diff --git a/auto_install/install.sh b/auto_install/install.sh
index dac2fea..3a6c978 100755
--- a/auto_install/install.sh
+++ b/auto_install/install.sh
@@ -747,8 +747,8 @@ setCustomDomain() {
 confOpenVPN() {
     # Grab the existing Hostname
 	HOST_NAME=$(hostname -s)
-	# Generate a random, alphanumeric identifier of 16 characters for this server so that we can use verify-x509-name later that is unique for this server installation. Source: Earthgecko (https://gist.github.com/earthgecko/3089509)
-    NEW_UUID=$(cat /dev/urandom | tr -dc 'a-zA-Z0-9' | fold -w 16 | head -n 1)
+	# Generate a random UUID for this server so that we can use verify-x509-name later that is unique for this server installation.
+    NEW_UUID=$uuidgen -r
     # Create a unique server name using the host name and UUID
 	SERVER_NAME="${HOST_NAME}_${NEW_UUID}"