diff --git a/src/opnsense/mvc/app/controllers/OPNsense/Core/Api/SnapshotsController.php b/src/opnsense/mvc/app/controllers/OPNsense/Core/Api/SnapshotsController.php
index 2fee2ec1c..7d7e99945 100644
--- a/src/opnsense/mvc/app/controllers/OPNsense/Core/Api/SnapshotsController.php
+++ b/src/opnsense/mvc/app/controllers/OPNsense/Core/Api/SnapshotsController.php
@@ -114,7 +114,7 @@ class SnapshotsController extends ApiControllerBase
             }
         }
         // new or not found
-        return ['name' => 'BE' . date('YmdHis'), 'uuid' => ''];
+        return ['name' => date('YmdHis'), 'uuid' => ''];
     }
 
     /**
diff --git a/src/opnsense/scripts/system/bectl.py b/src/opnsense/scripts/system/bectl.py
index 1a1eed99d..5a0b2c103 100755
--- a/src/opnsense/scripts/system/bectl.py
+++ b/src/opnsense/scripts/system/bectl.py
@@ -58,10 +58,10 @@ if __name__ == '__main__':
     elif inputargs.action == 'activate' and inputargs.beName:
         cmd = ['bectl', 'activate', inputargs.beName]
     elif inputargs.action == 'create':
-        name = inputargs.beName if inputargs.beName else "BE-{date:%Y%m%d%H%M%S}".format(date=datetime.datetime.now())
+        name = inputargs.beName if inputargs.beName else "{date:%Y%m%d%H%M%S}".format(date=datetime.datetime.now())
         cmd = ['bectl', 'create', name]
     elif inputargs.action == 'clone' and inputargs.from_source:
-        name = inputargs.beName if inputargs.beName else "BE-{date:%Y%m%d%H%M%S}".format(date=datetime.datetime.now())
+        name = inputargs.beName if inputargs.beName else "{date:%Y%m%d%H%M%S}".format(date=datetime.datetime.now())
         cmd = ['bectl', 'create', '-e', inputargs.from_source, name]
     elif inputargs.action == 'destroy' and inputargs.beName:
         cmd = ['bectl', 'destroy', inputargs.beName]