diff --git a/engine/storage_mongo_datadb.go b/engine/storage_mongo_datadb.go
index 8ed7cc75f..d5ee534f4 100644
--- a/engine/storage_mongo_datadb.go
+++ b/engine/storage_mongo_datadb.go
@@ -113,7 +113,7 @@ func NewMongoStorage(host, port, db, user, pass, storageType string, cdrsIndexes
 			return nil, err
 		}
 	}
-	ms.cnter = utils.NewCounterGen(time.Now().UnixNano(), 0)
+	ms.cnter = utils.NewCounter(time.Now().UnixNano(), 0)
 	return
 }
 
@@ -125,7 +125,7 @@ type MongoStorage struct {
 	cacheCfg        *config.CacheConfig
 	loadHistorySize int
 	cdrsIndexes     []string
-	cnter           *utils.CounterGen
+	cnter           *utils.Counter
 }
 
 func (ms *MongoStorage) conn(col string) (*mgo.Session, *mgo.Collection) {
diff --git a/engine/storage_mongo_stordb.go b/engine/storage_mongo_stordb.go
index 6ba0110b7..8bde96e9e 100644
--- a/engine/storage_mongo_stordb.go
+++ b/engine/storage_mongo_stordb.go
@@ -878,7 +878,7 @@ func (ms *MongoStorage) GetSMCosts(cgrid, runid, originHost, originIDPrefix stri
 
 func (ms *MongoStorage) SetCDR(cdr *CDR, allowUpdate bool) (err error) {
 	if cdr.OrderID == 0 {
-		cdr.OrderID = ms.cnter.Gen()
+		cdr.OrderID = ms.cnter.Next()
 	}
 	session, col := ms.conn(utils.TBLCDRs)
 	defer session.Close()
diff --git a/utils/coreutils.go b/utils/coreutils.go
index 45ac42777..40935e321 100644
--- a/utils/coreutils.go
+++ b/utils/coreutils.go
@@ -40,26 +40,32 @@ import (
 	"time"
 )
 
-func NewCounterGen(start, limit int64) *CounterGen {
-	return &CounterGen{
-		cnt:   start,
+func NewCounter(start, limit int64) *Counter {
+	return &Counter{
+		value: start,
 		limit: limit,
 	}
 }
 
-type CounterGen struct {
-	cnt, limit int64
+type Counter struct {
+	value, limit int64
 	sync.Mutex
 }
 
-func (cg *CounterGen) Gen() int64 {
-	cg.Lock()
-	defer cg.Unlock()
-	cg.cnt += 1
-	if cg.limit > 0 && cg.cnt > cg.limit {
-		cg.cnt = 0
+func (c *Counter) Next() int64 {
+	c.Lock()
+	defer c.Unlock()
+	c.value += 1
+	if c.limit > 0 && c.value > c.limit {
+		c.value = 0
 	}
-	return cg.cnt
+	return c.value
+}
+
+func (c *Counter) Value() int64 {
+	c.Lock()
+	defer c.Unlock()
+	return c.value
 }
 
 // Returns first non empty string out of vals. Useful to extract defaults
diff --git a/utils/coreutils_test.go b/utils/coreutils_test.go
index 0fb4b8cf3..619a8337a 100644
--- a/utils/coreutils_test.go
+++ b/utils/coreutils_test.go
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ package utils
 import (
 	"fmt"
 	"reflect"
+	"sync"
 	"testing"
 	"time"
 )
@@ -759,3 +760,31 @@ Date:   Fri Dec 30 19:48:09 2016 +0100
 		t.Errorf("Expecting: <%s>, received: <%s>", eVers, vers)
 	}
 }
+
+func TestCounter(t *testing.T) {
+	var nmax int64 = 10000
+	ch := make(chan int64, nmax)
+	wg := new(sync.WaitGroup)
+	cnter := NewCounter(0, nmax-1)
+	var i int64
+	for i = 1; i <= nmax; i++ {
+		wg.Add(1)
+		go func() {
+			ch <- cnter.Next()
+			wg.Done()
+		}()
+	}
+	wg.Wait()
+	m := make(map[int64]bool)
+	for i = 1; i <= nmax; i++ {
+		m[<-ch] = true
+	}
+	for i = 1; i <= nmax-1; i++ {
+		if !m[i] {
+			t.Errorf("Missing value: %d", i)
+		}
+	}
+	if cnter.Value() != 0 {
+		t.Error("Counter was not reseted to 0")
+	}
+}