diff --git a/helpers.go b/helpers.go
index 8c22ed5..c3a4246 100644
--- a/helpers.go
+++ b/helpers.go
@@ -243,10 +243,5 @@ func getID() string {
 }
 
 func getShortID() string {
-	id := make([]byte, defaultShortIDBytes)
-	_, err := rand.Read(id)
-	if err != nil {
-		log.Fatal(err)
-	}
-	return fmt.Sprintf("%x", id[0:4])
+	return uuid.NewString()[:4]
 }