diff --git a/export_to_ink.lua b/export_to_ink.lua
index a519e1b..c2fdf7c 100644
--- a/export_to_ink.lua
+++ b/export_to_ink.lua
@@ -13,10 +13,15 @@ local use_d_name = true
 -- in order to be able to deal with multiple NPC in ink, we use the NPC id n_id
 -- plus the dialog id d_id as a name prefix; o_id, a_id and r_id are appended
 -- as needed
-yl_speak_up.export_to_ink.print_knot_name = function(lines, knot_name, use_prefix)
+yl_speak_up.export_to_ink.print_knot_name = function(lines, knot_name, use_prefix, dialog_names)
+	if(knot_name and dialog_names[knot_name]) then
+		knot_name = dialog_names[knot_name]
+	end
+	knot_name = use_prefix..tostring(knot_name or "ERROR")
 	table.insert(lines, "\n\n=== ")
-	table.insert(lines, use_prefix..tostring(knot_name or "ERROR"))
+	table.insert(lines, knot_name)
 	table.insert(lines, " ===")
+	return knot_name
 end
 
 
@@ -133,12 +138,8 @@ end
 
 -- this prints the dialog as a knot - but without choices (those are added to the lines table later)
 -- d: dialog
-yl_speak_up.export_to_ink.print_dialog_knot = function(lines, use_prefix, d_id, d)
-	local knot_name = tostring(d_id)
-	if(use_d_name) then
-		knot_name = (d.d_name or knot_name)
-	end
-	ink_export.print_knot_name(lines, knot_name, use_prefix)
+yl_speak_up.export_to_ink.print_dialog_knot = function(lines, use_prefix, d_id, d, dialog_names)
+	local knot_name = ink_export.print_knot_name(lines, d_id, use_prefix, dialog_names)
 
 	-- many characters at the start of a line have a special meaning;
 	-- hopefully they will not be obstrusive later on;
@@ -160,8 +161,8 @@ end
 --  a        action
 yl_speak_up.export_to_ink.print_action_knot = function(lines, use_prefix, d_id, o_id, start_dialog,
 						a, alternate_text_on_success, next_target, dialog_names)
-	local knot_name = tostring(d_id).."_"..tostring(o_id).."_"..tostring(a.a_id)
-	ink_export.print_knot_name(lines, knot_name, use_prefix)
+	local action_prefix = use_prefix.."action_"..tostring(a.a_id).."_"..tostring(o_id).."_"
+	local knot_name = ink_export.print_knot_name(lines, d_id, action_prefix, dialog_names)
 
 	table.insert(lines, "\n:action: ")
 	table.insert(lines, a.a_id)
@@ -179,7 +180,7 @@ yl_speak_up.export_to_ink.print_action_knot = function(lines, use_prefix, d_id,
 	ink_export.print_choice(lines, "Back", use_prefix, start_dialog,
 					nil, tostring(d_id), false, nil,
 					nil, nil, dialog_names)
-	return knot_name
+	return string.sub(knot_name, string.len(use_prefix)+1)
 end
 
 
@@ -192,8 +193,8 @@ end
 yl_speak_up.export_to_ink.print_effect_knot = function(lines, use_prefix, d_id, o_id, start_dialog,
 						r, r_prev, alternate_text_on_success, next_target,
 						dialog_names)
-	local knot_name = tostring(d_id).."_"..tostring(o_id).."_"..tostring(r.r_id)
-	ink_export.print_knot_name(lines, knot_name, use_prefix)
+	local effect_prefix = use_prefix.."effect_"..tostring(r.r_id).."_"..tostring(o_id).."_"
+	local knot_name = ink_export.print_knot_name(lines, d_id, effect_prefix, dialog_names)
 
 	table.insert(lines, "\n:effect: ")
 	table.insert(lines, r.r_id)
@@ -214,8 +215,7 @@ yl_speak_up.export_to_ink.print_effect_knot = function(lines, use_prefix, d_id,
 	ink_export.print_choice(lines, "Effect failed", use_prefix, start_dialog,
 					r.alternate_text, r.r_value, false, nil,
 					nil, nil, dialog_names)
-
-	return knot_name
+	return string.sub(knot_name, string.len(use_prefix)+1)
 end
 
 
@@ -435,7 +435,7 @@ yl_speak_up.export_to_ink_language = function(dialog, n_id)
 		local tmp2 = {}
 		local d = dialog.n_dialogs[d_id]
 		-- print the dialog knot, but without choices (those we add in the following loop)
-		local this_knot_name = ink_export.print_dialog_knot(tmp, use_prefix, d_id, d)
+		local this_knot_name = ink_export.print_dialog_knot(tmp, use_prefix, d_id, d, dialog_names)
 
 		-- iterate over all options
 		local sorted_o_list = yl_speak_up.get_sorted_options(dialog.n_dialogs[d_id].d_options or {}, "o_sort")