diff --git a/src/cmd_init.zig b/src/cmd_init.zig
index ff9af749ff17105afa5e8388bce2535aab8c8e97..4c2e2e5209ffc59044fe4dafb7bf21d5c6c5c152 100644
--- a/src/cmd_init.zig
+++ b/src/cmd_init.zig
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ pub fn execute(args: [][]u8) !void {
     defer file.close();
 
     const fwriter = file.writer();
+    try fwriter.print("id: {}\n", .{u.random_string(48)});
     try fwriter.print("name: {}\n", .{name});
     try fwriter.print("main: {}\n", .{mainf});
     try fwriter.print("dependencies:\n", .{});
diff --git a/src/util/funcs.zig b/src/util/funcs.zig
index 0aee1f8eac7517b6746625e8f535a65123d46c06..71ec15c5ae0bd18f36b251dbab4a8ea9bece802c 100644
--- a/src/util/funcs.zig
+++ b/src/util/funcs.zig
@@ -222,3 +222,17 @@ pub fn rm_recv(path: []const u8) anyerror!void {
         try std.fs.deleteFileAbsolute(abs_path);
     }
 }
+
+const alphabet = "0123456789abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz";
+
+pub fn random_string(len: usize) ![]const u8 {
+    const now = @intCast(u64, std.time.nanoTimestamp());
+    var rand = std.rand.DefaultPrng.init(now);
+    const r = &rand.random;
+    var buf = try gpa.alloc(u8, len);
+    var i: usize = 0;
+    while (i < len) : (i += 1) {
+        buf[i] = alphabet[r.int(usize)%alphabet.len];
+    }
+    return buf;
+}