diff --git a/imports/client.tsx b/imports/client.tsx
index cf3ff3ba..a480d6e4 100644
--- a/imports/client.tsx
+++ b/imports/client.tsx
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ import atob from 'atob';
 import { gql, useQuery, useSubscription, useApolloClient } from '@apollo/client/index.js';
 import type { ApolloQueryResult } from '@apollo/client/index.js';
 import { generateApolloClient, IApolloClient } from '@deep-foundation/hasura/client.js';
-import { useLocalStore } from '@deep-foundation/store/local.js';
+import { useLocalStore } from '@deep-foundation/store/local.js'; 
 import React, { createContext, useContext, useEffect, useMemo, useState } from "react";
 import { deprecate, inherits, inspect } from "util";
 import { deleteMutation, generateMutation, generateQuery, generateQueryData, generateSerial, IGenerateMutationBuilder, IGenerateMutationOptions, insertMutation, ISerialResult, updateMutation } from './gql/index.js';
@@ -511,6 +511,7 @@ export type SerialOperation<
 > = {
   type: TSerialOperationType;
   table: TTable;
+  resultAlias?: string;
 } & SerialOperationDetails<TSerialOperationType, TTable>;
 
 export type DeepSerialOperation = SerialOperation<SerialOperationType, Table<SerialOperationType>>
@@ -789,7 +790,7 @@ export class DeepClient<L = Link<number>> implements DeepClientInstance<L> {
     LL = L
   >({
     name, operations, returning, silent
-  }: AsyncSerialParams): Promise<DeepClientResult<{ id: number }[]>> {
+  }: AsyncSerialParams): Promise<DeepClientResult<Record<string, Array<{ id: number }>>>> {
     // @ts-ignore
     let operationsGroupedByTypeAndTable: Record<SerialOperationType, Record<Table, Array<SerialOperation>>> = {};
     operationsGroupedByTypeAndTable = operations.reduce((acc, operation) => {
@@ -846,8 +847,12 @@ export class DeepClient<L = Link<number>> implements DeepClientInstance<L> {
       if (!silent) throw e;
       return { ...result, data: (result)?.data?.m0?.returning, error: e };
     }
-    // @ts-ignore
-    return { ...result, data: (result)?.data && Object.values((result)?.data).flatMap(m => m.returning)};
+   
+    return { ...result, data: (result)?.data && Object.entries((result)?.data).reduce<Record<string, any>>((returningPerAlias, [alias, m]) => {
+      // @ts-ignore
+      returningPerAlias[alias] = m.returning;
+      return returningPerAlias
+    }, {})};
   };
 
   reserve<LL = L>(count: number): Promise<number[]> {
@@ -1144,4 +1149,4 @@ export interface UseDeepSubscriptionResult<LL = Link<number>> {
   data?: LL[];
   error?: any;
   loading: boolean;
-}
\ No newline at end of file
+}
diff --git a/imports/gql/serial.ts b/imports/gql/serial.ts
index faf3f571..1815a50f 100644
--- a/imports/gql/serial.ts
+++ b/imports/gql/serial.ts
@@ -59,6 +59,7 @@ export function createSerialOperation<
 >(params: {
   type: TSerialOperationType;
   table: TTable;
+  resultAlias?: string;
 } & SerialOperationDetails<TSerialOperationType, TTable>): SerialOperation<TSerialOperationType, TTable> {
   return params;
 }
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/tests/client.tsx b/tests/client.tsx
index 0ad22945..0e5bd25d 100644
--- a/tests/client.tsx
+++ b/tests/client.tsx
@@ -241,9 +241,11 @@ describe('client', () => {
       it('one insert', async () => {
         let linkIdsToDelete = [];
         const typeTypeLinkId = await deepClient.id("@deep-foundation/core", "Type");
+        const resultAlias = "resultAlias";
         const operation = createSerialOperation({
           table: 'links',
           type: 'insert',
+          resultAlias,
           objects: {
             type_id: typeTypeLinkId
           }
@@ -256,7 +258,7 @@ describe('client', () => {
           });
           assert.equal(result.error, undefined);
           assert.notEqual(result.data, undefined);
-          linkIdsToDelete = [...linkIdsToDelete, ...result.data.map(link => link.id)];
+          linkIdsToDelete = [...linkIdsToDelete, ...result.data[resultAlias].map(link => link.id)];
           assert.strictEqual(result.data.length, 1);
         } finally {
           await deepClient.delete(linkIdsToDelete)
@@ -265,9 +267,11 @@ describe('client', () => {
       it('multiple inserts in one operation', async () => {
         let linkIdsToDelete = [];
         const typeTypeLinkId = await deepClient.id("@deep-foundation/core", "Type");
+        const resultAlias = "resultAlias";
         const operation = createSerialOperation({
           table: 'links',
           type: 'insert',
+          resultAlias,
           objects: {
             type_id: typeTypeLinkId
           }
@@ -281,7 +285,7 @@ describe('client', () => {
           });
           assert.equal(result.error, undefined);
           assert.notEqual(result.data, undefined);
-          linkIdsToDelete = [...linkIdsToDelete, ...result.data.map(link => link.id)];
+          linkIdsToDelete = [...linkIdsToDelete, ...result.data[resultAlias].map(link => link.id)];
           assert.strictEqual(result.data.length, 2);
         } finally {
           await deepClient.delete(linkIdsToDelete)
@@ -290,9 +294,11 @@ describe('client', () => {
       it('multiple inserts ine multiple operations', async () => {
         let linkIdsToDelete = [];
         const typeTypeLinkId = await deepClient.id("@deep-foundation/core", "Type");
+        const resultAlias = "resultAlias";
         const operation = createSerialOperation({
           table: 'links',
           type: 'insert',
+          resultAlias,
           objects: {
             type_id: typeTypeLinkId
           }
@@ -307,7 +313,7 @@ describe('client', () => {
           inspect(result);
           assert.equal(result.error, undefined);
           assert.notEqual(result.data, undefined);
-          linkIdsToDelete = [...linkIdsToDelete, ...result.data.map(link => link.id)];
+          linkIdsToDelete = [...linkIdsToDelete, ...result.data[resultAlias].map(link => link.id)];
           assert.strictEqual(result.data.length, 2);
         } finally {
           await deepClient.delete(linkIdsToDelete)