unknown];
+	let nextId = Number(maxIdResult[0]?.maxId ?? 0) + 1;
+
+	let generated = 0;
 	for (const entry of entries) {
 		let pageId: number;
 		try {
@@ -51,19 +59,15 @@ export async function generateCatalogSql(
 			continue;
 		}
 		const price = autoPriceFurni(entry.classname);
-		let nextId: number;
-		try {
-			nextId = await allocateCatalogItemId(async (id) => id);
-		} catch {
-			continue;
-		}
 		statements.push(
 			`INSERT INTO catalog_items (id, page_id, item_ids, catalog_name, cost_credits, cost_points, points_type, amount, order_number, offer_id, extradata) VALUES (${nextId}, ${pageId}, ${entry.itemId}, '${escSqlLiteral(entry.classname)}', ${price.credits}, ${price.points}, ${price.pointsType}, 1, 1, '-1', '');`,
 		);
+		nextId++;
+		generated++;
 	}
 
 	statements.push("COMMIT;");
-	return { statements, sql: statements.join("\n"), count: entries.length };
+	return { statements, sql: statements.join("\n"), count: generated };
 }
 
 /** Execute generated INSERT statements directly against the database. */