diff --git a/android/src/main/java/com/novadart/reactnativenfc/DataUtils.java b/android/src/main/java/com/novadart/reactnativenfc/DataUtils.java
index a6962f1..e364a41 100644
--- a/android/src/main/java/com/novadart/reactnativenfc/DataUtils.java
+++ b/android/src/main/java/com/novadart/reactnativenfc/DataUtils.java
@@ -12,6 +12,21 @@
 
 public class DataUtils {
 
+    final protected static char[] hexArray = "0123456789ABCDEF".toCharArray();
+
+    public static String bytesToHex(byte[] bytes) {
+      char[] hexChars = new char[bytes.length * 2];
+
+      for ( int j = 0; j < bytes.length; j++ ) {
+          int v = bytes[j] & 0xFF;
+
+          hexChars[j * 2] = hexArray[v >>> 4];
+          hexChars[j * 2 + 1] = hexArray[v & 0x0F];
+      }
+
+      return new String(hexChars);
+    }
+
     public static WritableMap cloneWritableMap(WritableMap map){
         if(map == null){
             return null;
diff --git a/android/src/main/java/com/novadart/reactnativenfc/ReactNativeNFCModule.java b/android/src/main/java/com/novadart/reactnativenfc/ReactNativeNFCModule.java
index 453454e..b9f5aff 100644
--- a/android/src/main/java/com/novadart/reactnativenfc/ReactNativeNFCModule.java
+++ b/android/src/main/java/com/novadart/reactnativenfc/ReactNativeNFCModule.java
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@
 import android.support.annotation.Nullable;
 
 import com.facebook.react.bridge.ActivityEventListener;
+import com.facebook.react.bridge.Arguments;
 import com.facebook.react.bridge.Callback;
 import com.facebook.react.bridge.LifecycleEventListener;
 import com.facebook.react.bridge.ReactApplicationContext;
@@ -64,7 +65,11 @@ private void handleIntent(Intent intent, boolean startupIntent) {
                         for (int i = 0; i < rawMessages.length; i++) {
                             messages[i] = (NdefMessage) rawMessages[i];
                         }
-                        processNdefMessages(messages,startupIntent);
+
+                        Tag tag = intent.getParcelableExtra(NfcAdapter.EXTRA_TAG);
+                        String serialNumber = getSerialNumber(tag);
+
+                        processNdefMessages(serialNumber,messages,startupIntent);
                     }
                     break;
 
@@ -72,7 +77,9 @@ private void handleIntent(Intent intent, boolean startupIntent) {
                 case NfcAdapter.ACTION_TAG_DISCOVERED:
                 case NfcAdapter.ACTION_TECH_DISCOVERED:
                     Tag tag = intent.getParcelableExtra(NfcAdapter.EXTRA_TAG);
-                    processTag(tag,startupIntent);
+                    String serialNumber = getSerialNumber(tag);
+
+                    processTag(serialNumber,tag,startupIntent);
                     break;
 
             }
@@ -101,16 +108,23 @@ public void getStartUpNfcData(Callback callback){
     private void sendEvent(@Nullable WritableMap payload) {
         getReactApplicationContext()
                 .getJSModule(DeviceEventManagerModule.RCTDeviceEventEmitter.class)
-                .emit(EVENT_NFC_DISCOVERED, payload); }
+                .emit(EVENT_NFC_DISCOVERED, payload);
+    }
+
+    private String getSerialNumber(Tag tag){
+        byte[] id = tag.getId();
+        String serialNumber = DataUtils.bytesToHex(id);
 
+        return serialNumber;
+    }
 
-    private void processNdefMessages(NdefMessage[] messages, boolean startupIntent){
-        NdefProcessingTask task = new NdefProcessingTask(startupIntent);
+    private void processNdefMessages(String serialNumber, NdefMessage[] messages, boolean startupIntent){
+        NdefProcessingTask task = new NdefProcessingTask(serialNumber, startupIntent);
         task.execute(messages);
     }
 
