diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 5b1be89..eab0c55 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
 ## 0.3.3
 
 - Fixed leftovers in `snowflake` module from unchecked code copying — i.e. `SnowflakeGen.generate_one()` used to require an unused typ= parameter
+- Fixed a bug in `id_column()` that made it fail to provide a working generator — again, this won't be backported
 
 ## 0.3.2
 
diff --git a/src/suou/__init__.py b/src/suou/__init__.py
index 03b248b..97743c8 100644
--- a/src/suou/__init__.py
+++ b/src/suou/__init__.py
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ from .itertools import makelist, kwargs_prefix, ltuple, rtuple, additem
 from .i18n import I18n, JsonI18n, TomlI18n
 from .snowflake import Snowflake, SnowflakeGen
 
-__version__ = "0.3.3.rc1"
+__version__ = "0.3.3"
 
 __all__ = (
     'Siq', 'SiqCache', 'SiqType', 'SiqGen', 'StringCase',
diff --git a/src/suou/iding.py b/src/suou/iding.py
index a188d04..6cfcd5e 100644
--- a/src/suou/iding.py
+++ b/src/suou/iding.py
@@ -206,7 +206,9 @@ class SiqCache:
         return self.generator.last_gen_ts
     def cur_timestamp(self):
         return self.generator.cur_timestamp()
-    def __init__(self, generator: SiqGen, typ: SiqType, size: int = 64, max_age: int = 1024):
+    def __init__(self, generator: SiqGen | str, typ: SiqType, size: int = 64, max_age: int = 1024):
+        if isinstance(generator, str):
+            generator = SiqGen(generator)
         self.generator = generator
         self.typ = typ
         self.size = size
diff --git a/src/suou/sqlalchemy.py b/src/suou/sqlalchemy.py
index 586ddcb..2019424 100644
--- a/src/suou/sqlalchemy.py
+++ b/src/suou/sqlalchemy.py
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ from .itertools import kwargs_prefix, makelist
 from .signing import HasSigner, UserSigner
 from .codecs import StringCase
 from .functools import deprecated, not_implemented
-from .iding import SiqType, SiqCache
+from .iding import Siq, SiqGen, SiqType, SiqCache
 from .classtools import Incomplete, Wanted
 
 _T = TypeVar('_T')
@@ -67,9 +67,9 @@ def id_column(typ: SiqType, *, primary_key: bool = True, **kwargs):
     """
     def new_id_factory(owner: DeclarativeBase) -> Callable:
         domain_name = owner.metadata.info['domain_name']
-        idgen = SiqCache(domain_name, typ)
+        idgen = SiqCache(SiqGen(domain_name), typ)
         def new_id() -> bytes:
-            return idgen.generate().to_bytes()
+            return Siq(idgen.generate()).to_bytes()
         return new_id
     if primary_key:
         return Incomplete(Column, IdType, primary_key = True, default = Wanted(new_id_factory), **kwargs)