diff --git a/src/config.rs b/src/config.rs
index ef32f3c..4d89487 100644
--- a/src/config.rs
+++ b/src/config.rs
@@ -72,11 +72,31 @@ impl Default for Config {
 
 /// Folder hooks configurations
 #[derive(Debug, serde::Deserialize)]
+#[serde(from = "RawFolderConfig")]
 pub(crate) struct FolderConfig {
     /// Hooks array
     pub hooks: Vec<FolderHook>,
 }
 
+/// Folder hooks configurations as deserialized, before hook indexes are assigned
+#[derive(serde::Deserialize)]
+struct RawFolderConfig {
+    /// Hooks array
+    hooks: Vec<FolderHook>,
+}
+
+impl From<RawFolderConfig> for FolderConfig {
+    fn from(raw: RawFolderConfig) -> Self {
+        let mut hooks = raw.hooks;
+        // Assign hook indexes during deserialization so that every parsing path gets
+        // unique ones, they identify each hook at runtime
+        for (index, hook) in hooks.iter_mut().enumerate() {
+            hook.index = index;
+        }
+        Self { hooks }
+    }
+}
+
 /// Path string with ~ replaced, and canonicalized
 #[derive(Clone, Debug, Hash, PartialEq, Eq)]
 pub(crate) struct NormalizedPath(PathBuf);
@@ -126,6 +146,9 @@ pub(crate) struct FolderHook {
     pub command: Vec<String>,
     /// Allow concurrent runs for the same hook
     pub allow_concurrent: Option<bool>,
+    /// Unique hook index, assigned when parsing, used to identify the hook at runtime
+    #[serde(skip)]
+    pub index: usize,
 }
 
 /// Deserialize filter into a glob matcher to validate glob expression
diff --git a/src/hook.rs b/src/hook.rs
index adc32fa..e25b295 100644
--- a/src/hook.rs
+++ b/src/hook.rs
@@ -4,7 +4,6 @@ use std::{
     collections::HashSet,
     path::{Path, PathBuf},
     process::{Child, Command, Stdio},
-    ptr,
     sync::{Arc, Mutex, mpsc},
     time::Duration,
 };
@@ -12,14 +11,14 @@ use std::{
 use crate::config;
 
 /// Unique identifier for a folder hook
+#[cfg_attr(test, derive(Debug))]
 #[derive(Clone, Eq, Hash, PartialEq)]
 pub(crate) struct FolderHookId(usize);
 
 impl FolderHookId {
-    /// Create unique identifier for hook
+    /// Create unique identifier for hook, from its parse time index
     pub(crate) fn from_hook(hook: &config::FolderHook) -> Self {
-        let val = ptr::from_ref(hook) as usize;
-        Self(val)
+        Self(hook.index)
     }
 }
 
@@ -111,6 +110,7 @@ mod tests {
             filter: None,
             command: command.iter().map(|a| (*a).to_owned()).collect(),
             allow_concurrent,
+            index: 0,
         }
     }
 
@@ -221,4 +221,24 @@ mod tests {
             thread::sleep(Duration::from_millis(10));
         }
     }
+
+    /// Hook identity must be identical for clones of the same hook (the hook map
+    /// stores clones), and unique across different hooks
+    #[test]
+    fn hook_id_is_stable_and_unique() {
+        let hook0 = hook(&["true"], None);
+        let hook1 = config::FolderHook {
+            index: 1,
+            ..hook0.clone()
+        };
+
+        assert_eq!(
+            FolderHookId::from_hook(&hook0),
+            FolderHookId::from_hook(&hook0.clone())
+        );
+        assert_ne!(
+            FolderHookId::from_hook(&hook0),
+            FolderHookId::from_hook(&hook1)
+        );
+    }
 }