diff --git a/Oqtane.Server/Pages/Files.cshtml.cs b/Oqtane.Server/Pages/Files.cshtml.cs
index 7be27e89..551be05f 100644
--- a/Oqtane.Server/Pages/Files.cshtml.cs
+++ b/Oqtane.Server/Pages/Files.cshtml.cs
@@ -144,7 +144,7 @@ namespace Oqtane.Pages
                 etagInput += $":{Request.QueryString.Value}";
             }
 
-            etag = Utilities.GenerateHashMD5(etagInput);
+            etag = Utilities.GenerateSimpleHash16(etagInput);
 
             var header = "";
             if (HttpContext.Request.Headers.TryGetValue(HeaderNames.IfNoneMatch, out var ifNoneMatch))
diff --git a/Oqtane.Shared/Shared/Utilities.cs b/Oqtane.Shared/Shared/Utilities.cs
index d38fe490..30e25bb2 100644
--- a/Oqtane.Shared/Shared/Utilities.cs
+++ b/Oqtane.Shared/Shared/Utilities.cs
@@ -620,11 +620,17 @@ namespace Oqtane.Shared
             }
         }
 
-        public static string GenerateHashMD5(string input)
+        public static string GenerateSimpleHash16(string text)
         {
-            var bytes = Encoding.UTF8.GetBytes(input);
-            var hashBytes = MD5.HashData(bytes);
-            return Convert.ToHexString(hashBytes);
+            unchecked // prevent overflow exception
+            {
+                long hash = 23;
+                foreach (char c in text)
+                {
+                    hash = hash * 31 + c;
+                }
+                return hash.ToString("X16");
+            }
         }
 
         [Obsolete("ContentUrl(Alias alias, int fileId) is deprecated. Use FileUrl(Alias alias, int fileId) instead.", false)]