diff --git a/src/data/payloads.go b/src/data/payloads.go
index 973a88f..f518dc4 100644
--- a/src/data/payloads.go
+++ b/src/data/payloads.go
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ import (
 	"sync"
 	"time"
 
-	"github.com/google/uuid"
+	gonanoid "github.com/matoous/go-nanoid/v2"
 	"github.com/pkg/errors"
 	"github.com/rs/zerolog"
 )
@@ -167,9 +167,9 @@ func (s *PayloadsStore) Count() int {
 	return len(s.content)
 }
 
-func getRandomUUID() string {
-	rawId, _ := uuid.NewRandom()
-	return rawId.String()
+func getUniqueID() string {
+	id, _ := gonanoid.New()
+	return id
 }
 
 func (s *PayloadsStore) createTempFile(src io.ReadCloser) (string, int64, error) {
@@ -192,7 +192,7 @@ func (s *PayloadsStore) createTempFile(src io.ReadCloser) (string, int64, error)
 
 // InsertFile implements FileStore
 func (s *PayloadsStore) InsertFile(name string, src io.ReadCloser) (string, error) {
-	id := getRandomUUID()
+	id := getUniqueID()
 
 	filename, size, err := s.createTempFile(src)
 	if err != nil {
diff --git a/src/go.mod b/src/go.mod
index 21cb755..fd93bb6 100644
--- a/src/go.mod
+++ b/src/go.mod
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ require (
 	github.com/Icikowski/kubeprobes v1.2.0
 	github.com/caarlos0/env/v6 v6.10.1
 	github.com/go-chi/chi/v5 v5.0.7
-	github.com/google/uuid v1.3.0
+	github.com/matoous/go-nanoid/v2 v2.0.0
 	github.com/pkg/errors v0.9.1
 	github.com/rs/zerolog v1.28.0
 	github.com/stretchr/testify v1.8.1
diff --git a/src/go.sum b/src/go.sum
index bcc30dd..710b2f1 100644
--- a/src/go.sum
+++ b/src/go.sum
@@ -9,8 +9,9 @@ github.com/davecgh/go-spew v1.1.1/go.mod h1:J7Y8YcW2NihsgmVo/mv3lAwl/skON4iLHjSs
 github.com/go-chi/chi/v5 v5.0.7 h1:rDTPXLDHGATaeHvVlLcR4Qe0zftYethFucbjVQ1PxU8=
 github.com/go-chi/chi/v5 v5.0.7/go.mod h1:DslCQbL2OYiznFReuXYUmQ2hGd1aDpCnlMNITLSKoi8=
 github.com/godbus/dbus/v5 v5.0.4/go.mod h1:xhWf0FNVPg57R7Z0UbKHbJfkEywrmjJnf7w5xrFpKfA=
-github.com/google/uuid v1.3.0 h1:t6JiXgmwXMjEs8VusXIJk2BXHsn+wx8BZdTaoZ5fu7I=
-github.com/google/uuid v1.3.0/go.mod h1:TIyPZe4MgqvfeYDBFedMoGGpEw/LqOeaOT+nhxU+yHo=
+github.com/matoous/go-nanoid v1.5.0/go.mod h1:zyD2a71IubI24efhpvkJz+ZwfwagzgSO6UNiFsZKN7U=
+github.com/matoous/go-nanoid/v2 v2.0.0 h1:d19kur2QuLeHmJBkvYkFdhFBzLoo1XVm2GgTpL+9Tj0=
+github.com/matoous/go-nanoid/v2 v2.0.0/go.mod h1:FtS4aGPVfEkxKxhdWPAspZpZSh1cOjtM7Ej/So3hR0g=
 github.com/mattn/go-colorable v0.1.12/go.mod h1:u5H1YNBxpqRaxsYJYSkiCWKzEfiAb1Gb520KVy5xxl4=
 github.com/mattn/go-colorable v0.1.13 h1:fFA4WZxdEF4tXPZVKMLwD8oUnCTTo08duU7wxecdEvA=
 github.com/mattn/go-colorable v0.1.13/go.mod h1:7S9/ev0klgBDR4GtXTXX8a3vIGJpMovkB8vQcUbaXHg=