diff --git a/aliases b/aliases
index 78203618..2a2f58c4 100644
--- a/aliases
+++ b/aliases
@@ -211,7 +211,7 @@ alias npm_list="find /usr/lib/node_modules -maxdepth 1 | sed -r 's/^\/usr\/lib\/
 # useful alias for recursively testing .test.js files on save
 alias jester="jest --watchAll"
 # generate unique ids from cli, example for no special characters:
-# nanoid --alphabet "abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz" --size 40
+alias manoid="nanoid --alphabet 'abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz' --size 40"
 alias nanoid="npx nanoid"
 # informs on dependency updates
 alias taze="npx taze"