diff --git a/image-editor-ui/image-editor-ui-angular-express-hi-res/server/api/auth/auth.controller.js b/image-editor-ui/image-editor-ui-angular-express-hi-res/server/api/auth/auth.controller.js
index 6a82d9c..4dc7e9c 100644
--- a/image-editor-ui/image-editor-ui-angular-express-hi-res/server/api/auth/auth.controller.js
+++ b/image-editor-ui/image-editor-ui-angular-express-hi-res/server/api/auth/auth.controller.js
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 var http = require('http');
-var uuid    = require('node-uuid');
+//var uuid    = require('node-uuid');
 var crypto  = require('crypto');
 
 var apiKeys = require('../../apiKeys.js');
@@ -29,7 +29,8 @@ function getAuthObj() {
 }
 
 function getSalt() {
-	return uuid.v4();
+	//return uuid.v4();
+	return crypto.randomBytes(20).toString('hex');
 }
 
 function getUnixTimestamp() {
@@ -41,4 +42,4 @@ function getSignature(key, secret, timestamp, salt, encryptionMethod) {
 	let sig = key + secret + timestamp + salt;
 
 	return crypto.createHash(encryptionMethod).update(sig).digest('hex');
-}
\ No newline at end of file
+}