diff --git a/app/utils/generate-random-string.js b/app/utils/generate-random-string.js
deleted file mode 100644
index 1c56d4e..0000000
--- a/app/utils/generate-random-string.js
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,7 +0,0 @@
-// @flow
-export const generateRandomString = () => Math.random()
-  .toString(36)
-  .substring(2, 15)
-  + Math.random()
-    .toString(36)
-    .substring(2, 15);
diff --git a/app/views/console.js b/app/views/console.js
index e798d80..c64881a 100644
--- a/app/views/console.js
+++ b/app/views/console.js
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ import React, { Component, Fragment } from 'react';
 // eslint-disable-next-line import/no-extraneous-dependencies
 import { ipcRenderer } from 'electron';
 import styled from 'styled-components';
-import { generateRandomString } from '../utils/generate-random-string';
+import uuid from 'uuid/v4';
 import { TextComponent } from '../components/text';
 
 import ConsoleSymbol from '../assets/images/console_zcash.png';
@@ -82,7 +82,7 @@ export class ConsoleView extends Component<Props, State> {
         <Fragment>
           <ConsoleImg src={ConsoleSymbol} alt='Zcashd' />
           {log.split('\n').map((item, idx) => (
-            <Fragment key={generateRandomString()}>
+            <Fragment key={uuid()}>
               <ConsoleText value={item} />
               {breakpoints.includes(idx) ? <br /> : null}
             </Fragment>
diff --git a/config/daemon/zcashd-child-process.js b/config/daemon/zcashd-child-process.js
index 2eb23ca..d1ca87c 100644
--- a/config/daemon/zcashd-child-process.js
+++ b/config/daemon/zcashd-child-process.js
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ import processExists from 'process-exists';
 import isDev from 'electron-is-dev';
 import type { ChildProcess } from 'child_process';
 import eres from 'eres';
+import uuid from 'uuid/v4';
 /* eslint-disable-next-line import/named */
 import { mainWindow } from '../electron';
 
@@ -16,7 +17,6 @@ import getDaemonName from './get-daemon-name';
 import fetchParams from './run-fetch-params';
 import log from './logger';
 import store from '../electron-store';
-import { generateRandomString } from '../../app/utils/generate-random-string';
 
 const getDaemonOptions = ({ username, password }) => {
   /*
@@ -71,8 +71,8 @@ const runDaemon: () => Promise<?ChildProcess> = () => new Promise(async (resolve
       password: store.get('rpcpassword'),
     }
     : {
-      username: generateRandomString(),
-      password: generateRandomString(),
+      username: uuid(),
+      password: uuid(),
     };
 
   if (isDev) log('Rpc Credentials', rpcCredentials);