diff --git a/nefed.xml b/nefed.xml
index 5adb7b2209291a6b951edd699b3ccf9688d246ce..43ee18c391db3aa99474a91d4ca3673fa4c3ad27 100644
--- a/nefed.xml
+++ b/nefed.xml
@@ -15587,6 +15587,7 @@ KNGked4df0r1o5CozJ35FjKx1fiYucuvGXU+UZd5Yg6sF6MRhQqud32X3eOFJXS/ndm/jGit7B6A
                 <mdui:Logo height="85" width="141" xml:lang="en">https://www.auditboard.com/img/globals/logos/ab-logo-horizontal-blue-black.svg</mdui:Logo>
             </mdui:UIInfo>
         <SPSSODescriptor protocolSupportEnumeration="urn:oasis:names:tc:SAML:2.0:protocol">
+            <NameIDFormat>urn:oasis:names:tc:SAML:2.0:nameid-format:persistent</NameIDFormat>
             <AssertionConsumerService index="1" isDefault="true" Binding="urn:oasis:names:tc:SAML:2.0:bindings:HTTP-POST" Location="https://nebraska.auditboardapp.com/api/v1/sso/saml/assert"/>
             <AttributeConsumingService index="0">
                 <ServiceName xml:lang="en">Audit Board</ServiceName>