-    private void processTag(Tag tag, boolean startupIntent){
-        TagProcessingTask task = new TagProcessingTask(startupIntent);
+    private void processTag(String serialNumber, Tag tag, boolean startupIntent){
+        TagProcessingTask task = new TagProcessingTask(serialNumber, startupIntent);
         task.execute(tag);
     }
 
@@ -134,16 +148,18 @@ public void onHostDestroy() {}
 
     private class NdefProcessingTask extends AsyncTask<NdefMessage[],Void,WritableMap> {
 
+        private final String serialNumber;
         private final boolean startupIntent;
 
-        NdefProcessingTask(boolean startupIntent) {
+        NdefProcessingTask(String serialNumber, boolean startupIntent) {
+            this.serialNumber = serialNumber;
             this.startupIntent = startupIntent;
         }
 
         @Override
         protected WritableMap doInBackground(NdefMessage[]... params) {
             NdefMessage[] messages = params[0];
-            return NdefParser.parse(messages);
+            return NdefParser.parse(serialNumber, messages);
         }
 
         @Override
@@ -158,16 +174,18 @@ protected void onPostExecute(WritableMap ndefData) {
 
     private class TagProcessingTask extends AsyncTask<Tag,Void,WritableMap> {
 
+        private final String serialNumber;
         private final boolean startupIntent;
 
-        TagProcessingTask(boolean startupIntent) {
+        TagProcessingTask(String serialNumber, boolean startupIntent) {
+            this.serialNumber = serialNumber;
             this.startupIntent = startupIntent;
         }
 
         @Override
         protected WritableMap doInBackground(Tag... params) {
             Tag tag = params[0];
-            return TagParser.parse(tag);
+            return TagParser.parse(serialNumber, tag);
         }
 
         @Override
diff --git a/android/src/main/java/com/novadart/reactnativenfc/parser/NdefParser.java b/android/src/main/java/com/novadart/reactnativenfc/parser/NdefParser.java
index ba088b3..4e0132e 100644
--- a/android/src/main/java/com/novadart/reactnativenfc/parser/NdefParser.java
+++ b/android/src/main/java/com/novadart/reactnativenfc/parser/NdefParser.java
@@ -21,9 +21,10 @@
 
 public class NdefParser {
 
-    public static WritableMap parse(NdefMessage[] messages){
+    public static WritableMap parse(String serialNumber, NdefMessage[] messages){
         WritableMap result = new WritableNativeMap();
         result.putString("type", NfcDataType.NDEF.name());
+        result.putString("id", serialNumber);
         WritableArray data = new WritableNativeArray();
         if(messages != null) {
             for (NdefMessage m : messages) {
diff --git a/android/src/main/java/com/novadart/reactnativenfc/parser/TagParser.java b/android/src/main/java/com/novadart/reactnativenfc/parser/TagParser.java
index 3ae9a75..0e3ae78 100644
--- a/android/src/main/java/com/novadart/reactnativenfc/parser/TagParser.java
+++ b/android/src/main/java/com/novadart/reactnativenfc/parser/TagParser.java
@@ -10,10 +10,11 @@
 
 public class TagParser {
 
-    public static WritableMap parse(Tag tag){
+    public static WritableMap parse(String serialNumber, Tag tag){
         WritableMap result = new WritableNativeMap();
 
         result.putString("type", NfcDataType.TAG.name());
+        result.putString("id", serialNumber);
 
         WritableMap data = new WritableNativeMap();
 
diff --git a/index.js b/index.js
index 886b433..9c3cba9 100644
--- a/index.js
+++ b/index.js
@@ -13,14 +13,14 @@ export const NdefRecordType = {
     MIME : "MIME"
 };
 
-
+const NFC_DISCOVERED = '__NFC_DISCOVERED';
 let _registeredToEvents = false;
 const _listeners = [];
 
 let _registerToEvents = () => {
     if(!_registeredToEvents){
         NativeModules.ReactNativeNFC.getStartUpNfcData(_notifyListeners);
-        DeviceEventEmitter.addListener('__NFC_DISCOVERED', _notifyListeners);
+        DeviceEventEmitter.addListener(NFC_DISCOVERED, _notifyListeners);
         _registeredToEvents = true;
     }
 };