diff --git a/kraken/templates/alto b/kraken/templates/alto
index b3ab3fc4b..ceed78733 100644
--- a/kraken/templates/alto
+++ b/kraken/templates/alto
@@ -107,7 +107,7 @@
                 {% if loop.previtem and loop.previtem.type == 'line' %}
                 </TextBlock>
                 {% endif %}
-                <TextBlock ID="{{ entity.id }}" HPOS="{{ entity.bbox[0] }}" VPOS="{{ entity.bbox[1] }}" WIDTH="{{ entity.bbox[2] - entity.bbox[0] }}" HEIGHT="{{ entity.bbox[3] - entity.bbox[1] }}" {% for type in page.region_types %}{% if type in entity.tags.values() %}TAGREFS="REGION_TYPE_{{ loop.index }}"{% endif %}{% endfor %}>
+                <TextBlock ID="{{ entity.id }}" HPOS="{{ entity.bbox[0] }}" VPOS="{{ entity.bbox[1] }}" WIDTH="{{ entity.bbox[2] - entity.bbox[0] }}" HEIGHT="{{ entity.bbox[3] - entity.bbox[1] }}" {% if entity.tags %}{% for type in page.region_types %}{% if type in entity.tags.values() %}TAGREFS="REGION_TYPE_{{ loop.index }}"{% endif %}{% endfor %}{% endif %}>
                     <Shape>
                         <Polygon POINTS="{{ entity.boundary|sum(start=[])|join(' ') }}"/>
                     </Shape>
diff --git a/kraken/templates/hocr b/kraken/templates/hocr
index 110632f37..81b31c480 100644
--- a/kraken/templates/hocr
+++ b/kraken/templates/hocr
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 {% macro render_line(line) -%}
-		<span class="ocr_line" id="line_{{ line.index }}" title="bbox {{ line.bbox|join(' ') }}; x_bboxes {{ line.cuts|sum(start=[])|map('join', ' ')|join(' ') }}{% if line.boundary -%}; poly {{ line.boundary|sum(start=[])|join(' ') }}{% endif %}">
+		<span class="ocr_line" id="{{ line.id }}" title="bbox {{ line.bbox|join(' ') }}; x_bboxes {{ line.cuts|sum(start=[])|map('join', ' ')|join(' ') }}{% if line.boundary -%}; poly {{ line.boundary|sum(start=[])|join(' ') }}{% endif %}">
 		{% for segment in line.recognition %}
 			<span class="ocrx_word" id="segment_{{ segment.index }}" title="bbox {{ segment.bbox|join(' ') }}; x_confs {{ segment.confidences|join(' ') }}{% if segment.boundary -%}; poly {{ segment.boundary|sum(start=[])|join(' ') }}{% endif %}">{{ segment.text }}</span>
 		{% endfor -%}
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@
 		<div class="ocr_page" title="bbox 0 0 {{ page.size|join(' ') }}; image {{ page.name }}" style="writing-mode: {{ page.writing_mode }};">
 			{% for entity in page.entities -%}
 			{% if entity.type == "region" -%}
-			<div class="ocrx_block" id="region_{{ entity.index }}" data-region-type="{{ entity.region_type }}" title="bbox {{ entity.bbox|join(' ') }}; poly {{ entity.boundary|sum(start=[])|join(' ') }}">
+			<div class="ocrx_block" id="{{ entity.id }}" data-region-type="{{ entity.region_type }}" title="bbox {{ entity.bbox|join(' ') }}; poly {{ entity.boundary|sum(start=[])|join(' ') }}">
 				{% for line in entity.lines -%}
 				{{ render_line(line) }}
 				{% endfor %}