diff --git a/lib/app.dart b/lib/app.dart
index a82c31e5..f479c744 100644
--- a/lib/app.dart
+++ b/lib/app.dart
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 import 'package:flutter/foundation.dart';
 import 'package:flutter/material.dart';
+import 'package:uuid/uuid.dart';
+
 import 'package:journal/file_storage.dart';
 import 'package:journal/note.dart';
 import 'package:journal/screens/home_screen.dart';
@@ -61,12 +63,8 @@ class JournalAppState extends State<JournalApp> {
   void addNote(Note note) {
     print("Adding a note " + note.toString());
     setState(() {
-      try {
-        appState.notes.add(note);
-      } catch (err) {
-        print("WTF");
-        print(err);
-      }
+      note.id = new Uuid().v4();
+      appState.notes.insert(0, note);
     });
   }
 
diff --git a/lib/note.dart b/lib/note.dart
index a6922bd9..4977099b 100644
--- a/lib/note.dart
+++ b/lib/note.dart
@@ -3,11 +3,11 @@ typedef NoteRemover(Note note);
 typedef NoteUpdator(Note note);
 
 class Note implements Comparable {
-  final String id;
+  String id;
   final DateTime createdAt;
   final String body;
 
-  const Note({this.createdAt, this.body, this.id});
+  Note({this.createdAt, this.body, this.id});
 
   factory Note.fromJson(Map<String, dynamic> json) {
     return new Note(
diff --git a/lib/note_editor.dart b/lib/note_editor.dart
index 2a73f745..f6faf41d 100644
--- a/lib/note_editor.dart
+++ b/lib/note_editor.dart
@@ -41,7 +41,6 @@ class NoteEditor extends StatelessWidget {
           onPressed: () {
             var body = noteTextKey.currentState.value;
             var note = new Note(
-              id: "1",
               createdAt: _createdAt,
               body: body,
             );
diff --git a/pubspec.lock b/pubspec.lock
index f537d2f0..1c06f88d 100644
--- a/pubspec.lock
+++ b/pubspec.lock
@@ -366,6 +366,13 @@ packages:
       url: "https://pub.dartlang.org"
     source: hosted
     version: "0.9.0+4"
+  uuid:
+    dependency: "direct main"
+    description:
+      name: uuid
+      url: "https://pub.dartlang.org"
+    source: hosted
+    version: "1.0.0"
   vector_math:
     dependency: transitive
     description:
diff --git a/pubspec.yaml b/pubspec.yaml
index e240a01e..de210180 100644
--- a/pubspec.yaml
+++ b/pubspec.yaml
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ dependencies:
   intl: "^0.15.6"
   path: "^1.5.1"
   path_provider: "^0.4.0"
+  uuid: "^1.0.0"
 
 
 dev_dependencies: