diff --git a/cmd/serve/proxy/proxy.go b/cmd/serve/proxy/proxy.go
index 08ffa8b53..9164a4f49 100644
--- a/cmd/serve/proxy/proxy.go
+++ b/cmd/serve/proxy/proxy.go
@@ -4,8 +4,10 @@ package proxy
 import (
 	"bytes"
 	"context"
+	"crypto/md5"
 	"crypto/sha256"
 	"crypto/subtle"
+	"encoding/base64"
 	"encoding/json"
 	"errors"
 	"fmt"
@@ -217,8 +219,13 @@ func (p *Proxy) call(user, auth string, isPublicKey bool) (value interface{}, er
 		return nil, fmt.Errorf("proxy: couldn't find backend for %q: %w", fsName, err)
 	}
 
+	// Add a config hash to ensure configs with different values have different names.
+	// 5 characters length is 5*6 = 30 bits of base64
+	md5sumBinary := md5.Sum([]byte(config.String()))
+	configHash := base64.RawURLEncoding.EncodeToString(md5sumBinary[:])[:5]
+
 	// base name of config on user name.  This may appear in logs
-	name := "proxy-" + user
+	name := "proxy-" + user + "-" + configHash
 	fsString := name + ":" + root
 
 	// Look for fs in the VFS cache
diff --git a/cmd/serve/proxy/proxy_test.go b/cmd/serve/proxy/proxy_test.go
index 539468d44..fd335e41c 100644
--- a/cmd/serve/proxy/proxy_test.go
+++ b/cmd/serve/proxy/proxy_test.go
@@ -90,7 +90,8 @@ func TestRun(t *testing.T) {
 		require.NotNil(t, entry.vfs)
 		f := entry.vfs.Fs()
 		require.NotNil(t, f)
-		assert.Equal(t, "proxy-"+testUser, f.Name())
+		assert.True(t, strings.HasPrefix(f.Name(), "proxy-"+testUser+"-"))
+		assert.Equal(t, len("proxy-"+testUser+"-")+5, len(f.Name()))
 		assert.True(t, strings.HasPrefix(f.String(), "Local file system"))
 
 		// check it is in the cache
@@ -108,7 +109,7 @@ func TestRun(t *testing.T) {
 		vfs, vfsKey, err := p.Call(testUser, testPass, false)
 		require.NoError(t, err)
 		require.NotNil(t, vfs)
-		assert.Equal(t, "proxy-"+testUser, vfs.Fs().Name())
+		assert.True(t, strings.HasPrefix(vfs.Fs().Name(), "proxy-"+testUser+"-"))
 		assert.Equal(t, testUser, vfsKey)
 
 		// check it is in the cache
@@ -129,7 +130,7 @@ func TestRun(t *testing.T) {
 		vfs, vfsKey, err = p.Call(testUser, testPass, false)
 		require.NoError(t, err)
 		require.NotNil(t, vfs)
-		assert.Equal(t, "proxy-"+testUser, vfs.Fs().Name())
+		assert.True(t, strings.HasPrefix(vfs.Fs().Name(), "proxy-"+testUser+"-"))
 		assert.Equal(t, testUser, vfsKey)
 
 		// check cache is at the same level
@@ -173,7 +174,7 @@ func TestRun(t *testing.T) {
 		require.NotNil(t, entry.vfs)
 		f := entry.vfs.Fs()
 		require.NotNil(t, f)
-		assert.Equal(t, "proxy-"+testUser, f.Name())
+		assert.True(t, strings.HasPrefix(f.Name(), "proxy-"+testUser+"-"))
 		assert.True(t, strings.HasPrefix(f.String(), "Local file system"))
 
 		// check it is in the cache
@@ -195,7 +196,7 @@ func TestRun(t *testing.T) {
 		)
 		require.NoError(t, err)
 		require.NotNil(t, vfs)
-		assert.Equal(t, "proxy-"+testUser, vfs.Fs().Name())
+		assert.True(t, strings.HasPrefix(vfs.Fs().Name(), "proxy-"+testUser+"-"))
 		assert.Equal(t, testUser, vfsKey)
 
 		// check it is in the cache
@@ -216,7 +217,7 @@ func TestRun(t *testing.T) {
 		vfs, vfsKey, err = p.Call(testUser, publicKeyString, true)
 		require.NoError(t, err)
 		require.NotNil(t, vfs)
-		assert.Equal(t, "proxy-"+testUser, vfs.Fs().Name())
+		assert.True(t, strings.HasPrefix(vfs.Fs().Name(), "proxy-"+testUser+"-"))
 		assert.Equal(t, testUser, vfsKey)
 
 		// check cache is at the same level